ACT Opposition Leader Jeremy Hanson is calling on the Assembly to ask the Auditor-General to conduct a performance audit of ACTEW, following multimillion dollar blowouts in the Cotter Dam, concerns raised in a recent report by the ICRC, and the fiasco over the Managing Director’s salary.
“It is time for the Auditor-General to conduct an independent audit of ACTEW and examine all these issues, in particular the enlarged Cotter Dam which now costs hundreds of millions more than budgeted, executive remuneration, corporate expenditure, the process and justification for the return of water and sewerage assets, concerns raised in the recent ICRC draft report, internal control procedures and checks and balances within ACTEW, how ACTEW protects its interests as a joint venture partner in ActewAGL, and shareholders responsibilities and compliance requirements.” Mr. Hanson commented.
Mr. Hanson explained that Community concern has reached a point where an independent examination of ACTEW by the Auditor-General is necessary to restore public trust in both ACTEW and the Government’s handling of recent issues.