House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Special Investigations Unit Voucher Payment SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT VOUCHER PAYMENT The Hon. I.F. EVANS House of Assembly Davenport SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT VOUCHER PAYMENT In reply to the Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (28 October 2008). The Hon. J.M. RANKINE House of Assembly Wright Minister for Families and Communities Minister for Northern Suburbs Minister for Housing Minister for Ageing Minister for Disability SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT VOUCHER PAYMENT The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Northern Suburbs, Minister for Housing, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability): The Honourable Member refers in his question to a 'voucher' paid by Special Investigations Unit, however, without being specific an accurate response to the question is difficult to provide. In the absence of dates or details, it has not been possible to locate the 'voucher' in question or to identify if it relates to manual, BasWare or petty cash payments, BasWare is essentially an invoice processing software package. Business units use a web based application for approving, coding and communication with Accounts Payable. BasWare IP (Invoice Processing) was implemented to streamline the way invoices are processed. Financial delegations within BasWare are assigned to appropriate officers to ensure that any invoices approved online in BasWare by that officer are within their financial level of delegation. Furthermore we are unable to determine if it relates to the 2007-08 financial year. I am advised, however, that the Department for Families and Communities has in place policies and procedures respecting the authorisation of payments and that these policies—and procedures have been—reviewed-to-ensure-the issues raised by the Auditor General have been addressed.