Thread by @dmookheyMLC

If you think @Dom_Perrottet is as competent as @GladysB, think again. I spent most of late last year exposing the icare scandal. Here is how NSW’s new Premier ran it into the ground. #nswpol #icare (1/25)

Premier Perrottet founded iCare in 2015. It started with a $4 billion surplus. But after four years of Mr Perrotett’s management, the money is gone. It now has a deficit of about $300 million. abc.net.au/news/2020-07-3… #icare (2/25)

iCare’s management of its finances deteriorated so much that Mr Perrotett had to rush to secretly authorise a $4b bailout. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/n… #nswpol #icare (3/25)

Who is paying for Mr Perrottet’s failure? NSW’s 326,000 small and medium businesses. They are facing premium increases of at least 6% over two years. insurancenews.com.au/daily/icare-se…

But don’t worry - Mr Perrotett still let eight members of iCare’s top brass walk away with $4 million in bonuses. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/i… #icare (5/25)

Which is not surprising, as Mr Perrotett said they had done a ‘superb job.’ smh.com.au/politics/nsw/t… #nswpol #icare (6/25)

And when three of those executives left iCare, they got golden parachutes worth $1.2 million #nswpol #icare (7/25) smh.com.au/national/nsw/g…

Mr Perrottet turned iCare into a Liberal Party fiefdom. He (famously) billed iCare $700,000 to employ a political advisor with close ties to the US Republican Party in his ministerial office in a secret arrangement with a labour hire firm. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/p… #nswpol #icare

His arrangement to hire this US Republican broke the law. (9/25) smh.com.au/national/nsw/e…

And so did iCare’s decision to hand $18 million in contracts to the @NSW Liberal Party’s printer, which was run by the NSW Liberal Party’s former President. smh.com.au/business/workp… #nswpol #icare (10/25)

The Liberal Party’s former Treasurer also had links to iCare. His recruitment firm got $8 million in contracts from the insurer without tender. smh.com.au/national/nsw/i… #nswpol #icare (11/25)

Mr Perrottet’s insurer squandered hundreds of millions of dollars through some dodgy tenders. This tender for an IT system was only open for 7 days. It was so quick that one bidder pulled out from the rushed process. smh.com.au/business/workp…

iCare’ top executives then spruiked this product, despite it coming in late and massively over budget. The successful tenderer paid for iCare’s executives to travel to Las Vegas and appear at their conference. smh.com.au/national/nsw/i… #nswpol #icare (13/25)

Then there was the time another iCare CEO’s wife got paid $770,000 to work for iCare without a tender. abc.net.au/news/2020-08-2… #nswpol #icare (14/25)

15. And that time iCare secretly spent $235 million fitting out an office with Harbourside views for a labour hire firm. smh.com.au/national/nsw/i… #nswpol #icare (15/25)

And that time iCare’s contractors stole toasters, tables and iPads from iCare smh.com.au/national/nsw/s… #nswpol #icare (16/25)

And that time two of iCare’s staff ran a recruitment scam that cost $150,000 smh.com.au/business/workp… #nswpol #icare (17/25)

When iCare’s Head of Security tried to investigate these rorts, he was subjected to vile and homophobic bullying and harassment by anonymous persons inside iCare. smh.com.au/business/consu… #nswpol #icare (18/25)

Dominic Perrottet should have known all about these scandals. After all, the public service was worried about iCare’s direct links to Mr Perrottet’s office. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/d… #nswpol #icare (19/25)

iCare used their direct line to campaign to cut their regulators budgets, after the Regulator launched an investigation into iCare’s failures. smh.com.au/business/workp… #nswpol #icare (20/25)

And his hand-picked board thought their business was a shambles. smh.com.au/business/workp… #nswpol #icare (21/25)

The Regulator and Board was right. A former Supreme Court judge, who investigated iCare,said years of grief could have been avoided had iCare had proper policies and procedures in place. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/y… #nswpol #icare (22/25)

But instead of tackling iCare’s culture, Mr Perrotet stood by as iCare’s new CEO got a $120,000 pay increase. smh.com.au/national/nsw/t… #nswpol #icare (23/25)

Oh, and I forgot to mention - there was that small matter of 52,000 sick and injured workers who were underpaid by up to $80 million. theguardian.com/australia-news… #icare (24/25)

If you can’t trust @Dom_Perrottet to run a workers compensation system competently, you shouldn’t trust him with NSW’s economic recovery. #nswpol #icare (25/25)