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Justice and Law Enforcement

Courts Administration Authority

Portfolio: Attorney-General

https://www.courts.sa.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$120M

2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Staff

600

Headcount (2024-25)
Major Digital Projects
3

Case Management Solution (CMS) Program

Administrative Review Tribunal

Tier 2
DCA: Medium-Low
Active

Total Budget

$29.6M

Digital Budget

$29.6M

January 2022June 2027

This project will establish a new single case management system for the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), replacing multiple outdated legacy systems that the ART currently relies on. The new, whole-of-agency case management system will improve ART users' digital experience and staff productivity to support the ART’s statutory objectives.

Evidence Management Modernisation Program (EMM or EMMP), formerly Digital Litigation Solutions

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

Tier 3
Closed

Total Budget

$22.7M

Digital Budget

$3.6M

January 2023June 2025

This investment is modernising how digital evidentiary material is managed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) by introducing a digital solution and establishing an internal digital evidence capability to more effectively manage large volumes of digital evidence. This involves transitioning from legacy systems and establishing optimum support arrangements for an efficient prosecution service.

Secure Court Information Management System (SCIMS)

Attorney-General’s Department

Tier 3
Active

Total Budget

$15.1M

Digital Budget

$15.1M

July 2024June 2028

The Australian Government requires the development and delivery of a digital, remote-access court information management system that is secure, accredited and highly available. SCIMS is necessary to support the electronic presentation and protection of classified material (up to and including SECRET) for legal matters that deal with national security information materials in the lead up to, and during court proceedings.

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

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

Form 92AP Order - To Provide Information or Assistance to Access Data.pdf)

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

Form 92AP Order - To Provide Information or Assistance to Access Data.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

)

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

)

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

)

Case Processing

Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases

Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Form 4G Originating Application Ex Parte - Order to Access Data.pdf)

Case Processing

End-to-end case processing redesign

Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Form 4G Originating Application Ex Parte - Order to Access Data.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

Uniform Civil Rules 2020.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

Uniform Civil Rules 2020.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

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

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

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

)

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

Form 92AP Order - To Provide Information or Assistance to Access Data.pdf)

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

Form 92AP Order - To Provide Information or Assistance to Access Data.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

)

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

)

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

)

Case Processing

Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases

Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Form 4G Originating Application Ex Parte - Order to Access Data.pdf)

Case Processing

End-to-end case processing redesign

Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Form 4G Originating Application Ex Parte - Order to Access Data.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

Uniform Civil Rules 2020.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

Uniform Civil Rules 2020.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

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

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

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

)

Reporting Entities

Bodies within the Attorney-General portfolio

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