Australian government tech procurement practices have fallen out of step with global best practice, leaving local tech companies without the same support enjoyed by international peers.
While Australia’s major trading partners have been more explicit and aggressive in using procurement to directly support their own technology industries, Australia has not.
A new report from Insight Economics – with the inspiring title Improving evaluation of economic impact of ICT procurement – has found Australia has been left behind by the more active governments that use their significant purchasing power to support local capability and supply chains.
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