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Sunday, July 03

Treasurer Dick takes a shot at cracking open Qld's Aladdin's cave of unpaid fines

Fine defaulters owe the State Government more than a billion dollars. Successive Treasurers have tried to collect but with little success, writes Robert Macdonald.

Shadowy company engaged to support state's debt-collector

Queenslanders suffering from economic hardship during the coronavirus pandemic who have telephoned the Government’s state penalties enforcement registry (SPER) have had their calls diverted to a credit reporting agency previously fined millions of dollars for breaching customer law.

The State Government hopes that by allowing public sector employees to voluntarily change their profile it will get a better picture of workforce diversity.(Supplied)

SPER of the moment: Debt agency staff sacked, locked out of Treasury offices without notice

More than 30 Queensland Government staff and contractors have been locked out of their work with no warning, after their jobs are suddenly ended without their knowledge.

State's billion-dollar debt collector faces 'allegations of corrupt conduct'

The Queensland Government agency responsible for collecting more than $1 billion of state debts — the State Penalty Enforcement Registry (SPER) — is being assessed for “allegations of corrupt conduct” after a referral by its own department.