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Australian Submarine Agency

Portfolio: Defence

https://www.asa.gov.au

Annual Budget

$513M

2026-27 Budget (Budget Paper No. 4)
+33.0%vs prior year ($385M)
Total Revenue

$5.0B

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

350

Headcount (2024-25)
Budget Commentary

Significant upward shift in 2026-27 funding (+33.0%, $127M change). 2025-26 estimated actual $385M → 2026-27 budget $513M. Source: Budget Paper No. 4, Agency Resourcing tables.

Key Documents & Links
Ideas relevant to this department

12 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

No current official strategy document has been verified yet

Structured strategy exists but is incomplete.

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

australias-aukus-submarine-industry-strategy)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

australias-aukus-submarine-industry-strategy)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

australias-aukus-submarine-industry-strategy)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

australias-aukus-submarine-industry-strategy)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Australias-AUKUS-Submarine-Industry-Strategy-3.pdf)

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