[LINK] Alston's $4m website

[jwhit at melbpc.org.au]

Does it at least work and is it accessible?  Wanna take bets?

> I haven't noticed this mentioned in LINK yet...
> 
> >From australianIT.com.au
> <http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6227857%5E15306%5E%
5Enbv%5E,00.html>
> 
> Alston's $4m website
> James Riley APRIL 03, 2003
>    TAXPAYERS have been stung for more than $4 million, after a project to
>    rebuild the website of communications and IT minister Richard Alston
>    suffered a massive blowout from its initial budget of $600,000.
> 
>    Private sector internet design firms described the $4.018 million,
>    uncovered in Senate estimates, spent by Senator Richard Alston's
>    Department of Communications, IT and the Arts (DCITA) on its latest
>    website as "outlandish" and "outrageous".
> 
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