Auditor-General to investigate ACC board
Auditor-General Lyn Provost has announced a top-level inquiry into ACC risk management, targeted at board level. UPDATED
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The Auditor-General has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the Accident Compensation Corporation in the wake of the row which has consumed one cabinet minister and embroiled another.
Auditor-General Lyn Provost this afternoon announced an inquiry into ACC at board level, targeting not only the privacy breaches surrounding aggrieved ACC claimant and former National Party official Bronwyn Pullar, but also conflict of interest issues among staff and board members, along with privacy issues raised after a confidential file listing more than 6700 ACC claimants was sent to Ms Pullar.
The Privacy Commissioner is already examining the privacy aspects of the issue, and the corporation is already holding an internal inquiry of its own.
The Auditor-General's inquiry stems from a request made by Labour MP Andrew Little and Green MP Kevin Hague.
The terms of the inquiry are extremely broad.
The Auditor-General lists the inquiries focus as being on:
- The policies and practices at ACC for managing risks relating to conflicts of interest, legal compliance and communications between board members and clients and staff.
- The policies and practices that apply when claimants personally contact board members.
- How any matters relating to Ms Pullar that came to the attention of the board or individual board members were dealt with.
- Any other matters that the Auditor-General considers it desirable to report on.
Rob Hosking
Wed, 04 Apr 2012
Wed, 04 Apr 2012
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Auditor-General to investigate ACC board
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