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From what I can see, the Veterans Affairs site (Commemorations area) that includes the Gallipoli travel advice looks much like many other Commonwealth Government sites, and displays a complete lack of design sense and end-user appeal. If they paid $250,000 for that, they and the taxpayers were severely ripped off.
I have managed a number of web development projects ranging from around $5,000 to $80,000, and the end results was a far better product than the Veterans Affairs joke.
Having said that, the Portrat Gallery site is very attractive and seems to be a much better product for the money.
The 2020 Summit site is another example of a lacklustre government site - we can only hope that it was not too expensive, because a novice developer with no design sense could knock it up with little difficulty.
I think much of the problem is due to the fact that government staff get hoodwinked by web developers, and their is no consistency nor the in-house expertise to properly assess the quality of competing web site proposals or designs. I don't think this is a problem unique to the Rudd government. But there are always outliers, like the VA site, which is clearly a rip-off.
1.1 million.... Big deal, he's just spent $42 billion to kick start our economy again. If you want to have a crack at some stupid sh1t Minchin. Have a crack at that.
Perhaps Mr Minchin should consider that web sites permit savings in other areas - namely in printed materials, that a frequently dumped in the bin unread.
Maybe he is old school & did not associate the two.
Didn't the former minister for communications aka Senator Alston (the global villiage idiot) spend over $1m on his own website?? and it didnt even work!
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Oh please shut up Nick Minchin. 36 websites for $1.1Million is very economical in my book. Having worked in the web dev industry for over a decade, if you can build a site for an average cost of just over $30k then you are doing very well. A bargin I think. Yes of course the websites are filled with content about the Rudd government and their policies...they are the government after all and they are implementing policies that the majority have elected them for. I don't necessarily agree with all of them but I don't have a problem with the government using the web to communicate with me on what they are doing.
Do we have to mention the huge amount of cash spent on building websites for the howard government. How much did you spend on trying to convince people to buy telstra shares online? What about all those thousands of unused printed Telstra 3 prospectus documents that were shredded. What about the trees? How many printed leaflets on workchoices and other howard policies were posted to the letter box of every household in the country. A veteran affairs website may not be relevant to me but at least a website provides information for the people who need it, and I don't get junk mail about it in my letter box. Do shut up.