Longhaus’ Australian Tech Index showed that the Australian ICT industry was already in a period of natural economic decline at the point at which the Australian Government commenced implementation of the recommendations presented by Sir Peter Gershon in the 2008 Review of the Australian Government’s Use of Information and Communications Technology (the Gershon Review). Compounding the impact of this natural economic cycle was the global financial crisis which took the Australian economy to the brink of recession. For the part of the Australian ICT industry that exists to support the $4.3 billion  Australian Government, the potential consequences of these three events occurring simultaneously were potentially catastrophic. Included within this group were members of the ICT services and labour industry represented by the Information Technology Contractors and Recruiters Association (ITCRA). This group were a key target of the Gershon Review in recommending the total number of Australian Government ICT contractors be reduced by 50% over a 2-year period. In March 2010, Longhaus undertook two research studies sponsored by ITCRA to quantify the impacts of the Gershon Review implementation on both the suppliers of contingent labour  and the individual participants constituting the labour force. Among a sway of insights, this report identifies that companies identifiable as contracting and recruitment suppliers have borne an inequitable weight of unsustainable change in reference to the way that contingent labour is now managed within the Australian Government.