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Ships Turned Away As Aussie Customs' IT System Melts Down

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the if-it-ain't-broke dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Urgent shipments of medicine and goods for the holiday season have been turned away by customs officials due to a massive computer problem. The initial budget for the system upgrade was said to be A$80 million but has since blown out to A$250 million. Customs officials and the government have been forced to admit that they might actually have to revert to the old system if things don't improve. One cargo user said on national TV that he used to process 300 orders daily but the new system is so complex and unusable, he's happy if he can manage 100 orders per day. The system failure is expected to have a massive impact especially on the retail sector this Christmas."

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  1. Re:The obvious question... by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    how the fuck did they manage to rack up $250 MILLION

    now i know where the fuck all my tax dollars go, useless IT projects in government. i mean seriously australia is small fry, and they managed to rack up 250 MILLION just for a customs system.

    someone is making a big fat profit and not delievering the goods i think.

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  2. Re:The obvious question... by drsmithy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    (Well, not me personally, I voted Green, even though most of their ideas are asinine. It's kind of a protest vote.)

    If you must "protest vote", lodge an invalid ballot - don't give people/parties (particularly crazy ones like the Greens) the idea you actually support them.

  3. Re:From an Australian by tezbobobo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    uhhh... the virus hasn't mutated yet to be transmitted to people. Any vaccines against the bird infectious form is ineffective in people, since the virus hasn't changed yet. Only after it changes can a vaccine can be made.

    I'll take it by the "uhhh..." that you were trying to be sarcastic. Dumbass. Obviously, and think about this, you are wrong. Any mutation based on the original bird flu will be very close to the original structure. EVERY virus will be different due to reproduction errors, it's part of how virii reproduce. That why general anti-viral drugs work, because there is a general similarity between the virus. A vaccine can at the moment be created because the mutated virus will be significantly similar to the old one. Don't bother replying, you're obviously wrong. I will not read anymore of this thread, and neither will anyone else.