Costly computer program 'Ultranet' failure reveals corruption

A report into the handling of a failed computer program for Victorian Government schools has detailed widespread corruption within the senior ranks of the Education Department. The 'Ultranet' was supposed to connect students, parents and teachers. But the state's corruption watchdog has found that officials wasted up to $240 million of taxpayers' money. Victoria's 'Ultranet' was launched at a lavish event in August 2010 at a cost of $1.4 million. Three years later it was dumped. A report into th