Industry, science and resources
Geoscience Australia
| Project name | DCA 2024 | DCA 2025 | Delivery status | Total budget ($ million) | Digital budget ($ million) | Project end date | Project description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian U.S. Partnership on Landsat Next | High | Active | 207.4 | 26.7 | 30 Jun 2059 | The US-Australia partnership in Landsat Next builds on a nearly 50-year partnership, enabling the partners to scale up their collaboration over the decades to come. The project will provide Australia with assured access to data from the Landsat Next satellites, an enhanced Alice Springs Ground Station capability, next-generation data processing, quality assurance, integrity monitoring and distribution capabilities, and provide satellite based enhanced earth imaging products to users. | |
| Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity (RAP) Initiative | Medium-High | Active | 3361.5 | 325.5 | 30 Jun 2059 | Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity will secure Australia’s future as a global supplier of the resources necessary for the net-zero transition. This $3.4 billion, 35-year (2024–2059) initiative will play a key role in unlocking new opportunities to support a thriving and resilient national economy and a Future Made in Australia. It focuses on mapping Australia’s potential for critical minerals and strategic materials, groundwater, hydrogen and carbon storage, and offshore renewable energy. |
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
| Project name | DCA 2024 | DCA 2025 | Delivery status | Total budget ($ million) | Digital budget ($ million) | Project end date | Project description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMI Digital Transformation Program | High | Active | 40.1 | 40.1 | 30 Jun 2026 | The NMI Digital Transformation Program will address the National Measurement Institute's (NMI) most urgent ICT needs, such as cyber security risks as well as critical service delivery and operational issues. The program comprises 4 key ICT work streams, which aim to remediate known vulnerabilities that pose risks to operations, uplift systems to streamline processes, enhance service delivery and improve data security. |
| Project name | Delivery status | Total budget ($ million) | Digital budget ($ million) | Project end date | Project description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Enduring Commonwealth Function for Radioactive Waste Management | Paused | 275.2 | 25.0 | 30 Jun 2028 | This project represents the intention of the Commonwealth to ensure safe and secure management of Australia’s radioactive waste to protect people and the environment for generations to come. The project seeks to fund the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency to deliver an enduring function for radioactive waste management in Australia. |
| Single Business Service | Active | 39.6 | 16.4 | Ongoing – no end date | This project will maintain the existing Single Business Service (business.gov.au and contact centre) to simplify small to medium businesses’ engagement with government. Funding will support the ongoing delivery of the business contact centre and business.gov.au including security, infrastructure and data insights capability, and ensuring information and tools are up to date so the service remains useful and usable for the Australian business community. |
Questacon
| Project name | Delivery status | Total budget ($ million) | Digital budget ($ million) | Project end date | Project description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questacon Digital Futures Project | Active | 11.4 | 11.4 | 30 Jun 2027 | Currently, Questacon’s software, hardware and network infrastructure do not provide a consistent, accessible customer experience. Current systems also do not meet core requirements for seamless digital transactions for users, efficient operations and secure transactions. This project is addressing these issues through targeted investment and uplift in key areas. |
Disclaimer
Certain numbers in this report have been rounded to one decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.