In introducing Gateway to Australian Government projects, the Gateway Unit has been able to leverage off the experience of previous implementations of the Gateway Review Process in the UK and in Victoria, Australia. The Gateway Unit would like to acknowledge the considerable assistance both the Office of Government Commerce in the UK and the Gateway Unit of the Department of Treasury and Finance in Victoria have given Finance in establishing Gateway in the Australian Government.

The objective of Gateway for the Australian Government is to improve the delivery of major projects; however, Gateway does present other opportunities for the Government. The benefits of Gateway, effectively implemented, are expected to extend beyond the projects passing through Gateway so that learning and the dissemination of experience from the reviews can assist the development of improved project management across the APS.