from what I read on this article posted by TripleTop earlier.. This is excellent news.
http://www.copyright link/technolog...s-open-up-for-tech-innovation-20161125-gsxki1
Start-up industry players have hailed the plans,
announced last week by Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Angus Taylor, to look to start-ups and other commercial tech players to improve government service delivery, as a "giant leap forward", for both their own companies and the ability of the government to enact innovative changes.
Mr Taylor floated plans to spend up to $560 million of Canberra's annual $5.6 billion tech budget on smaller, innovative players, in a bid to tap into the ideas, which were already improving service delivery in the private sector, and to provide a boost to local tech companies.
The spending would be coordinated by the recently expanded Digital Transformation Agency (DTA.)