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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Australia needs to recruit thousands more tech workers

Tech Council CEO Kate Pounder says policy changes and funding are needed to boost the industry. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia needs to train and recruit tens of thousands more tech workers to fuel the economy and should not be distracted by the "blip" forcing many tech giants to cut their workforces, a National Press Club audience has heard.

Technology Council of Australia chief executive Kate Pounder warned the country would need policy changes and funding initiatives to boost the industry as progress was not being made fast enough.

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