Victoria’s $8b black box, stamped confidential
In 2022, pandemic-indebted Victoria sold its motor registry to a consortium led by Macquarie bank. Two years later there is not much to show for it, and the secretive registry is free from scrutiny.
The Victorian government effectively sold its beleaguered motor registration and licensing business to a private consortium for $8 billion more than two years ago.
Motor registry and licensing systems are the same world over. Still, several attempts to overhaul VicRoads’ creaking technology had ended in tears, after the project budget blew out by $135 million above the approved budget of $158 million.
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