Qld fails in bid to sue IBM over $1.2b payroll saga

The Queensland government's attempt to sue global giant IBM over the $1.2 billion health payroll debacle have been thrown out of court.

In a major embarrassment for the Queensland government who has tried to cast the blame for the IT debacle onto IBM, Supreme Court Justice Glenn Martin said a 2010 agreement cleared the company of any legal action over the botched IT system which over-paid and under-paid, or not paid at all, 80,000 health workers.