Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined the list of Chiefs of nations condoling with the world on the demise of Steve Jobs, honoring the latter as an "incredible global innovator."

Apple's co-founder and former CEO has died Wednesday at 56 due to pancreatic cancer.

Currently at the jobs forum in Canberra today, Ms Gillard said Jobs was a prime mover and motivator in the technological world.

"Here we are at a Future Jobs Forum and the jobs of the future are going to be shaped by innovation and we hear the news of the loss of an incredible global innovator," Ms. Gillard told reporters in Canberra.

"It's not too much to say he literally changed our world.

"All of us would be touched every day by products that he was the creative genius behind, so this is very sad news and my condolences go to his family and friends."