Despite the hiccup, pilots are well under way with the first round of government agencies set to go live in May; the rest of the rollout will take place over the next two years.

Under the shared services model, which will save taxpayers A$50 million (US$38 million) a year from the 2007-08 financial year, the government will consolidate 21 different finance management solutions and 12 disparate payroll systems across 49 of its largest agencies.

Three shared services centers will also be established as part of the 10-year, A$66.8 million deal with Oracle.

The WA government's Office of Shared Services (OSS) executive director Ron Mance confirmed WA Police has been excluded from the Oracle model with no immediate plans to migrate.

While unable to provide full details of the contractual arrangements with SAP by Computerworld's deadline, Mance said migration just isn't feasible at this time.