❓ A parliamentary question addresses concerns about Transfield Services allegedly withholding payments to contractors working for the Department of Housing, and the Minister's response indicates the department investigated and found the contractors were subsequently paid, with no knowledge of service withdrawals.
AnsweredQoN 1245Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the current head contract between the Department of Housing and Transfield Services and I ask: (a) can the Minister please confirm that Transfield Services have told their contractors that regular payments are ceasing and contractors are to be paid only 10 per cent of what they are owed until further notice; and (b) can the Minister also confirm that some contractors have withdrawn their services as a result?
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Answered
22 October 2013
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
34 days
The Department of Housing advises:
(a) When the Department became aware of claims from some of Transfield Services' sub-contractors that they had not been paid and that payments were being reduced to 10%, it raised the issue with the Chairman of Transfield Services.
The Chairman advised the Department that Transfield Services is surprised at the claim that some works performed in July have not been paid for and it is not aware of any proposal to only pay 10% of amounts due in October 2013. The Department has since spoken to most of the sub-contractors who have complained about non-payment and their advice is that they have now been paid.
(b) The Department is unaware of any contractors who have withdrawn their services as a result.
(a) When the Department became aware of claims from some of Transfield Services' sub-contractors that they had not been paid and that payments were being reduced to 10%, it raised the issue with the Chairman of Transfield Services.
The Chairman advised the Department that Transfield Services is surprised at the claim that some works performed in July have not been paid for and it is not aware of any proposal to only pay 10% of amounts due in October 2013. The Department has since spoken to most of the sub-contractors who have complained about non-payment and their advice is that they have now been paid.
(b) The Department is unaware of any contractors who have withdrawn their services as a result.
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