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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

cheaper than fixing myki

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[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone [S] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Probably not a controversial opinion, but we could save so much money if we stopped hiring consultants for building tech things.

BoM website makeover cost almost $100M.

"Small government" is also the scam the brought us the initial myki rollout fiasco.

This all being said, I agree, public transport should be free and expanded. We can't keep on with the clearly terrible urban planning of urban sprawl and cars

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

i mean, we should stop hiring business consultants to write software lol

there are small/local consultancies that actually do a great job: just like hiring a team of contractors

large multinationals with a focus on accounting and business with “oh also we do salesforce” is the real problem… they optimise their costs rather than focusing on quality

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[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone [S] 1 point 7 months ago

Or we could benefit by having a permanent team who will be cheaper in the long-run, because of familiarity with the systems and projects they build and maintain.

Hiring outside consultants of any kind for a permanent government requirement is pure insanity (or in reality, grift) if you ask me.

I'm sure there are consultancies who do a great job. The actual employees are usually not the problem.

But let's just give those same employees a permanent job and cut out the middle men who are offering no value whatsoever.