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Wednesday, 19 September 2001
Page: 27462


Senator Jacinta Collins asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment Services, upon notice, on 23 August 2001:

(1) How many overpayments to Job Network providers for the provision of JN2 services have been identified by the department since the commencement of JN2.

(2) Which Job Network providers have been the recipients of any identified overpayments.

(3) To what services, for each of the providers referred to in (2), do those overpayments relate.

(4) Have all the identified overpayments been recovered by the department.

(5) What is the total figure for all identified overpayments by the department to JN2 providers.

(6) What is the figure for each individual provider.


Senator Alston (Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) —The Minister for Employment Services has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1 to 6) 0.28% of total payments were identified as overpayments. They are in the process of recovery. At 28 August 2001 the amount remaining to be recovered was $187,000.