SA government order procurement probe into Aboriginal Affairs spending
26 Sep 2011
Source: The Australian
The South Australian government has launched an inquiry into procurement practices following the suspension of an Aboriginal Affairs bureaucrat over the expenditure of $80,000 on printer cartridges.
SA Premier Mike Rann said yesterday that, while it would not be appropriate for him to order the Auditor-General to widen his inquiry beyond the troubled Aboriginal Affairs division, he had asked for an "urgent review of procurement practices" across all government departments.
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