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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2025-10-15 Daily Xml
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Road Maintenance Contracts

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (15:12): I seek leave to make an explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, regarding road maintenance contracts.

Leave granted.

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI: The Auditor-General's Report tabled yesterday stated that despite his office having raised issues in 2022-23 about the Department for Infrastructure and Transport's contract management controls not operating effectively for road maintenance contracts, a number of them continue to impact the effectiveness of DIT's contract management. In response, the Department for Infrastructure and Transport had introduced a new process for monitoring KPIs that were implemented in July 2025. My questions to the minister are:

1. Can the minister advise the chamber of the new processes for monitoring KPIs regarding the road maintenance contracts?

2. How will these processes ensure contractor KPI documentation, measurement, enforcement and verification will improve?

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Autism) (15:14): I thank the honourable member for her question. I am surprised that she is asking this question considering who signed this contract under the previous government.

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE: This contract was locked in for quite some time. Members opposite obviously have seen the report. This is a failed privatisation agenda from those opposite, namely, the $4.2 billion contract that was signed off in December 2021 when they were in government. It was signed to provide private management of services across more than 3,500 SA government facilities over almost 12 years. I am advised issues of particular concern from the report include noncompliance with the SA government procurement policy required by the contract and also failure to meet the KPIs, as you have highlighted.

As noted in the Auditor-General's Report, the department is already working extensively to address these findings and continues to review the contract with Ventia, including issues of breach notices and other appropriate measures that need to be undertaken because of this contract. This is a disappointing situation that the government finds itself in and one that was, unfortunately, put upon us because of the outsourcing obsession of the previous government.

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