Senate debates
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Questions without Notice
Budget: Australian National Audit Office
2:31 pm
Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source
I thank Senator Pocock for his interest in this issue. He has gone through in some significant detail all of the scandals that beset the previous government. The budget for the ANAO is going to be the subject of budget discussions, and, of course, you'll know in a very short period of time what the budget position will be for all of these organisations. But I've had some dealings with the organisation, and we saw through the sports rorts organisation the good work that they did. Since coming to office, I've had responsibility, Senator Pocock, for the PEMS system. The PEMS system was supposed to computerise the way in which, for instance, our travel allowance payments were made. We discovered very quickly on coming to office—
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