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Boston Consulting Group has been handed a $200,000 pay-rise for its work on COVIDSafe, with the development of the controversial contact tracing app now costing more than $2.5 million in private contractor fees alone.The global consulting giant landed a $484,000 contract with the Digital Transformation Agency in April for a one-month advisory role assisting with the development of the digital contact tracing service.It had earlier been awarded a $220,000 contract with the Department of Home Affairs for work on the early stages of the same app, which was later handed to the DTA.