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| Terri Benson CEO of Seqwater - should order the release of insurance information. |
Today's Courier-Mail reports on the proposed $1 billion flood class action by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers / IMF (Australia) with particular emphasis on the insurance cover of the Queensland Government.
The report states:
"Treasury confirmed there was about $900 million in the Queensland Government Insurance Fund, used to cover loss or damage to state assets and legal liabilities brought against the government."
But the clanger in the story is the neanderthal decision by Seqwater reported as follows:
"Seqwater declined to comment on its insurance."
Seqwater is a publicly-owned entity whose duty it is to be honest, open and accountable.
There is no place for cover-ups and that is exactly what the media buffoons at Seqwater are doing.
What a contrast between how the Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls has handled this issue and how Seqwater puts its head in the sand, hoping the media will go away.
Disgraceful!
It's time for the new Seqwater CEO Terri Benson to step in and show that she values transparency and not secrecy in her role.
She should immediately order the release of this information.
This is nothing more - and nothing less - than the people of southeast Queensland expect and deserve.
22.1.13
