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Justice and Law Enforcement

Information Advisory Committee

Portfolio: Attorney-General's

http://www.oaic.gov.au

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will establish a new single case management system for the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), replacing multiple outdated legacy systems that the ART currently relies on.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.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

To promote and uphold privacy and information access rights

PURPOSE

To promote and uphold privacy and information access rights

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.9

Strategic priorities

· 4

1

Rights preservation in new and emerging technologies

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.16
2

Strengthening the information governance of the Australian Public Service

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.16
3

Rebalancing power and information asymmetries

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.16
4

Ensuring timely access to government information

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.16

Outcomes

· 1

Outcome 1: Provision of public access to Commonwealth Government information, protection of individuals’ personal information, and performance of Information Commissioner, freedom of information and privacy functions

The OAIC will continue to discharge its statutory obligations throughout the reporting period. We will continue to influence and uphold privacy and information access rights frameworks in 2025–26 by discharging our regulatory functions and powers to: ensure Australians’ access to information through the FOI Act; regulate how government agencies and other organisations handle personal information under the Privacy Act; promote awareness of and compliance with the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme under the Privacy Act; undertake work to ensure Australians’ privacy is protected as the Digital ID system is expanded; increase public trust and confidence in the handling of health information through our oversight of the My Health Record system and the Healthcare Identifiers Service; co-regulate the Consumer Data Right (CDR) with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC); and undertake our functions in the legislation listed in Appendix A.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Influence and uphold privacy and information access rights frameworks
  • Advance online privacy protections for Australians
  • Encourage and support proactive release of government information
  • Take a contemporary, harms-based approach to regulation

Values

· 3

integrity

transparency

accountability

Performance measures

· 7

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

Change of percentage of OAIC case load that is greater than 12 months

maintained or exceeded

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.26

Percentage of cases finalised within time standards

80%

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.27

Percentage of regulated entities that report satisfaction with OAIC guidance and resources

maintained or exceeded

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.28

Effectiveness of the OAIC’s contribution to the advancement of online privacy protections and policy advice as measured by stakeholder feedback

exceeded

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.29

Percentage of OAIC recommendations accepted by agencies following FOI complaint investigations

90%

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.30

Initial assessments are completed and recorded on all proactive regulatory activities to ensure appropriate and proportionate regulatory responses

100%

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.31

OAIC staff consider they have the skills, capabilities and knowledge to perform well, enabling the OAIC to deliver expert service

80%

Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.32

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

OAIC-Corporate-Plan-2022-23.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

OAIC-Corporate-Plan-2022-23.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

corporate-plan-201920)

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

corporate-plan-201920)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

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

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

corporate-plan-201920)

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

corporate-plan-201920)

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

Corporate-plan-2024.pdf)

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

Corporate-plan-2024.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

oaic-corporate-plan-2021-22.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

oaic-corporate-plan-2021-22.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

OAIC-Corporate-plan-2025-2026.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

OAIC-Corporate-plan-2025-2026.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

OAIC-Corporate-Plan-2022-23.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

OAIC-Corporate-Plan-2022-23.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

corporate-plan-201920)

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

corporate-plan-201920)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

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

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

corporate-plan-201920)

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

corporate-plan-201920)

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

Corporate-plan-2024.pdf)

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

Corporate-plan-2024.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

oaic-corporate-plan-2021-22.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

oaic-corporate-plan-2021-22.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

OAIC-Corporate-plan-2025-2026.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

OAIC-Corporate-plan-2025-2026.pdf)

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