Australian Customs down – again – with Computer failure
The 200 Million Dollar computer system of the Australian Customs which brought customs clearances to a standstill just before Christmas is again in trouble. A power outage is the culprit now. When the computerization project was introduced in last October it was hailed as the greatest reforms to occur to the Australian Customs Service. It collapsed soon after leaving key Australian ports full of shipping containers not cleared by customs only weeks before Christmas. As usual the sufferers are the exporters and importers.