Wyndham City Council Faces Scrutiny Over $69 Million IT Project Blowout

Wyndham City Council in Melbourne's outer south-west has been referred to the state's anti-corruption watchdog, IBAC, over a failed IT project worth tens of millions of dollars. The council faced a parliamentary committee hearing into fraud and corruption controls in local government, where Labor MP Mat Hilakari questioned the council's transparency about the project's cost blowout, estimated at $69 million. The council defended its transparency, saying financial information was publicly available. The council's handling of the issue has been referred to IBAC.