Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I am again advised that all of the features needed to start on 1 July 2025 will be done. I think from memory—I just don't have the budget papers in front of me—that it is frontloaded across the forward estimates. So we expect that upfront build, but then there will be continuing costs—maintenance and otherwise—of the system that you would expect with any large IT program. I'll see if there's any further information. Of the $1.2 billion, $589 million was provided as sustainment funding critical to maintain core ICT systems which are central to the continued operation of the aged-care system. Core ICT includes Aged Care Gateway and the Government Provider Management System, as well as associated business to government, B2G, and the aged-care data warehouse systems. Costs include platform hosting, software licensing, cybersecurity, general operating costs and digital contractors once the current funding expires on 30 June 2024.