South Australian government agencies have blown their budgets by more than $100 million and Premier Mike Rann's own department is one of the worst offenders.
The Australian Financial Review reports that the blow-out is detailed in the Treasurer's Quarterly Statement on the Consolidated Account, which was gazetted on December 23.
It details the performance of the government's main operating account for the past financial year, including the cash payments made to departments and most revenue collected by the government.
Only in June the government predicted in the state budget that it would underspend the consolidated account's allocation of $9.44 billion by about $43 million.
But the quarterly statement shows the government instead overran its budget by more than $100 million in the year to June 30, doling out $9.55 billion.
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