The federal government has abandoned a long running upgrade to the system used to calculate welfare recipients’ eligibility and payments after pouring $191 million into the tech project over the last four years.
As revealed by InnovationAus.com, the project had been on pause since last year after not only hitting technical barriers, but also being linked to an alleged lobbying scandal, and running out of funding.
Government Services minister Bill …
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