Article: OneLink demands $20 million Metcard bonus

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OneLink demands $20 million Metcard bonus

OneLink demands $20 million Metcard bonus
Clay Lucas
September 15, 2011

THE firm behind Melbourne's Metcard ticketing system has lodged a claim with the government demanding it pay it up to $20 million extra for the system's performance over the past decade.

OneLink Transit Systems has operated the Metcard system for the state government since signing a contract in 1998. In May, according to the Transport Ticketing Authority's annual report tabled in Parliament yesterday, OneLink told the government that under a clause in its original contract it was eligible for the extra money.

This was because so many Metcards were now being successfully validated each year.
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The authority has rejected OneLink's claim, saying its legal advice showed it did not have to pay all of the money claimed.

OneLink, which declined to comment yesterday, is now in dispute with the authority over the money.

■ The Baillieu government failed to produce in Parliament yesterday a confidential $350,000 report by consultants Deloitte on the myki system. Government MPs had pledged to table the report by noon yesterday, after a request from Greens MP Greg Barber that was backed by the opposition.

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