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Attorney-General's
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Climate change, energy, the environment and water
Australian Energy Regulator
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Contract Market Monitoring Medium Active 26.0 6.0 30 Jun 2027 The project aims to collect, store and analyse highly sensitive energy contracts data and provide insights into the performance of the wholesale electricity and gas markets, greater scrutiny of the conduct of the energy market participants and broader understanding in the operation and impact of contract markets and overall resilience of the electricity and gas sectors. Retail Performance Reporting Not reported Medium Active 3.2 3.2 30 Jun 2025 The project will allow the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to collect data from energy retail businesses efficiently, quickly and effectively conduct critical analysis to deliver stronger outcomes to energy consumers. Using improved data and digital systems, the AER will be able to provide richer and more timely insights into energy consumer outcomes including levels of debt and the assistance retailers are providing in this time of significant cost-of-living pressures. Bureau of Meteorology
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description ROBUST Medium Medium-High Closed 865.7 682.0 30 Jun 2024 The ROBUST Program is securing and strengthening all elements of the Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau) operating environment to provide continuous availability of critical services and mitigate risks arising from the fragility of the existing technology environment. ROBUST Transition Program Medium-High Active 36.2 36.2 30 Jun 2025 The ROBUST Transition Program is the successor of the ROBUST Program that closed on 30 June2024. The primary objective is to deliver the residual scope from the ROBUST Program to enable the Bureau to realise the full outcomes and benefits from the ROBUST Program. A second DCA assessment is currently in progress and expected to be available in early 2025. -
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Education
Department of Education
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI) Renewal Project Not reported Medium-High Active 31.6 27.8 30 Jun 2026 The TCSI Renewal project is an ICT project delivering improved decision-making, service provision, access, and security. It will reduce administrative overheads, improve productivity and increase satisfaction of higher education providers and, students. The benefits will be delivered through enhancements to analytic capacity, monitoring and service delivery tools to drive more accurate and timely data collection processes and ensure the security and privacy of data holdings. Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Education Funding System (formerly known as Transforming Program for Schools and Universities) Medium-High Medium-Low Active 91.7 71.1 30 Jun 2026 The Education Funding System (EFS) project is a significant initiative undertaken by the Australian Government Department of Education. The primary goal of the EFS project is to modernise and streamline the management of education funding across Australia; to improve the administration of $46 billion in annual funding allocated to Australian schools and higher education institutions. Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Child Care Subsidy (CCS) Reform – Streamline and Automation of Gap Fee Compliance Active 88.2 7.5 30 Jun 2025 The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) Reform aims to enhance CCS program integrity and efficiency by automating and streamlining gap fee compliance activities. This project is part of broader efforts from 2022–23 to 2024-25 to prevent fraud and ensure compliance, delivering significant savings over6 years. The project enhances the financial support through the CCS, benefiting Australian families and children. Plan for Cheaper Child Care Closed 3.1 3.1 30 Jun 2024 New data infrastructure replaced the existing child care data warehouse, analytics and reporting processes with a robust end-to-end solution that will also deliver benefits for the department’s data analytics, compliance monitoring, integrity and fraud detection activities. Schools Unique Student Identifier (USI) Active NFP NFP 31 Dec 2027 The schools USI is a joint initiative between the Commonwealth and the states and territories under the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement 2025–2034 which has superseded the National School Reform Agreement 2019–2024. This initiative is extending the national USI system to the school sector. Implementation will continue in 2025, with all school students to have a USI by the end of 2027. -
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Employment and workplace relations
Australian Skills Quality Authority
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Project end date Project description Digital Transformation Program (Strengthening Integrity of the VET sectors) High Active 37.8 21.1 30 Jun 2027 The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is the national regulator of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. In February 2024, it commenced its 3.5-year Digital Transformation Program to address issues with current ICT systems and data capabilities. The objective of the Program is to ensure that ASQA is a modern, best practice regulator, through the implementation and integration of contemporary systems and applications that will ensure ASQA can efficiently and effectively deliver its regulatory and organisational priorities. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description VSLConnect Not reported Medium-High Active 41.7 24.7 30 Jun 2025 This project is enabling the Australian Government to better realise the benefits of the VET Student Loans (VSL) program and minimise the risk of occurrences such as the recent historical student debt issue. It will have a stronger focus on compliance and automation, and deliver a system that is a flexible, scalable and stable with a greatly enhanced data collection, integration and analytics capability. Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Apprenticeship Modernisation Program (AMP) Medium High High Closed 39.2 31.9 30 Jun 2024 The Apprenticeships Data Management System (ADMS) streamlined the delivery of apprenticeship programs and services, reduced the administrative burden of employers and apprentices, and provided better data to support evidence-based policy decision-making. An innovative and modernised IT system will enhance direct engagement with apprentices and employers, and streamline processes for providers, enabling them to concentrate on providing advisory services. New Energy Apprenticeships Not reported High Closed 17.2 17.2 30 Jun 2024 The New Energy Apprenticeships Program is contributing to Australia’s transition to a cleaner future. It is designed to encourage apprentices to choose clean energy careers, improve retention rates and deliver more successful completions by providing direct financial support to Australian apprentices commencing an Australian apprenticeship in a clean energy occupation. Onboarding complementary programs onto the Workforce Australia Digital Platform Medium-High Medium-High Closed 34.9 14.2 30 Jun 2024 This project seeks to onboard 3 complementary programs from their existing legacy ICT systems to the Workforce Australia Digital Platform (the platform). Onboarding these complementary programs to the platform will deliver improvements to user experiences, program uptake, policy agility and better technical sustainability. Ultimately more individuals will be supported through these complementary programs to find work or start their own business. Parents Next Replacement Solution / Voluntary Pre employment Service for Parents Medium-High Active 116.9 42.4 30 Jun 2026 The project is supporting the implementation of Parent Pathways, a voluntary service that provides personalised assistance and financial support to eligible parents and carers of children up to the age of 6 years. This included extending ParentsNext to 31 October 2024 and introducing Parent Pathways from 1 November 2024, which included releasing the IT system on the Workforce Australia Digital Platform and the APS Pilot. As part of the project, enhancements will be made to Parent Pathways. Targeted Support for Apprenticeships (Option 1) Not reported High Closed 9.3 9.3 30 Jun 2024 This project introduced a new non-financial support model for Australian apprenticeships from 1 July 2024. The model redesigned and refocused key support services delivered by the Australian Apprenticeship Support Network to increase apprenticeship completion rates and the diversity of the apprentice workforce. Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Enhancements to the Workforce Australia Digital Platform to administer the redesigned foundation skills program Active 10.9 10.9 30 Jun 2025 This project is to deliver enhancements to the Workforce Australia Digital Platform to administer the redesigned Skills for Education and Employment program. Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme insourcing Active 6.1 6.1 30 Jun 2025 The project transferred the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Information System (PALMIS) to the department’s infrastructure from July to December 2023. Work is now focused on expanding and enhancement to align PALMIS with the department’s operating model. PALMIS will provide strong oversight and reporting which will support the Australian Government’s plan to Build a Stronger Pacific Family, uphold worker protections, and address unmet labour needs in regional and rural Australia. Reconnection, Employment and Learning Program Active 76.2 8.6 31 Dec 2026 This project supports the implementation of Reconnection, Employment and Learning (REAL) Program that is replacing the Time to Work Employment Service (TWES). The REAL Program is a voluntary program that will support First Nations prisoners aged 15 years and over to transition from the justice system into employment. As part of the project, the department is also seeking changes to the Capability Building Fund (that supports new employment service providers) in order to support REAL providers to fulfil the department’s requirements for accreditation in the department’s ICT cyber security protection arrangements, so that they can access the Workforce Australia Digital Platform (WADP). Time to Work Employment Service - Extension Closed 5.7 0.4 30 Jun 2024 This project supported the extension of the Time to Work Employment Service (TWES) in non-remote areas for 12 months to 30 June 2024, with a new program being introduced from 1 July 2025. The TWES supported First Nations prisoners to connect with employment services and to help more First Nations prisoners move from prison to paid work. The TWES in non-remote areas ceased on 30 June 2024. -
Employment and workplace relations
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Digital Experience Policy
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Finance
Australian Electoral Commission
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Election Systems Modernisation Program (Indigo) Medium-High Medium-High Active NFP NFP 30 Jun 2030 The Indigo Program aims to modernise the AEC’s core ICT infrastructure and systems to deliver integrated, secure, and modern electoral services that meet community needs and expectations into the future. The replacement of legacy systems with modern technology and infrastructure will enhance and bolster the AEC’s ability to manage security risks and strengthen Australia’s ongoing democratic resilience. Tranche 1 has been delivered, and Tranche 2A is scheduled to be completed in 2027. The final tranche of the Program (Tranche 2B) will be subject to government consideration as part of the 2027-28 Budget context. Tranche 2B is projected to be completed in 2030. Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Polling Place Technology Medium-High Medium Active 15.5 15.5 30 Jun 2025 Enhanced technology to enable expansion of voter and polling coverage of polling place technology (up to 10,000 ECL devices –Electronic Certified Lists (ECLs) are portable computers deployed to polling places as a replacement to paper certified lists). The program is trialling a digital officer in charge return at selected polling locations. Department of Finance
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Digital ID Program Medium-High Medium-High Active 460.5 187.8 30 Jun 2026 The Digital ID program aims to provide Australians with a secure, convenient, voluntary and inclusive way to prove their identity online. Key components include a legislative framework, an Accreditation Scheme, and the Australian Government Digital Identity System (AGDIS). The program will also focus on increasing public awareness and adoption across government and private sectors. Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Parliamentary Expenses Management System (PEMS) Enhancement Project Medium Active 11.2 10.6 30 Jun 2026 The Parliamentary Expenses Management System (PEMS) is a digital solution for the management and reporting of HR and payroll, as well as office and travel expenses for Parliamentarians, their staff, and the administering agencies. The Enhancement Project is a 2-year initiative that will deliver improvements and efficiencies to PEMS functionality. Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Improving transparency of procurement data to support the Buy Australian Plan Active 10.6 6.0 30 Jun 2027 This initiative supports the implementation of the Buy Australian Plan by improving the transparency of Australian Government procurement activity through enhanced AusTender capabilities including the establishment of a dedicated and integrated panel supplier portal; and improving AusTender reporting capability to increase transparency. SDO Security and Reliability Active 12.0 12.0 30 Jun 2025 The Security and Reliability program will deliver necessary ICT upgrades to maintain the security and reliability of the Service Delivery Office (SDO) systems which provide corporate shared services to 15 client entities across the Australian Public Service. -
Finance
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Foreign affairs and trade
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Go Global Toolkit Enhancement Medium-High Active 10.9 9.0 30 Jun 2026 The Go Global Toolkit (GGT) is a single, simple and trusted source of practical export support for all Australian business. Enhancing the features and tools on the GGT will provide online export support for Australian businesses that is personalised and tailored to their activities and capabilities, as well as emerging global market opportunities. It will improve export readiness of Australian businesses and aims to grow Australian exports through capability uplift. The product supports the government’s trade diversification and priorities, including delivering information on how to utilise new free trade agreements and will allow for trade services to be delivered digitally, at scale – a key expectation of modern Australian businesses. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description DFAT Digital Uplift Program Medium-High Active 106.2 106.2 30 Jun 2028 This program consists of a high number of discrete projects improving collaboration across Government and addressing cyber security vulnerabilities across the Department’s global network, which supports all Agencies with a presence overseas, ensuring compliance with Federal Government cyber-security strategy and policy. Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Foreign Arrangements Scheme (FAS): Ensuring Australian foreign engagement in the national interest Not reported High Active 29.8 13.0 28 May 2025 This project will ensure the ongoing enhancement and maintenance of the Foreign Arrangements Scheme Online Portal and Website, including the Public Register. This project will also ensure the government is able to meet its legislative responsibilities under Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020 and be responsive to stakeholder feedback. ICN Stabilisation Program Not reported High Active 90.2 90.2 30 Jun 2026 This program is stabilising the Department’s current global network through replacement of core ICT infrastructure hardware components (servers/network) at all Australian offices and international missions and where critical, fibre cabling remediation, replacement UPS and Multi-functional devices. Stabilisation of the network is critical to improving the Department’s cyber security resilience, network reliability, and functionality in the short- and medium-term. -
Foreign affairs and trade
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Health and aged care
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Response to the Final Report of the Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) Active 69.4 69.4 30 Jun 2026 Cyber security remediation activities will increase the Commission’s cyber resilience, increase the capacity of ICT delivery and support services to address critical operational constraints and provide enabling skills and capabilities required to support and operate the new Aged Care Act 2024 services. This increase will address critical constraints in providing the enabling capabilities to support best practice, evidence-based, contemporary regulatory program delivery. Australian Digital Health Agency
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description My Health Record on FHIR (Fast Health Interoperability Resources) Active 38.4 38.4 30 Jun 2025 The project will establish a new national repository service to improve the My Health Record system aligned with the contemporary health industry data standard Health Level 7 (HL7) FHIR. This supports mobile app enablement in alignment with the National Digital Health Strategy 2023–2028. Its vision is to enable a contemporary capability for My Health Record, as a foundation for the healthcare modernisation journey, which will increase value to customers and healthcare providers accessing data. Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Ensuring Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety for All Australians Active 2.5 2.5 01 Jun 2026 The agency is presently developing a prototype of a self-service portal that will enable customers of the agency’s Personal Radiation Monitoring Service (PRMS) to access a range of online capabilities. This project has been prompted by both internal and external stakeholders who have identified an urgent need to improve the current processes, enhance accessibility, and fulfil customer expectations. Department of Health and Aged Care
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Aged Care ICT to Enable Reform & Regulatory Model Medium-Low Active 407.6 407.6 30 Jun 2026 This project involves the design and delivery of the business and digital projects requirements to support the implementation and operationalisation of the Aged Care Act 2024. Improving Aged Care Data and Tracking Quality (IACDTQ) Program Medium-Low Medium Closed 150.9 90.5 04 Dec 2024 The primary goals for this investment are to support reforms to the Aged Care system by delivering ICT solutions that reduce provider administration burden, improve the quality and transparency of key data across the system, and reduce ongoing ICT costs across Health and Aged Care as systems are standardised and consolidated on a modern ICT platform.
At the time of preparing this report, this project is subject to the escalation protocols set out in the Assurance Framework for Digital and ICT-enabled Projects. These protocols are designed to support agencies in the timely resolution of delivery challenges.Support at Home ICT Enablement Medium-Low Low Active 174.7 115.8 01 Sep 2025 The program aims to provide consumers with a single system for support at home that puts them at the centre of their care. It seeks to ensure that consumers receive funding and services that match their needs and support them to remain independent at home.
At the time of preparing this report, this project is subject to the escalation protocols set out in the Assurance Framework for Digital and ICT-enabled Projects. These protocols are designed to support agencies in the timely resolution of delivery challenges.
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Transition of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program – Vaccine Data and Digital Not reported Not reported Closed 67.4 55.4 30 Jun 2024 The National COVID-19 Vaccine Program has been transitioning to sustainable ongoing operations as emergency response settings are no longer required. This project facilitated platforms that were critical to ensuring Australians could access COVID-19 vaccines throughout the pandemic, supporting over 72 million vaccinations with over 50 million searches for appointments through the Vaccine Clinic Finder and almost 5 million calls to the National Coronavirus Helpline to help people with information. Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Alternative Clinical Arrangements for Facilities Unable to Meet RN Onsite Requirement Active 65.1 9.9 30 Jun 2027 This refinement to 24/7 Registered nurse policy will ensure effective regulation through reporting refinements, and establish the Virtual Nursing Pilot Program and communications to promote aged care sector work. Continued COVID-19 support for aged care Active 318.0 5.6 31 Dec 2024 The primary goal of this project is to continue a range of COVID-19 outbreak management supports.
The digital/ICT component funding was secured for implementation of a new Emergency Management Portal to replace the existing COVID-19 Support Portal.
Enhanced Regulatory Model for Vaping Products Active 135.4 7.1 30 Jun 2025 The primary goal of this project is to uplift digital processes to support the new vaping reform legislation. The project will support sponsors to supply vapes that meet the new standards and enhance systems to enable staff to conduct post market reviews and manage compliance. These changes will help provide patients and health practitioners with increased confidence in the quality and safety of vapes used for the purpose of smoking cessation. Essential aged care information and communication technologies system maintenance and enhancements (ACFR/QFR) Closed 30.3 29.4 30 Jun 2024 The primary goal for this investment is to redevelop the Quarterly Financial Report through which providers supply crucial financial and service quality information to government, ensuring that aged care reforms around transparency and accountability can be delivered. Establish a registration scheme for personal care workers Active 114.8 20.1 30 Jun 2028 This project is enabling the Australian Government’s commitment to establish a national worker registration scheme. The project includes delivery of an ICT solution that expands the existing National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) worker screening system to include aged care worker screening. The expanded ICT system will create a national approach to worker screening for aged care providers, with ongoing monitoring of exclusion to better protect older people. Funding for the Regulation of Medicinal Cannabis – Cost Recovery Model Update and Office of Drug Control Business Transformation Active 3.0 2.3 20 Dec 2025 The Office of Drug Business Transformation project supports the transformation of the Office of Drug Control business processes and digital/ICT systems. Prior reliance on outdated and inefficient manual business processes have impacted Australia’s legal narcotics industry and this project will implement the outcomes of a review undertaken in 2022 to modernise systems to ensure they can support the industry and compliance activity, as well as aligning with other regulators’ digital transformation systems. HPRG Transformation Program Closed 49.4 39.7 23 Jul 2024 Health Products Regulation Group (HPRG, known externally as the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the TGA) is modernising its business systems and processes to reduce administrative burden on Australian medicines and medical devices businesses in their interactions with the TGA. Implementation of New Legislation to Modernise Nationally Harmonised Gene Technology Scheme: More Effective Delivery of Regulation Closed 3.7 1.6 25 Jul 2024 This project involved preparatory work to implement legislative change, with system enhancements to enable efficient and effective operation of the new legislation. A fully integrated portal system will also be built to support stakeholder engagement and compliance with the regulatory system, and increase transparency of the operation of the Gene Technology Scheme. Integrated Aged Care Information and Intelligence (RBITS) Active 42.7 20.3 30 Jun 2027 The department has developed a Risk Based Targeting and Information Sharing (RBTIS) Program of work to enable the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to better target its regulation of aged care providers (both residential aged care and home care) that are at risk of failing to provide quality care. The system achieves this by extracting different data elements from over a dozen major sources into information sharing dashboards. Registered nurses on site 24/7 and More carers with more time to care (Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) Care Minutes Closed 20.9 13.3 31 Dec 2024 This project supported implementation of the commitment to make nurses available at all residential aged care facilities, 24/7 from 1 July 2023 and to increase care minutes from 1 October 2024. Residential Aged Care Funding Reform (RACFR) Enhancements and Hotelling Supplement Active 24.3 16.3 30 Jun 2025 This investment will support implementation arrangements for the Australian Government’s election commitment to fund the Fair Work Commission decision for residential care aged care workers, and the annual adjustment in Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN ACC) funding to account for changes in aged care costs such as inflation. Necessary adjustments to the AN ACC referral, assessment and reporting functions in addition to a new hotelling supplement are also included. Progress is monitored by the RACFR Program Board. Inspector-General of Aged Care
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Establish the Inspector-General of Aged Care and the Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Case as a Statutory Agency Active 25.2 25.2 30 Jun 2027 This project has established the Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care (OIGAC), following a recommendation from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The scope of the project includes delivery of ICT platforms and processes to ensure the OIGAC has the foundational infrastructure to support its function, with work split across 4 key workstreams:
- Stream 1 Case Management (CRM)
- Stream 2 Shared Services
- Stream 3 Website
- Stream 4 Data and Analytics.
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Health and aged care
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Home affairs
Department of Home Affairs
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Digital Trade Accelerator Projects (DTAP) (Simplified Trade System) Medium-High Active 29.9 20.5 30 Jun 2026 The project will deliver a Digital Trade Accelerator program to improve cross-border trade by enhancing border and biosecurity risk assessments and government-to-business trade data sharing. Foundations to enable the Single Trade Environment (STE) Medium-High Closed 19.0 19.0 31 Oct 2024 This project delivered foundational capabilities for a Single Trade Environment to pilot an industry portal utilising a secure cloud environment and integration to modern identity services. Seamless Traveller (IDEMIA Life Extension project) Not reported Medium Closed 114.8 114.8 30 Jun 2024 The IDEMIA Life Extension project will deliver a supported automated border clearance capability that underpins critical business operations for the Australian Border Force (ABF). It is focused on sustainment of capability rather than transformation. It will replace ageing Kiosks and SmartGates within existing airport arrivals terminals across Australia with a modern Generation 3 (Gen3) alternative. Streamlining Cargo Intervention Model Trial High Active 25.2 25.2 30 Jun 2027 This project will design, test and evaluate new cargo intervention models for cross-border trade. A trial will be conducted at a selected high-volume seaport. Sustaining visa processing capability Not reported Medium-High Active 24.2 24.2 30 Jun 2025 This investment will improve existing visa systems in Home Affairs. Enhancements will be designed for future reuse and deliver broad operational benefits. This investment is an interim solution to sustain and enhance the existing ICT visa systems to improve visa service delivery to increase Australia’s attractiveness as a destination for travellers, temporary residents and migrants. Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description ABF NEXUS Active 6.1 6.1 31 Dec 2026 This project will develop and trial the Australian Border Force (ABF) Nexus application in the air cargo domain and the development of the business case for full roll out of application across all operational domains Australia wide. Once rolled out, the application will be used nationally to record cargo examination information. Paperless Trading - Digital Verification Platform (DVP) Active 9.1 9.1 31 Mar 2025 This project will implement a Digital Verification Platform for priority trade documentation that will simplify trade for Australian exporters with trusted digital trade documents. Risk Assessment and Profiling for Vaping and Illicit Tobacco Active 9.3 9.3 31 Dec 2026 This project will uplift vaping and illicit tobacco risk targeting and threat detection in line with new compliance activities associated with Australian Government’s Vaping and Illicit Tobacco initiative. National Emergency Management Agency
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Disaster Program Management System (DPMS) Active 7.4 7.4 01 Nov 2025 The DPMS will accurately track Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements programs at the community level and generate improved insights into program management. It will improve the stability, automation and end-to-end processes, and create a robust foundation for improvements that will provide appropriate oversight of delivery of Commonwealth funded programs. -
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Industry, science and resources
Geoscience Australia
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Australian U.S. Partnership on Landsat Next High Active 207.4 26.7 30 Jun 2059 The US-Australia partnership in Landsat Next builds on a nearly 50-year partnership, enabling the partners to scale up their collaboration over the decades to come. The project will provide Australia with assured access to data from the Landsat Next satellites, an enhanced Alice Springs Ground Station capability, next-generation data processing, quality assurance, integrity monitoring and distribution capabilities, and provide satellite based enhanced earth imaging products to users. Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity (RAP) Initiative Medium-High Active 3361.5 325.5 30 Jun 2059 Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity will secure Australia’s future as a global supplier of the resources necessary for the net-zero transition. This $3.4 billion, 35-year (2024–2059) initiative will play a key role in unlocking new opportunities to support a thriving and resilient national economy and a Future Made in Australia. It focuses on mapping Australia’s potential for critical minerals and strategic materials, groundwater, hydrogen and carbon storage, and offshore renewable energy. Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description NMI Digital Transformation Program High Active 40.1 40.1 30 Jun 2026 The NMI Digital Transformation Program will address the National Measurement Institute's (NMI) most urgent ICT needs, such as cyber security risks as well as critical service delivery and operational issues. The program comprises 4 key ICT work streams, which aim to remediate known vulnerabilities that pose risks to operations, uplift systems to streamline processes, enhance service delivery and improve data security. Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description An Enduring Commonwealth Function for Radioactive Waste Management Paused 275.2 25.0 30 Jun 2028 This project represents the intention of the Commonwealth to ensure safe and secure management of Australia’s radioactive waste to protect people and the environment for generations to come. The project seeks to fund the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency to deliver an enduring function for radioactive waste management in Australia. Single Business Service Active 39.6 16.4 Ongoing – no end date This project will maintain the existing Single Business Service (business.gov.au and contact centre) to simplify small to medium businesses’ engagement with government. Funding will support the ongoing delivery of the business contact centre and business.gov.au including security, infrastructure and data insights capability, and ensuring information and tools are up to date so the service remains useful and usable for the Australian business community. Questacon
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Questacon Digital Futures Project Active 11.4 11.4 30 Jun 2027 Currently, Questacon’s software, hardware and network infrastructure do not provide a consistent, accessible customer experience. Current systems also do not meet core requirements for seamless digital transactions for users, efficient operations and secure transactions. This project is addressing these issues through targeted investment and uplift in key areas. -
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Infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications and the arts
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Fighting SMS Scams Active 10.9 3.2 30 Jun 2026 This project is enabling the Australian Communications and Media Authority to develop, operate and maintain an SMS ID registry to help prevent scammers from impersonating brands and entities in SMS using message headers (such as myGov) and to create a trusted communications channel. Spectrum Management Solution Project Active 22.7 20.9 18 Dec 2026 The new digital spectrum management system will include a range of new and enhanced digital and ICT capabilities to support improved management of spectrum. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Program Medium-High Active 44.4 28.1 30 Jun 2026 The establishment of a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) for light vehicles will deliver more fuel-efficient cars for Australians and support the Australian Government’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. This investment is for the development of an effective ICT environment in which to manage the regulatory obligations around the NVES, such as data capture from vehicle suppliers/importers, reporting, facilitation of compliance and audit functions, and the establishment and maintenance of a NVES credit trading scheme. Reporting and Program Management (RPM) System Program Medium-High Medium-High Active 18.6 18.5 30 Jun 2026 The Infrastructure Investment Transformation Program (IITP) is delivering improvements to administration of grant payments to states and territories for infrastructure projects. Following recommendations from the Australian National Audit Office, the department is developing a new system which has been designed to address evolving business needs and transition the current legacy system to a more scalable and flexible system. The RPM Project Objectives are: (1) Develop a new system to automate, simplify and streamline business processes; (2) Provide a single source of data for all grant process stages that is validated and accurate, easy to access and analyse; (3) Ensure the new system is intuitive, easy to use and flexible, and can be extended to meet future needs; and (4) Migrate data from the existing data sources into a consolidated source of truth for infrastructure investment. National Archives of Australia
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Digital First (DF) Program Active 36.5 29.5 30 Jun 2027 In April 2023, the Australian Government announced an additional $36.5 million to support a digital uplift and address legacy technology issues. The Digital First Program aims to deliver new/enhanced capabilities in the following areas:
- Infrastructure: Modernise data storage solutions and technology standards.
- Content: Uplift capability to digitise at-risk and high priority records.
- Access: Upgrade access and engagement technology platforms.
- Management: Ensure effective management of the Program.
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Infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications and the arts
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Prime Minister and Cabinet
Australian Public Service Commission
Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Workforce Metrics Modernisation Program Active 4.8 4.8 19 Dec 2025 The program seeks to stabilise the APS employment database improving its security, usability and functionality. It will integrate APS employment data with existing Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data assets to enable authorised users to drive greater insights about the APS workforce. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Cyber Upgrades to Reduce Exposure (CURE) Phase 2 Not reported Medium-High Active 22.9 22.9 30 Jun 2025 The Cyber Upgrades to Reduce Exposure (CURE) program is designed to deliver a broad range of cyber security and ICT uplift initiatives for the Department. The CURE program was first reported in the 2024 digital project data release. At the time, the program was focussed on uplifting the security posture of the Department’s environment for less classified information. Phase 2 has expanded the focus to also uplift the security posture of the Department’s environment for more sensitive information as well as deliver improved cyber monitoring capabilities. -
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Social services
Department of Social Services
Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description New Specialist Disability Employment Program Medium-High Active 227.6 166.3 31 Aug 2027 This project is to support/enable the reform of Employment Services for people with disability. The New Specialist Disability Employment Program will be underpinned by an uplift and modernisation of the ICT system, to streamline and digitise administrative processes to support an improved user experience. The technology solution will ensure future services and policy settings are supported by a fit-for-purpose, tailored digital platform that meets the needs of all job seekers, providers, and employers. This includes providing more intuitive, accessible, and secure interfaces for service providers who enable individualised and flexible support for job seekers. Next Phase of the National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) Medium Medium Active 87.7 53.6 30 Jun 2027 The project will establish an enduring National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) of linked, de-identified data, leveraging multiple Australian, state and territory government service systems and surveys to provide insights on the outcomes of people with disability and their pathways through services. National Disability Insurance Agency
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Crack Down on Fraud Program Medium Active 194.3 145.7 31 Dec 2025 The Crack Down on Fraud program will boost fraud‑detecting IT systems to better protect monies allocated to Australians living with disability who are on the NDIS. The investment will complement the work of the Fraud Fusion Taskforce to respond to areas of vulnerability in NDIS systems. The program includes a number of ICT improvements that will be implemented progressively and are designed to make it easier to get it right, and harder to get it wrong for everyone engaging with the NDIS. NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Data and Regulatory Transformation (DART) Program Medium Active 160.3 85.9 30 Jun 2028 The DART Program will transform the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission data and technology systems to support new ways of working that will sustainably address issues experienced by NDIS participants, providers and workers. The DART Program aims to establish essential, risk‑based regulatory capabilities that meet the Commission’s current and future legislative obligations, safeguard participants, ensure market quality, and proactively manage compliance. Services Australia
Tier 1 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Health Delivery Modernisation Medium-High Medium-High Active 418.7 176.4 30 Jun 2025 The Health Delivery Modernisation Program continues to stabilise, modernise and transform the health payments system that underpins Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and other health related programs. The Program is delivering new digital health services and is establishing new health transformation capabilities to strengthen and modernise digital health across Australia’s healthcare settings, platforms and systems. Tier 2 Projects Project name DCA 2024 DCA 2025 Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Safely Connecting Australians with Support High Active 29.8 18.7 30 Jun 2025 Enhancements to the myGov platform to continue to respond to the findings of the Critical National Infrastructure myGov User Audit and advice from the independent advisory board, including enhancements to the myGov support tool, strengthening myGov fraud detection capabilities, improving the myGov inbox and other communication tools and supporting users to better secure their myGov accounts. Tier 3 Projects Project name Delivery status Total budget ($ million) Digital budget ($ million) Project end date Project description Energy Bill Relief Fund (EBRF) – ICT Build for Services Australia Closed 8.7 3.8 01 Jun 2024 The Australian Government has partnered with states and territories through the Energy Price Relief Plan to deliver temporary relief on power bills to eligible Australian households and small businesses. Treasury is the policy owner and project lead. Services Australia was engaged to provide a temporary Centrelink Confirmation eServices (CCeS) – a secure online service for businesses to confirm a customer’s entitlement to a concession, rebate or service. The CCeS was delivered and then decommissioned on 30 June 2024, with the project delivered successfully and on schedule. Phishing Resistant myGov Login Credentials Closed 5.6 3.3 30 Jun 2024 This project introduced phishing resistant sign in credentials (Passkeys) into the myGov Platform. Response to Services Australia Budget and Efficiency Review – CUSP Active NFP NFP 30 Jun 2025 The Cyber Security Uplift Projects (CSUP) was established to address immediate agency cyber security risk and improve its cyber security maturity. Services Australia Improved Safety for Staff and Customers Phase 2 Active 314.5 103.8 30 Jun 2026 The Security Risk Management Review Program will implement all 44 Security Risk Management Review recommendations in full with funding committed through the 2023–24 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook and 2024–25 Budget and internally committed agency resources. The Program, comprising 7 projects for government funded initiatives, will strengthen security and safety measures for Services Australia staff and customers. Strengthening Medicare – Chronic Wound Consumables Scheme for Patients with Diabetes Active 16.7 10.4 30 Jun 2025 This project is improving the management of wounds for patients in primary care settings by providing education and training for healthcare professionals and providing fully subsidised wound consumable products to people with chronic wounds. The pilot phase of this project is limited to people with a chronic wound and diabetes who are aged 65 and over (or aged 50 and over for First Nations people). If the pilot is successful, the program may be expanded to all Australians with chronic wounds. -
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