Cost blowouts for Queensland projects caused partly by ‘poor contract management’
by Australian Associated Press from on (#5ZAGZ)
Auditor general finds costs for two departments' projects blew out by $127m and led to delays of up to four months
The Queensland government's poor contract management is contributing to multimillion-dollar cost blowouts and lengthy delays on major projects, according to a report from the state's auditor general.
Brendan Worrall has analysed how two departments - the education and the energy and public works departments, which together manage 60% of government projects - handled six contracts worth a total of $1.4bn.
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