Transport agency cracks down after data breach

The WA transport authority is subject to new controls after a massive privacy breach.

24 February, 2020

Myki data leak put privacy at risk: report

Public Transport Victoria breached privacy laws by releasing information about millions of commuters.

19 August, 2019

‘Building blocks’ of digital transformation ignored

No longer simply the tools used by developers for internal systems, APIs can push digital government programs to new levels, writes Dean Lacheca.

28 May, 2018

Complaints about heavy-handed tactics over Myki fare evasion investigated

Victorian Ombudsman flooded with public transport complaints.

12 January, 2016

Can this web app solve the transit Lost Property mystery?

GovHack festival offers hope to a nation of travelling losers.

13 July, 2015

Myki’s massive delays and quadruple cost blowout

Audit puts Public Transport Victoria on notice.

10 June, 2015

Victorian transport agencies slammed over environmental impacts

Auditor finds significant shortcomings

21 August, 2014

Melbourne traffic jams worsened by obsolete technology and bureaucratic resistance, Audit finds

A probe by Victoria’s Auditor-General says that his state’s lagging use of technology to manage roads contributing to traffic congestion with priority public transport users now also facing gridlock.

11 June, 2014

Car alarm to catch the train

By Paul Hemsley The Victorian government will test if communications technology can warn car drivers that trains are approaching at railway crossings. Before they hit them. After some 600 collisions between trains and cars at railway crossings over the past decade, state transport and safety agencies now want to test systems to determine if the […]

27 August, 2012