Where’s the ACT government’s response to the auditor-general’s scathing criticism of the failed $78 million Human Resources and Information Management System (HRIMS), asks Liberal MLA Peter Cain. 

He said it was unacceptable that there has been no adequate response from the government to the Performance Audit Report and reiterated his calls for Chief Minister Andrew Barr to show leadership and sack Chris Steel from the Special Minister of State portfolio.

“The HRIMS program was described by the auditor-general’s report as ‘a significant failure for the Territory’, yet we have had radio silence from Minister Steel since its release,” Mr Cain said.

“Canberrans justifiably want answers and accountability when taxpayer funds blow out from a budget of $15 million to $78 million with nothing of substance to show for it.

“Now, according to the Auditor-General’s report, Minister Steel is spending an additional $35 million to fix the existing human resources systems used by the ACT government, which itself has blown out from an initial allocation of $16.44 million.”