❓ Hon Kate Doust asks about investigating potentially purposefully low pre-tender estimates in construction. The Minister responds that the government supports and will implement all recommendations of the Small Business Commissioner's report.
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I refer the Minister to the Small Business Commissioner’s report into the Construction Subcontractor Investigation, page 33 which states “without expert opinion the investigation is unable to assess the reasonableness or otherwise of the pre-tender estimates,” and I ask: (a) will there be an investigation to determine if pre-tender estimates were purposefully low; and (b) if no to (a), why not?
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Answered
19 September 2013
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Finance
Response time
42 days
(a)-(b) Government supports all of the recommendations of the Report and they will be implemented. Planning for the implementation of the longer term recommendations is well progressed and will be completed shortly.
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