Parliament’s expenses system undercooked and overbudget


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Federal Parliament’s troubled expense management software upgrade suffered from a lack of user planning and governance gaps, according to an audit that confirms the unfinished project’s budget and timeline has doubled.

The Australian National Audit Office on Wednesday tabled its report on the management of the Parliamentary Expenses Management System (PEMS), an SAP software-based IT system that has taken more than six years and $74.4 million to build.

It found …

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