Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
http://www.srcc.gov.au
VSLConnect Project
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Total Budget
$41.8M
Digital Budget
$33.2M
July 2023 — December 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 flexible, scalable and stable, with a greatly enhanced data collection, integration and analytics capability.
Digital Transformation Program (Strengthening Integrity of the VET sector)
Australian Skills Quality Authority
Total Budget
$24.8M
Digital Budget
$24.8M
January 2024 — June 2027
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is the national regulator of the VET sector. In February 2024, ASQA commenced a 3.5-year Digital Transformation Program to address issues with its existing 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.
Parent Pathways
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Total Budget
$68.7M
Digital Budget
$36.8M
November 2023 — June 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 extended ParentsNext to 31 October 2024 and introduced 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.
Enhancements to the Workforce Australia Digital Platform to administer the redesigned foundation skills program
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Total Budget
$10.9M
Digital Budget
$10.9M
July 2023 — June 2026
The redesigned Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program will improve the language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy (LLND) skills for Australians. The program will feature 2 complementary streams of LLND training delivery. Enhancements to the Workforce Australia Digital Platform are required to support the delivery, data reporting and compliance arrangements of the redesigned SEE program.
Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme insourcing
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Total Budget
$9M
Digital Budget
$9M
July 2023 — June 2026
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 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 (REAL) Program
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Total Budget
$60.6M
Digital Budget
$7.7M
June 2024 — June 2030
This project supports the implementation of the REAL Program that is replacing the Time to Work Employment Service. 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 and learning.
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
Our purpose is to promote and enable safe and healthy work. Our purpose brings together our business and engages our clients and stakeholders around injury prevention, early intervention, injury recovery, return to work, and work health and safety regulation. [CP p.22]
PURPOSE
Our purpose is to promote and enable safe and healthy work. Our purpose brings together our business and engages our clients and stakeholders around injury prevention, early intervention, injury recovery, return to work, and work health and safety regulation. [CP p.22]
Strategic priorities
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Prevent work-related injuries
Deliver better return to work outcomes
Outcomes
· 2
Outcome 1: Prevent work-related injuries
Be a leader in prevention of psychological injuries in particular, and increase our influence, appropriately sharing insights to more effectively drive positive change with employers and employees.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Outcome 2: Deliver better return to work outcomes
Improve return to work outcomes focusing on psychological injuries, influencing and collaborating to deliver support and interventions that better meet the recovery needs of employees.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Values
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Earn and strengthen trust
Strive to have a positive impact
Collaborate and innovate
Act with integrity and respect
Performance measures
· 1
| Code | Measure | Target 2025-26 | Latest result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CCE01 | Average Commonwealth premium rate | 1% of payroll or lower | 0.95% Annual Report 2024-25 · p.33 | Achieved |
Source documents
· 5
2024-25
Annual Report 2024–25
Open
2023-24
Annual Report 2023-24
Open
2022-23
Annual Report 2022-23
Open
2021-22
Annual Report 2021-22
Open
2020-21
Annual Report 2020-21
Open
Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence
· 12
KPI evidence register with named owners
Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting
Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.
annual-report-2021-22.pdf)
Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops
Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.
annual-report-2021-22.pdf)
Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking
Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.
annual-report-2020-21.pdf)
Always-on policy participation platform
Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.
annual-report-2020-21.pdf)
Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates
Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Single front door for life-event based services
Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases
Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
End-to-end case processing redesign
Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
KPI evidence register with named owners
Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting
Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.
annual-report-2021-22.pdf)
Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops
Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.
annual-report-2021-22.pdf)
Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking
Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.
annual-report-2020-21.pdf)
Always-on policy participation platform
Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.
annual-report-2020-21.pdf)
Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates
Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Single front door for life-event based services
Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2022-23.PDF)
Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases
Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
End-to-end case processing redesign
Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.
comcare-srcc-annual-report-2023-24.pdf)
Source library
· 10
10.1MB
2024-25.pdf
18.9MB
2023-24.pdf
28.0MB
2022-23.pdf
14.0MB
2021-22.pdf
12.7MB
2020-21.pdf
1.2MB
srcc-and-comcare-2025-26-CRIS.pdf
103KB
issues-of-current-interest-june-2025.pdf
108KB
principles-of-regulation.pdf
905KB
privacy-policy.pdf
201KB
significant-matters-reporting-policy.pdf
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