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PRISONS PPP PROJECT

159 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (19 October 2010). Have any payments been made to Perumal Pedavoli Pty Ltd, or any subsidiary thereof, in respect of work concerning the Prisons PPP Project and if so, what are the details?

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Police, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Motor Sport, Minister Assisting the Premier with the Olympic Dam Expansion Project): As I announced in November 2009 the government decided to make an ex gratia payment to the three consortia bidding for the cancelled New Prisons and Secure Facilities PPP Project (the Project) in recognition of the unique circumstances that led to its cancellation and as a gesture of good faith given their commitment to the Project. The sharing of this payment was left to the consortium members to agree.

Accordingly, the Government is not privy to the details of any payment that may have been made to the architectural firm of Perumal Pedavoli in any capacity it may have had as a member of one of the consortia bidding for the Project.