The Albanese government is under fire for a slow down on reforms for ‘life event’ services after revelations it had not funded a proposal to reinvigorate the mammoth project and is shifting its responsibility out of the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA).
Responsibility will be passed to Services Australia in July, which will continue the development of a five-year plan with the states and lead the Commonwealth’s role in life event services.
The DTA had led the Commonwealth’s efforts since life services was formalised in the federal government’s first digital strategy in 2018 and had been dedicating significant personnel to the work.
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