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What three industry leaders have to say about Canberra's labour shortages.

The new CIT board chair Kate Lundy and deputy chair Natalie Howson will focus on governance, procurement and financial management amid investigations into $8.5 million in consultant contracts.

The awarding of millions in contracts from CIT to a self-described "complexity and systems thinker" has set off a storm at the institute, which has made its way to the ACT Assembly.

The CIT ignored procurement officials' concerns about its vaguely worded contracts for strategic advice, new documents show.

Skills Minister Chris Steel has expressed disappointment to the CIT's board.

A long-time teacher at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) writes to the ACT government and opposition expressing "deep concern" about a number of controversial consultancy contracts.

The CIT board says it will commission an independent audit of the latest in a series of controversial contracts issued to two consultancy firms, both owned by mountaineer and "complexity and systems thinker" Patrick Hollingworth.

The ACT government is not satisfied with the response from the board.

A spokeswoman for Skills Minister Chris Steel confirmed that CIT provided information late on Tuesday afternoon about the contract.