The Australia Associated Press’ Paddy Wood discussed the Australian tech sector’s boom since the takeoff of the smartphone era in his article, “Australia’s technology sector outpacing US, UK.” Here, he quotes PPI chief economist Michael Mandel on the successes of Australia’s app economy and the positive outlook resulting from it:
Dr Mandel presented the Jobs in the Australian App Economy report in Sydney on Thursday.
He said some of Australia’s impressive growth could simply be the country catching up. Yet with computer sector jobs making up 1.6 per cent of overall employment compared with 1.2 per cent in the US, ‘‘it looks pretty real’’.
‘‘It says that the Australian tech sector is not stagnant,’’ Dr Mandel said.
‘‘It’s been able to absorb new technologies at a rapid pace.’’
Read the full article at the Sydney Morning Herald.
