The consortium that is slowly delivering the troubled myki public transport smartcard has been paid $20 million this year by the Victorian government, documents have revealed.
The main public servant in charge of Victoria's troubled myki public ticketing project is married to the auditor who was in charge of probity on the project's $1.3 billion contract, it emerged today.
Melbourne's already overdue myki smartcard ticketing system may not see the light of day until 2012 and may cost taxpayers another AU$216 million.
The introduction of a new public transport smartcard for Melbourne will cost more than AU$1 billion, and is running 15 months behind schedule according to a report, but the Victorian government will persist with the project.
The Victorian government has awarded an AU$500 million contract for development of a smartcard ticketing system for public transport to a consortium of transport and tech experts, state Premier Steve Bracks said.
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