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Commonwealth IT buyers ‘lambs to the slaughter’

Tom Burton
Tom BurtonGovernment editor

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A new commercially driven central procurement agency should be created to overhaul the government’s ailing $80 billion annual tendering system, according to procurement expert Catherine Thompson.

Government buyers are like “lambs to the slaughter” says procurement expert Catherine Thompson. 

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Tom Burton has held senior editorial and publishing roles with The Mandarin, The Sydney Morning Herald and as Canberra bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review. He has won three Walkley awards. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.burton@afr.com

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