WA audit slams $1.6b cost blowout on major IT projects


Western Australia’s largest in-flight IT projects have blown out by at least $1.6 billion and will be delivered years later than first planned, a damning review by the state’s auditor-general has found.

The first transparency report on major IT projects like the state’s long-awaited public transport ticketing upgrade and electronic health record also reveals that parliament and the public are being kept in the dark about the cost blowouts and …

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