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User acceptance testing
January 2024
The Program Team facilitated user acceptance testing sessions with staff members from Community Corrections and Tasmania Prison Service.
Astria's year in review
December 2021
A lot was achieved by the Justice Connect program team in 2021.
Full steam ahead for Astria
September 2021
The contract has been signed for Astria's implementation phase.
Astria Release Timeline
August 2021
The proposed Astria roll-out will be in four releases before the end of 2023.
Astria Implementation begins
April 2021
In April 2021 Stage 1 Implementation commenced.
Astria's MVP
February 2021
Astria’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development has made excellent progress and is due for completion on time in March.
Wide support for Astria
December 2020
Department of Justice staff who will be impacted by the introduction of Astria have had their say!
Budget funding for Astria stage 3
November 2020
The program has received additional funding in the recent State Budget to implement Astria as part of the new single tribunal TasCAT.
State-wide Benefits Roadshow
November 2020
The program team have been on the road visiting future Astria users, giving over 27 Benefits Roadshow presentations to groups large and small.
Astria development begins
September 2020
In early September 2020 work on building the Astria prototype, or minimum viable product (MVP) began.
Astria identity and website launch
August 2020
Astria was named in February 2020 and a Tasmanian graphic designer created the system icon and visual identity.
Contract negotiations commence
June 2020
A consortium led by Fujitsu in partnership with Journal Technologies, SYSCON Justice Systems and Synateq has been selected as the Department’s preferred vendor to develop Astria.
Astria evaluation makes good progress
April 2020
Evaluation of shortlisted tenderers to build Astria continues to progress and negotiations with the chosen supplier will occur with the next few months.