Budget 2010-11: What's in it for ICT?

12.05.2010

* The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ($137.6m) and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ($127.9m) will split $346.8 million for biosecurity, including IT upgrades for export certificates.

* Centrelink will pocket $71 million over four years to investigate suspected cases of organised welfare fraud. The funding will go "towards IT system developments to enable Centrelink to work more effectively with law enforcement agencies and intelligence sources, as well as staff including investigators to implement the measure".

* $125.2 million will be spent over four years to create a single, national online registration system for business names and ABNs, along with a whole-of-government regulatory information website called Business Licensing Information Service. The Government claims this will save up to $1.5 billion in red tape over eight years.

* Security and law enforcement agencies will receive $101.6 million in additional funding for telecommunications interception work.

* The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) will get $24 million for new "analytical technologies" to pursue serious and organised crime, tax evasion and financial fraud