News

29 Sep-20
Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) – Bankruptcy Form

In October 2020 AFSA will go live with the ‘digital bankruptcy application’ – a fully online application process. The Bankruptcy Form Perform developed as an interim solution for AFSA provided significant insight and cost-savings in the development of this system. Aware of the timeframes ne...Read more

11 Sep-19
Regional Investment Corporation – Loans to build a stronger regional Australia

As part of the Australian Government’s commitment to encourage growth, investment and resilience in Australia’s regional communities, the Regional Investment Corporation (RIC) administers the delivery of loans for farm businesses and national water infrastructure. There are currently three ty...Read more

10 Jul-19
ACT Red Cross Meals on Wheels have an exciting new menu

Meals on Wheels is a fantastic community service providing a range of healthy and nutritious fresh and frozen meals delivered to the doors of people who find it difficult to cook for themselves. The service is more than just a meal, with friendly volunteers also checking in on the clients when meals...Read more

22 Mar-18
Government Panel Arrangements for Forms Design Services

If you work for a Government Department and require forms analysis, design or user testing services, it is more than likely you can access our services through one of the following Government panels. Department of Human Services’ Creative and Digital Communications Services Panel (SON 3469867) ...Read more

7 Dec-17
Australian Passport Application checklists

Perform has been working with the Australian Passport Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as part of the new passport application project, which went live in August 2017. Working closely with project business analysts, digital capture developers, and DFAT’s scanning and other t...Read more

29 Aug-17
Medicinal Cannabis licence forms

In February 2016 legislation was passed to enable the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and related research purposes in Australia. A detailed regulatory framework was put in place to enable applications for licences and permits for the cultivation, production and manufacture of medicinal cannab...Read more

14 Aug-17
User testing helps improve question sets for Carers

Perform was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Human Services (DHS) to undertake observation studies of participants completing questions in a Voluntary Field Test for Carers. The aim of the testing was to identify issues with the question sets in the current carer claim forms a...Read more

15 May-17
Creative and Digital Communication Services Panel

Perpetro Pty Limited (trading as Perform Information Design Solutions) is a member of the Department of Human Services' Creative and Digital Communications Panel (SON 2697681) for the provision of forms design services. We were appointed to this panel on 30 October 2014 and were on the two previous ...Read more

8 May-17
The importance of guidelines and standards

Most organisations and agencies have style guides that cover the use of their logo and other graphic elements including reports, business card, stationery design and webpage layout. These are useful documents from a branding perspective, but they generally don't cover specific forms design requirem...Read more

8 May-17
ActewAGL’s new look Electricity and Gas bills

ActewAGL – one of Canberra’s main utility suppliers – engaged Perform’s services back in 2005 to redesign their electricity and water bills with specific focus on the format, presentation and usability of the information. The redesign of the bills was highly successfully. Recently the bil...Read more