‘It felt like a lack of respect’: Sister of Shaun Joyce reacts to Minister giving speech over answering questions
Corporate and Digital Development Minister Josh Burgoyne avoided answering questions about his depar
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen,
I have 2 points to raise:
(1) The less knowledgeable will not have any clue of just how purposefully and manipulative was the tactic Josh Burgoyne exercised-Please extend some understanding to those Territorians such that full clarity of just how this CLP sanction poor conduct!
(2) l have been waiting and waiting to hear of a case wherein, to my understanding, a current female CEO had been having a sexual relationship with a younger male employee! The young male lover, upon apparently mentioning his desire that their relationship was made more serious, was informed by said CEO that she was married! CEO stopped several affair! Here’s the kicker- apparently the young male employee, after having overdosed, called this CEO asking for her to call for help!
A call she never made with the result being the young lover died!
Territorians need to hear this story as my sources express its authenticity!
Under Labor and CLP Governance NT public servants seem to choose suicide far too often as a result of bullying!
This story and 1 other absolutely sicken me- Lia what say you!!
The refusing to discuss and answer questions and trying to hide what has happened in this matter and the lack empathy on this matter is a lack of leadership by the NT CLP Government and the senior executive NT public servants who appear to want to keep Territorians underinformed and instead engage in superficiality and diversion and distraction with the aim of having ignorance prevail. Ignorance is not bliss, it causes substandardness and a society that will not achieve excellence.
I was a contractor on the CCSRP, Acacia project for several years. I was witness to the toxic culture within the project work environment, and I have provided my firsthand experiences to the internal investigation instigated by the Department of Digital and Corporate Development (DCDD) CEO, Catherine Weber. I have also offered my insights into the Acacia project review being undertaken by Public Accounts Committee (PAC), both in documentation and Hearing attendance.
In summary here, my belief is that the project was fundamentally flawed from the outset. The contract saw a commercial off the shelf product purchased in which the vendor was not expecting to have to perform any major customisation for NT, but where NT Health, the actual customer, would actually require significant customisation for the product to align closely with their existing business practices. The contract negotiations and subsequent programme management were the responsibility of DCDD. There was a belief within NT government that DCDD would bring better program management expertise to the project than NT Health could on their own?
The outcome of the project to date is obvious for all to see. DCDD is unsurprisingly trying to defend its reputation and declaring that it has been as successful as it could be. Others, (including myself) are prepared to question this and have provided reasons to support our arguments. Going back to my fundamental flaw, DCDD were not prepared to recognise the extent of the customisation challenge facing the project and therefore were never prepared to resource the program with the skills and ability needed. To do so would have reflected badly on the original contract agreement, and therefore the pressure to implement the product without full and detailed consideration of the significant gaps between core product functionality and existing business practices was seen as the only way forward.
This approach has bought the project to the position it finds itself in. Project budgets have been used up with possibly only two of five project phases being completed, and a toxic culture within the program that has potentially led to the suicide of one or more project employees. The NT government isn’t the only organisation that has been subject to these IT project challenges and many other past and contemporary examples are in the public domain for comparison.
However, the concern is whether the Acacia project will be investigated properly to learn valuable lessons for the future? Some news publications and some other unsubstantiated information from unnamed sources have added to those concerns.
Firstly, is the article where I believe Dr Don Fuller questions the impartiality of Catherine Webb in her internal investigation into the project work culture and environment. I understand that further investigations could be being pursued by NT Safe and the NT Police, but to date, the only real action taken as result of the investigation that I am aware of is that a senior program management contractor has had their contract terminated. In the absence of any other information, it would appear that this person may be being used as the scapegoat for all the project’s failings? It is noted that recently the previous DCDD CEO did suddenly transfer positions from the CEO of NT Health to a new role in the Strategic Healthcare Investment function within the Dept. of Treasury and Finance, but that move has never been formally linked to any investigation that I know of.
Secondly, the news articles about the Estimates process within parliament does not provide confidence that the relevant government departments are prepared to put the required effort into investigating all the Acacia project issues. There is also a completely unsubstantiated rumour that the findings from the existing PAC review into the Acacia project may not be published until after the next general election in 2028? My recent communications with PAC are still trying to get a better understanding of where their review is at, and whether or not there is the potential for an external independent review as has been recommended?
NT taxpayers and Acacia project team members deserve some sort of positive outcome in the way of valuable lessons learned.
Quote from now retired DSDS employee:”We love failed projects at DCIS (previous title for DCDD) , we get injected with more money to fix them.”
Territorians are subjected to poor medical treatment not at the hands of the individual doctor but by a system whose priority it is to hang onto their jobs for dear life and to get their kids into upper management jobs, regardless of which high school certificate they struggled to attain.
Loaded Question: Is the unnamed star of this current article the daughter/niece of the individual who implemented the current and poorly performing medical applications? What are the statistical odds that a direct relative would be managing the replacement? Well at the highly nepotistic Health Department*, those odds are high!
*ICAC mentioned the nepotism, I did not make that up!