The billion-dollar overhaul of Australia's welfare payment infrastructure is set to include the creation of an "elastic" cloud for the country's Department of Human Services (DHS). A new report from Deloitte Access Economics says that a combination of technology and automation will be required in order to deliver the government's vision of a cashless society.
The billion-dollar overhaul of Australia's welfare payment infrastructure is set to include the creation of an "elastic" cloud for the country's Department of Human Services (DHS). Project chief Garrett McDonald said the Welfare Payment Infrastructure Transformation programme will take seven years to upgrade a system that Australia has been using for 30 years.