NSW Government undercuts local wages with Indian IT workers

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By Leith van Onselen

I reported Friday how the NSW Government had been caught explicitly demanding that companies bidding for a big IT contract employ one third of its workers from India to keep costs low, despite NSW wages growth running near all-time highs:

Over the weekend, more details of these shady deals emerged via The Australian:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.