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Megabang for megabucks: driving a harder bargain on megaprojects

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by Marion Terrill, Owain Emslie and Lachlan Fox

Taxpayers pay too much for major road and rail projects in Australia because governments don’t drive a hard bargain on contracts with the big construction firms.

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