House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-11-24 Daily Xml

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:17): My question is to the Minister for Health. Are there penalties in the Oracle financial systems contract approved by the Minister for Health, and are all costs of reconciling the unreconciled accounts and fixing this problem recoverable?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts) (14:18): I am glad the member has asked me another question, because I can now answer the first question that was asked by the Leader of the Opposition. I am advised that the amount that was unreconciled at the beginning of the process was $90 million, not the $200 million referred to by the—

Mr Marshall: Is that net or gross?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: It was $90 million worth of unreconciled accounts at the beginning, and we are working through them.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: As to the technical questions asked by the member for Morphett, I am happy to get some advice in relation to those.