TRANSADELAIDE PAYROLL SERVICES

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:08): When will the Minister for Transport implement up-to-date documented policies and procedures in the area of payroll services for TransAdelaide employees to ensure that invalid employees are not put on the payroll system and paid, and that current employees are paid correctly? The Auditor-General's annual report states:

Audit of payroll identified the following issues: a lack of independent checking of new and terminated employees on the payroll system resulted in the risk that invalid employees may be input into the payroll system and be paid.

Another point:

There is a lack of independent checking of the validity of all current employees.

And the final point:

There is no review of payroll data processed to the payroll system which may identify input errors.

The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy) (15:09): I will see if I can put my hand on it. If not, I will provide the detail. The member for Morphett has to understand that the Auditor-General looks at systems and processes for the audit, identifies risks and then the agency acts upon them. I do not have it in front of me, but the agency has acted upon some of those system risks identified by the Auditor-General, and I will provide that detail. I actually gave it to the Sunday Mail on Sunday but it was decided that it was not so exciting and the paper did not run it. I will provide it to the honourable member as well.

Regarding those system risks, it does not mean that the things that have been identified that could happen have happened; it identifies what the Auditor-General sees as perhaps weaknesses in the processes. I understand that most of those have been addressed. I am quite happy to provide the details. I am sure that the member for Morphett will be disappointed to find that it is not really as terribly exciting as he thinks.