Turnbull calls for innovation “insurgency” at NICTA Techfest

[1] Speaking at the National ICT Australia Techfest conference, communications minister Malcolm Turnbull said that Australia needs an innovation “insurgency” with school children as little as five year learning  computer coding.

[2] He stressed that Australian students need to study more STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.

[3] Every student needs to be familiar with machine languages in what the minister described as “reading, writing, arithmetic, and coding”.

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[Source] http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/568693/turnbull-calls-innovation-insurgency-nicta-techfest/