Accenture wins lucrative visa processing contract
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Accenture has won the lucrative contract to help the federal government overhaul its ageing visa infrastructure.
The global consultancy has won an initial tranche of work worth $60 million to develop the federal government’s planned “permissions” platform.
The platform is aimed at digitising the way citizens and visitors to Australia access government services, including permits, accreditations, licences and registrations.
The original $1 billion visa processing plan was abandoned in March 2020 after costing taxpayers $100 million because of issues including resistance from Labor, the Greens and key crossbenchers to what they saw as privatising the visa function.