About Smart Group

The Smart Group of companies solve service delivery challenges for governments, businesses and consumers.

The strategic and project management input of our subject-matter experts, together with our understanding of modern and emerging technologies, enables us to achieve significant, practical outcomes for our clients and business partners.

We focus on improving the processes for delivering and administering government services, the design of new and improved regulatory, licensing and compliance schemes, and the identification of new ways of providing and improving these services in the digital economy.

The Smart Group operates through three companies: Smartnet, Smart Ecosystems and Smart Technology.

Smartnet: Smart Group's specialist business and technology advisory service.
Smart Ecosystems: Providing specialist advisory services on water, resources and emissions management and compliance.
Smart Technology: Smart Group's launch pad for leading information and communications solutions.

The scope of services provided by Smartnet includes strategic, policy and business process advice relating to:

  • health information management systems
    • clinical and financial transactions covering payers, providers and consumers
  • social services and benefit management systems
    • eligibility, concessions and point of sale benefit resolution
  • homeland security and law enforcement
    • identity and security for people and freight
    • shared transaction exchanges for managing secure multi-party information and transaction flows 
  • information security and privacy protection
    • PKI, identity credentials (including smart cards and biometrics).
 

The scope of services provided by Smart Ecosystems includes strategic, policy and business process advice relating to:

  • water licensing and emission trading compliance systems
  • design, regulation, education, audit and enforcement
 
 

The scope of services and products provided by Smart Technologies includes solutions for:

  • high speed broadband and wireless telecommunications
    • with a focus on regional services, small business and home office solutions
  • social services and benefit management systems
    • eligibility, concessions and point of sale benefit resolution
    • identity verification and validation
 
We work with government and industry clients, identifying opportunities for outsourcing, shared use of critical infrastructure, and new solutions that join up government services or blend public and private sector capabilities. We invest in new technologies and provide incubator support to innovators who have the capacity to introduce new thinking and new solutions.
 
We are accredited by national and state governments and our people are represented on a number of influential national boards and committees. We have extensive experience in technology, risk management, privacy, identity security, regulatory/ process design and industry, consumer and government consultation.