Howard not insane: Tanner

On the 18th of September Lyndsay Tanner attacks the “insane” Howard government for their procurement and renting procedures

…he outlined “crazy” wastage in property management, describing how the Australian Customs Service pays $380 per square metre a year for space in a Canberra office building, while the Department of the Attorney General pays $303 per square metre for space on the same floor of the same building.

Two weeks later he’s forced to retract (Permalink not working – scroll down)

FOLLOWING advice from my department, I told Matthew Franklin (“Tanner targets agency wastage”, 18/9) that the Attorney-General’s Department is paying $303 per square metre rent for space in a building at 2Constitution Avenue, Canberra, while Customs is paying $380 per square metre for similar space. I have since been advised that the $303 figure is incorrect, and that the Attorney-General’s Department is paying rent that is similar to Customs.

Oops! Too quick to play the blame game me thinks.