[envy2]

This is exactly what Trump and Musk would want, privatization of what should be (and were) government services.

No one — and I mean no one — should profit from the provision of what should be core government services, like tax filing or health care.

[afro88]

They were an agency / consultancy. So much digital work in Australia is done by consultancies (deloitte etc). The idea is they go to tender for each project to utilise the mechanism of competition for efficiency, but in reality the tenders usually go to the incumbent who over charges them.

A consultancy (maybe funded by Cuban) will get this work that 18f was doing and in 2-3 years they will be grossly overcharging and this move will be for nought.