Comment on "Free public transport in Victoria through April as fuel prices continue to climb"

Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  cheaper than fixing myki

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  • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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

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      • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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