Family and Community Services
Assurance of Support Scheme - improved operation
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Centrelink | 0.4 | - | - | - |
The Government will provide funding of $0.4 million in 2003-04 to Centrelink for internally developed software to improve the operation of the Assurance of Support Scheme and simplify arrangements for people who provide an Assurance of Support.
See also the related expense measure titled Assurance of Support Scheme - improved operation in the Family and Community Services portfolio.
Centrelink Service Delivery - enhanced information technology capability
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Centrelink | 24.1 | 23.2 | 33.5 | 24.9 |
The Government will provide funding of $120.7 million over five years, including $15 million in 2007-08, to Centrelink for the purchase of hardware and the development of software to improve information technology reliability and extend their capability to deliver services online to customers, community organisations, business and government.
See also the related expense measure titled Centrelink Service Delivery - enhanced information technology capability in the Family and Community Services portfolio.
Identity fraud - improving and increasing the number of investigations
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Centrelink | 1.2 | 0.3 | - | - |
The Government will provide $1.5 million over two years to Centrelink for internally developed software and additional storage capacity needed to support the increase in investigations into identity fraud. The measure will involve greater use of external and internal data sources to detect fraud.
See also the related expense measure titled Identity fraud - improving and increasing the number of investigations in the Family and Community Services portfolio.
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - improved entitlement validation of concession cards
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Centrelink | 1.8 | - | - | - |
The Government will provide funding of $1.8 million to Centrelink in 2003-04 for the purchase of information technology equipment and the internal development of software. This expenditure will facilitate the monitoring of concessional pharmaceutical benefits entitlements by operating a real-time check on a person's concessional status through pharmacies, the Health Insurance Commission and Centrelink.
See also the related expense measure titled Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - improved entitlement validation of concession cards in the Health and Ageing portfolio.
Support for Indigenous people - expansion of Centrelink's agent and access point network
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Centrelink | 0.2 | - | - | - |
The Government will provide funding of $0.2 million in 2003-04 to purchase equipment for 50 new Centrelink access points in rural and remote Australia.
This initiative will improve Centrelink's services to Indigenous families and communities located in rural and remote Australia.
See also the related expense measure titled Support for Indigenous people - expansion of Centrelink's agent and access point network in the Family and Community Services portfolio.