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December 11th, 2011 
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Qld police believe a public servant wanted over alleged embezzlement is still likely to be in Australia.
Anna Bligh has urged the public to join in the hunt for a public servant who allegedly embezzled $16m.
FORENSIC auditors are combing through Queensland Health’s books as police continue their nationwide hunt for Hohepa Morehu-Barlow.
Anna Bligh has promised heads will roll if auditors find evidence of employee failures that helped Mr Morehu-Barlow swindle an alleged $16 million from Queensland Health coffers.
The Premier this morning admitted the troubled department’s financial checks and balances had failed.
“I’m having all of that investigated by external forensic auditors and if there are people who have failed in their duty then action will be taken against them,” she said.
Ms Bligh said police were “very confident” Mr Morehu-Barlow was still in Australia, most likely in Queensland, and evidence suggested he had acted alone.
She was hopeful taxpayer funds could be recovered after police on Friday seized about $12 million worth of Mr Morehu-Barlow’s assets.
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“We have, I think, a very good prospect of recovering close to and potentially all of the funds,” she said.
The State Opposition this morning condemned Information and Communications Technology Minister Simon Finn for failing to act after a June report by Auditor-General Glenn Poole warned about poor financial controls.
Deputy Opposition leader Tim Nicholls said Mr Finn was responsible for whole-of-government systems.
“This is the biggest alleged fraud of taxpayers’ money in the state’s history and the public deserves to know how the government’s accountability measures and processes allowed this to happen,” he said.
Ms Bligh said Queensland Health had acted on every recommendation Mr Poole handed down but said none were made specifically about the finance division of the department’s Community Services Branch.
“Unfortunately organisations just like households can from time to time become the victim of a crime,” she said.
“That’s why I want to investigate it, that’s why I want to know if anything failed in the checks and balances.”
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