TAXPAYERS billed $1.5 million to replace mobiles/tablets lost by careless public servants last year

TAXPAYERS were billed more than $1.5 million to replace mobile phones and tablets lost or damaged by careless public servants last year.

Defence personnel were the worst offenders, which raises further questions about communications security.

Defence was also required to fix 1031 phones and tablets that staff had damaged — almost half the total 2090 work phones and tablets damaged by public servants in 2016.

It cost an extra $255,826 to replace 340 lost or stolen devices, adding to the total bill of $34 million to supply public servants with phones and tablets over the year.

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