Electronic Court Management System

68 The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (25 October 2018). Can the Attorney-General advise:

1. What is the cost to establish the Electronic Court Management System (ECMS)?

2. Is the rollout of the ECMS running on time?

3. Is the rollout of the ECMS running to budget? What was the initial budget?

4. What is the ongoing cost of managing the system?

5. What current functions and staff will be replaced?

6. What savings will be made and how many FTEs will be replaced?

7. Whether the Attorney-General agrees that more staff will be needed to manage the transfer, not less, particularly in regard to the probate registry?

8. Which government and non-government agencies will have access to the system and what privacy measures are in place?

9. Was it the intention for the Crown Solicitor's Office, SAPOL and the DPP or any other third party to access the system? Can they?

10. Is this off-the-shelf software, or custom built and why is that the case?

11. Is a South Australian company delivering the Electronic Court Management System?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): The Attorney-General has provided the following advice:

1. $23.2 million which was allocated in the 2015-16 budget.

2. The project is currently running on schedule and expects to be deployed in the probate jurisdiction on 26 November 2018.

3. The project is on budget.

4. The 2015-16 budget provided recurrent costs of $1.8 million p.a. upon completion.

5. The Electronic Court Management System will replace the functions of multiple legacy core business systems across five courts (Supreme, District, ERD, Magistrates and Youth).

6. & 7. Savings associated with the Electronic Court Management System have been aligned to the savings measures outlined in the 2018-19 budget and commence primarily from 2021-22.

8. Court outcomes have always been provided to a number of agencies and other parties via data interchange and this will continue.

9. Parties to cases have always had access to those cases and that will continue. The new system will provide 24/7 online access to all parties via the CourtSA portal to case information. Non-parties may make an application for access to case information which will be considered on a case by case basis using the same considerations as exist today.

10. The CAA has selected a highly configurable off-the-shelf product which was determined to be the best fit for the CAA.

11. No South Australian companies responded to the request for proposal. However, the majority of work effort in delivering this product will take place in South Australia.