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(5) Why were the payments made to the Australian National University ($26 925.80) and Woden Community Service Inc ($30 000.00) described as “Other Creditors” and what goods and/or services were supplied for those payments.
Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Revised information approval processes were implemented which delayed the payment of these invoices. These new processes have now been refined and enable the timely approval of all future invoices for Comensura.
(2) This invoice was sent to a former employee at ACT Health. This delayed the payment of the invoice but these contact details have since been rectified for future invoices received from the Australian Digital Health Agency.
(3) An amount of $57,351.86 was paid to Canberra Mothercraft Society to cover costs covered under the current contract for transition out services at the Queen Elizabeth II facility.
(4) In relation to the payment of $30 492.00 to Robson Environmental:
a) This invoice relates to scheduled re-inspection surveys for Hazardous Materials Reports for 16 Canberra Health Services owned buildings as required by the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 Section 430.
b) Recommendations relate to the condition and management of asbestos containing materials and other hazardous materials in these buildings. All recommendations are added to the asbestos management plan for the building for action as required by Section 430, Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011.
c) Actions are undertaken on an as needed basis.
(5) The description “other creditors” was captured incorrectly on the notifiable invoice list and were paid with the correct account code.
Payment of $26,925.80 to Australian National University was for National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accreditation for Canberra Clinical Genomics (CCG). NATA, through its network of industry experts, provides organisations an independent assurance of technical capability through a rigorous accreditation process. The NATA accreditation of CCG makes it one of only a few labs in Australia that is accredited to provide advanced genetic diagnoses via the method of whole exome sequencing (a form of genome sequencing which is at the cutting edge of clinical diagnostics and medicine).
Payment of $30,000 to Woden Community Service Inc was an instalment for a Hoarding Advocacy Support Services (HASS) trial for clients experiencing severe complex hoarding and squalor issues. The HASS supports and complements the existing ACT Government management of severe and complex cases of hoarding and squalor in the ACT community, currently overseen by the multi-agency Hoarding Case Management Group (HCMG).
Light rail—street furniture
(Question No 2556)
Mr Milligan asked the Minister for Transport, upon notice, on 7 June 2019:
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