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Old 17-08-2016, 12:11 PM   #181
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The budget used to build/test the original site is ridiculously high. This goes to show that someone was cashing in on fact that it was the government being the customer. And guess what, you and I paid for this mess.
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Old 17-08-2016, 12:52 PM   #182
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The budget used to build/test the original site is ridiculously high. This goes to show that someone was cashing in on fact that it was the government being the customer. And guess what, you and I paid for this mess.
Unfortunately as soon as government is mentioned in any project the contractors and subbies see lots of $ signs!
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Old 17-08-2016, 12:54 PM   #183
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Saw the new Census advert on the Teev last night, reminding us all that it still needs filling out.
The voice over "Remember, your data is safe"

Oh OK, now that you've said it again, it must be true.
Don't matter what happened last week.
They do think we are all idiots, I am sure of it.
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Old 17-08-2016, 01:19 PM   #184
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Unfortunately as soon as government is mentioned in any project the contractors and subbies see lots of $ signs!
But this is where competent management assess the tenders and set a realistic internal costing target. Given how many layers of (mis)management there is within government departments, there's really no excuse, but then, public sector is wildly over-managed at the best of times frequently for no benefit.

A friend of mine knows a guy who was responsible for the state-wide roll-out of speed cameras. He did the entire job himself no issues. Along comes some upper management person from his department who says that simply wont do, he needs to have a manager to assist the process. So he gets a paycut, manager gets a nice salary and an assistant to help them, and he still has to do all the same things as before. Not surprisingly, he left.....
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Old 17-08-2016, 01:38 PM   #185
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There are so many things I want to say but the census form indicates that I am a Buddhist and therefore I will keep my peace.
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Old 17-08-2016, 04:26 PM   #186
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There are so many things I want to say but the census form indicates that I am a Buddhist and therefore I will keep my peace.
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Old 17-08-2016, 11:39 PM   #187
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