Did iSOFT lie to the London Stock Exchange about its HealthSMART contract?

Karen Dearne’s latest extraordinary article about the troubled UK firm iSOFT, contains the startling suggestion that the firm lied to the London Stock Exchange about its HealthSMART contract.

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Liberals Have No Plans To Privatise Public Hospitals

This week Bronwyn Pike was trying desperately to deflect attenion from her wretched handling of our public hospitals by claiming the Liberal Party is bent on their privatisation.

Nothing could be further from the truth. The Liberal Party has no plans to privatise our public hospitals.

Furthermore, Labor’s attack on the private system is hypocritical as Bronwyn Pike uses the private health system to treat patients when she can’t get them into public hospitals. The Liberal Party’s focus is on sorting the waiting list crisis. Labor’s Health Minister should be paying attention to the public hospital mess, not drawing imaginary bows.

Public Accounts & Estimates Committee Slams Tender Process for HealthSMART

The government dominated Public Accounts and Estimates Committee has slammed the way troubled UK software firm iSOFT was awarded a $22.5m contract as part of the HealthSMART project.

ISOFT in the UK is reeling after revelations of accounting irregularities and delays in its dealings with the NHS. Just today it was revealed that the British government made secret upfront payments of £82m to stop it going bust.

Now even Labor MPs have conceded that a Department of Human Services project manager had “inappropriate social contact” with the company. Read more about…

Helen’s Letter to the Australian Jewish News

This is my letter published last week in the Australian Jewish News concerning the Racial and Religious Tolernace Act.  

I thank the ALP candidate for Caulfield (AJN August 17, 2006) for recognising my support for the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act, which I negotiated on behalf of the Liberal Party in my role as the Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs. I have been a strong supporter of the Act ever since. Read more about…