AUTOMATION – AUSTRALIA

DP World plots efficiency through automation

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Original article by Jenny Wiggins
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 25-Feb-15

DP World’s global CEO Mohammed Sharaf has ruled out selling its 25 per cent stake in its Australian subsidiary. The group sold 75 per cent of DP World Australia to Citi Infrastructure Investors in 2010. Meanwhile, DP World Australia CEO Paul Scurrah says the group is working on a business case for automating its Sydney container port, following the automation of its terminal in Brisbane

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DP WORLD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, DP WORLD, ASCIANO LIMITED – ASX AIO, PATRICK CORPORATION LIMITED, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, CITI INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS LLC

Robots to take 500,000 jobs

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Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 10-Dec-14

The Department of Industry’s "Australian Industry Report 2014" suggests that many white-collar jobs that involve routine tasks could automated in coming years. These include roles such as accountants, bank tellers, supermarket cashiers and pharmacists. Some 78.6 per cent of people in roles that are risk from automation hold a university degree. A report in 2013 found that around 47 per cent of jobs in the US could potentially be replaced by automation

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, OXFORD UNIVERSITY. OXFORD MARTIN SCHOOL