Every agency is under pressure to improve digital services, but not every agency should have to solve the same problems from scratch. In Western Australia, that challenge is becoming more urgent as government invests in shared digital capability that can be reused across agencies.
The Cook Government’s 2026–27 State Budget includes $28.2 million from the Digital Capability Fund to deliver a digital driver’s licence and State Digital Identity, signalling that shared digital capability is increasingly being treated as public infrastructure rather than a one-off technology uplift. That shift matters because when common digital foundations are built once and reused well, agencies can reduce duplication, lower delivery risk and create more consistent experiences for the people using public services.
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State Digital Assets and the next phase of joined-up service delivery
At Government Innovation Showcase Western Australia 2026, Alberto Degli Esposti, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Digital Government, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, will unpack what this shift means in practice through his keynote, “State Digital Assets: Unpacking Emerging Priorities and Next Steps for Advancement.” The agenda describes this session as a look at how WA is moving from stand-alone digital projects to shared State Digital Assets that function as core public infrastructure. It also highlights how these shared platforms and capabilities can enable secure, joined-up service delivery across government.
This is an important shift in thinking. Too often, digital transformation is approached project by project, with agencies solving similar service, identity, access and platform challenges in parallel. That can increase cost, create inconsistency and make it harder to scale good practice across government. By contrast, a State Digital Assets approach points to a model where common capabilities are designed for reuse, making it easier for agencies to build on shared foundations instead of starting from zero each time.
Why this matters now
WA’s recent investment in digital driver’s licences and State Digital Identity offers a practical example of how these shared capabilities are evolving. According to the WA Government, the new credentials will be delivered through the ServiceWA digital wallet and are intended to provide a secure and convenient way for people to carry and present credentials digitally while sharing only the information needed for a given transaction, such as proof of age or licence status. The government says this supports easier access to services, stronger privacy settings and higher-assurance digital transactions.
That matters not just because of the technology itself, but because of what it signals for the broader direction of government service delivery. When platforms are shared and designed for reuse, they can help agencies lower implementation cost, reduce delivery risk, and create more consistent user experiences. The Government Innovation Showcase WA agenda explicitly frames this as one of the key benefits of State Digital Assets, alongside embedding security and privacy by design and supporting safe adoption of emerging technologies at scale.
What Alberto Degli Esposti’s keynote will cover
Alberto’s session will explore:
- what State Digital Assets are and how they enable secure, joined-up service delivery
- how shared platforms can reduce duplication and cost across government
- why consistent user experiences matter for service access and public trust
- how security and privacy can be embedded by design
- how agencies can reuse existing State Digital Assets to deliver services with lower cost and risk, in line with whole-of-government standards.
For leaders across digital, service design, ICT, architecture and transformation, this is a timely discussion. It moves beyond the idea of digital delivery as an isolated agency effort and instead asks what becomes possible when common infrastructure is treated as a strategic asset for the whole public sector. That includes stronger collaboration, greater resilience during major events, and more efficient delivery of joined-up services for the people using them
Join Government Innovation Showcase Western Australia 2026 to hear Alberto Degli Esposti unpack the role of State Digital Assets in WA’s next phase of digital advancement.
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