For instance,Federal agencies largely have a Canberra-centric IT model, with 79% of IT staff based in the city.This exacerbates the IT skills shortage, leading to the greater use of contractors (23% pof the workforce) - who cost significantly more (average $186,000 per annum) than ICT staff ($92,000 per annum) based on fully loaded costs (includes equipment, training and other costs)),It also plac