Consultants and Contractors

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (24 November 2020).

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water): I have been advised that for SA Water consultancy expenditure from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 was $769,257.

There were seven consultants engaged during this period. The consultants were engaged by SA Water to provide independent expert advice not available within SA Water.

Details of the consultants, a summary of the work undertaken and the cost of that work are published in SA Water's 2019-2020 annual report. This information is listed below:

AMCL Pty Ltd—$219,146.65

Water Main Independent review. The contactor provided management systems auditing expertise to conduct the water main breaks review for the SA Water board

Due Diligence Consultants Pty Ltd—$36,393.81

Financial Integrity and due diligence reporting.

Ernst & Young—$12,000.00

Ernst and Young provided financial statement disclosure support.

Frontier—$85,937.50

Advice on an appropriate regulatory rate of return for Our Plan 2020-24

KPMG—$181,839.80

KPMG developed a discounted cashflow model and provided advice on key assumptions. It developed a technical accounting paper relating to seasonal water allocation allowable revenue adjustments. It conducted a review of the Zero Cost Energy framework as a non-regulated service.

PricewaterhouseCoopers—$146,251.45

PwC provided advice on updating methodology for measuring long term viability.

Tony Mac Consulting Pty Ltd—$87,688.00

Provided advice on the preparation of analysis and framework for the Enterprise Agreement negotiation.