Funding and Disclosure Reform Combined Pass Business Case  

The Challenge

The AEC is the independent statutory authority responsible for maintaining the Commonwealth electoral roll and conducting federal elections, by-elections and referendums. The AEC also has responsibility for registering and monitoring activities of registered political parties including receiving and publishing information from parties about their donations and electoral expenditure.

The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters conducted a review of the 2022 election and made recommendations for significant electoral reform. In response to the Committee, the Government noted its clear commitment to improve transparency and accountability across the electoral system.

Implementation of the Committee’s recommendations and other potential electoral reform initiatives would require new business capabilities on modern, agile and scalable ICT platforms, as well as stakeholder communications and training to ensure all users understand, and are able to comply with, future changes.

The Action

Polis Partners worked closely with the AEC to draft a Combined Pass ICT Business Case, including developing and costing of various options that would enable the AEC to deliver potential electoral reform.

The Results

The draft Business Case made the case for change and provided an evidence base to justify Government investment in modernising and uplifting ICT capability at the AEC.