The suicide death of Acacia IT system contractor Shaun Joyce was emblematic of staff experiences within the “toxic, fragile and insular” workplace culture that was “cultivated by senior management” and harmful to staff, a Public Accounts Committee report has found, while his sister says project leaders have not honestly reflected on what they did and failed to do to prevent his death.

The PAC report, which followed a public inquiry that began in February last year, was heavily critical of the program and the culture in the implementation unit – the Core Clinical Systems Renewal Project (CCSRP) – while also noting that poor-quality and contradictory information provided by NT Health and the Department of Corporate and Digital Development, including information it believed was withheld, made it difficult to scrutinise Acacia and undermined the committee’s ability to properly conduct the inquiry.

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