A review of the Department of Home Affairs ICT capability found "over 40% of 480 distinct business systems have already reached end-of-life" and that "resources required to sustain, and in future replace, these assets are yet to be fully funded". It's also bad that the few modernisation attempts they tried "had not progressed due to funding, staffing levels and executive sponsorship". The report reckons resources given to Home Affairs for ICT make it "currently not positioned to deliver beyond maintenance, let alone improve its ability to radically transform its technology and use of data". I'm sure this isn't a problem for the arm of government tasked with "cyber and critical infrastructure resilience and security" and "the protection of our sovereignty".
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