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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
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