FOI 25-0211 LD – Document Relating To The Future Fit Study (part Of FOI 25-0077 Ld)

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This FOI release contains correspondence regarding the Future Fit study, a transformation program involving Meals on Wheels services across multiple Australian states. Convenors from NSW and Queensland Meals on Wheels services wrote to Minister Wells in February 2024 expressing concerns about the future of the study and requesting that software developed through Future Fit be made open source. The services, which contributed unfunded time and effort to software development over two years, sought to prevent market distortion and vendor lock-in by establishing an open-source community governed by a not-for-profit entity composed of frontline service representatives. They proposed restrictions preventing commercialization of the developed software, aiming to ensure equitable access and transparency for all Community and Home Support Program meal providers serving older Australians.