Program/initiative Department Short description Timing National Business MultiAgency Department of The Initiative which also works with states and territories aims to reduce the complexity Established November 2016. — Simplification Initiative Industry, PM&C, of regulation for businesses and make dealings with government easier. The Ongoing. Department of Health, Initiative is also considering the future of Government registers. DTA Workrelated expenses ATO with the Behavioural BETA is working with the ATO to develop and test behavioural interventions that delivery expected in Economics Team of the encourage taxpayers to claim correct workrelated expenses. March 2017. Australian Government Completion by June (BETA) 2017. Deferred GST scheme ATO (with BETA) BETA will work with the ATO business line to encourage noncompliant participants in the delivery expected in scheme to meet their eligibility requirements. April 2017. Completion by June 2017. International Student Department of Education and BETA is assisting DET, in partnership with FWO, to incorporate behavioural insights into Completion by June 2017. Helpseeking Training (DET) (with messaging (texts and emails) that will be evaluated for their effectiveness in BETA) prompting helpseeking for workplace exploitation by international students. Building persistent Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) BETA is assisting FWO to incorporate behavioural insights into their audit Completion by Dec 2017. compliance (with BETA) correspondence and campaign activities in order to increase the rate of persistent compliance among small businesses as well as improve the efficiency of their audit processes. More robust identity Multiagency Digital Updated government digital identity arrangements. A better digital experience for users To be delivered via a beta at — — verification and Transformation Agency, of government services easy to use, better outcomes, improved security and the end of with a — authentication DHS, DIIS privacy, once, use many times’. plan to go to a — ‘build MyGov production version in mid2018.
Program/initiative Department Short description Timing National Business Simplification Initiative MultiAgency — Department of Industry, PM&C, Department of Health, DTA The Initiative which also works with states and territories aims to reduce the complexity of regulation for businesses and make dealings with government easier. The Initiative is also considering the future of Government registers. Established November 2016. Ongoing. Workrelated expenses ATO with the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) BETA is working with the ATO to develop and test behavioural interventions that encourage taxpayers to claim correct workrelated expenses. delivery expected in March 2017. Completion by June 2017. Deferred GST scheme ATO (with BETA) BETA will work with the ATO business line to encourage noncompliant participants in the scheme to meet their eligibility requirements. delivery expected in April 2017. Completion by June 2017. International Student Helpseeking Department of Education and Training (DET) (with BETA) BETA is assisting DET, in partnership with FWO, to incorporate behavioural insights into messaging (texts and emails) that will be evaluated for their effectiveness in prompting helpseeking for workplace exploitation by international students. Completion by June 2017. Building persistent compliance Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) (with BETA) BETA is assisting FWO to incorporate behavioural insights into their audit correspondence and campaign activities in order to increase the rate of persistent compliance among small businesses as well as improve the efficiency of their audit processes. Completion by Dec 2017. More robust identity — verification and authentication — MyGov Multiagency — Digital Transformation Agency, DHS, DIIS Updated government digital identity arrangements. A better digital experience for users of government services — easy to use, better outcomes, improved security and privacy, ‘build once, use many times’. To be delivered via a beta at the end of with a plan to go to a production version in mid2018.
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