Ultranet (product)

Following an audit in 2012 that found that the Ultranet seriously lacked the features and functionality it was intended to deliver, the Victorian government announced that it would be abandoning support for the system at the end of 2013.

[7] Despite this failure, the next day, Ultranet held a promotional event at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, at a cost of $1.4 million dollars.

At the time, many schools already had access to other free online learning management systems, including Moodle and Google Apps.

[11] Criticism was also made surrounding the lack of options in 'Learning Tasks', where many other rival Learning Management Systems had more modern and flexible solutions.

There is little confidence in the financial management practices around the Ultranet project, and limited assurance that the selected outcome represented value for money.

[citation needed] In December 2015, the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) announced that an investigation and public hearings would take place with regards to the tendering process of Ultranet.

Darrel Fraser, then a deputy secretary of the Department of Education, was charged with obtaining property by deception, and misconduct in public office.