Entity
National Archives of Australia
−$6.9m (−5.9%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$15m falls in 2026-27, equal to 14.2% of this total: $15m in contracts and $0 in grants. estimate: annualised
From AusTender contract notices and GrantConnect grant awards published since 2022-07-01. Each contract’s or grant’s value is spread evenly from its start to end date. These values are commitments, not payments, and records published before 2022-07-01 are not included yet.
By program
| Program | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Share | Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program 1.1: National Archives of AustraliaNational Archives provides stewardship of the records of the Australian Government to provide access to the evidence and… | $116m | $109m | −$6.9m −5.9% | 100.0% | – |
Worth a closer look
Patterns in this agency’s contract notices published in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. Each is a measurable pattern with common legitimate explanations; none is a finding of wrongdoing. How these are defined.
- Published long after it started 4 contracts · $3.9m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Grew past the open-tender threshold 1 contract · $154k
A contract awarded by limited tender below the open-tender threshold later rose in value to the threshold or above. - Supplier’s ABN was new 1 contract · $231k
The supplier’s ABN had been active for less than three months when the contract started or was published.
Who gets paid
Contracts active in 2026-27, from AusTender. Amounts for the year are each contract’s value spread across its term. estimate: annualised
- Contracts active
- 149
- Suppliers
- 114
- Limited tender
- 33.1% of value · 88 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $5.4m across 24 amended contracts
Largest suppliers
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
| Supplier | Contracts | 2026-27 est. | Limited tender |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMANATE TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD | 3 | $1.7m | 0.6% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 4 | $996k | 100.0% |
| Hewlett-Packard Enterprise | 1 | $857k | 0.0% |
| Elysium Digital Pty Ltd | 2 | $723k | 1.3% |
| A23 PTY. LTD. | 2 | $589k | 0.0% |
| Chalfont Consulting Pty Ltd | 1 | $560k | 0.0% |
| HiTech Group Australia Ltd | 1 | $536k | 0.0% |
| Infront Systems Pty Ltd | 4 | $492k | 0.0% |
| AUREC PTY LTD | 1 | $483k | 0.0% |
| Galaxy 42 Pty Ltd T/AS Atturra Bussiness | 1 | $476k | 0.0% |
| 31 Vision Drive Pty Ltd | 1 | $473k | 100.0% |
| THE TRUSTEE FOR CTO CONSULTING UNIT | 1 | $382k | 0.0% |
| Colliers International (Victoria) Pty Limited | 1 | $351k | 100.0% |
| AURION CORPORATION PTY LTD | 1 | $332k | 0.0% |
| McGees Property - for Sandran P/L | 1 | $252k | 100.0% |
Largest contracts
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
Professional services by kind of work
Contracts active in 2026-27 that AusTender files under “management and business professionals”, sorted by an AI model reading each contract’s description. AI-classified estimate: annualised
A further $571k across 2 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $2.3m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $2.5m for that year (AusTender values spread over each contract’s term). The two are measured differently, so they are not expected to match. How we classify.
Contract spending reported by the entity
What the entity reported in its annual reports, from the Transparency Portal: cash paid in each year, including GST. These are actual payments, unlike the AusTender contract values above. They are shown as published and are not used in any total on this site. reported
| Year | Consultancy | Other contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $2.3m 25 contracts |
$67m 270 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $1.6m 9 contracts |
$81m 305 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $394m looks wrong 9 contracts |
$57.6bn looks wrong 175 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $444k 11 contracts |
$51m 211 contracts |
Organisations paid the most in 2024-25
As listed by the entity, usually its five largest of each type. Organisations who are individuals are not listed. Why
| Consultancy | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Ernst & Young | $641k |
| Neoteric Consulting Pty Ltd | $574k |
| Hide and Seek Group | $440k |
| Orima Research | $118k |
| McGrathNicol Advisory Partnership | $116k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Colliers International (ACT) Pty Ltd | $11m |
- Averages more than $5 million per consultancy contract, far above any other entity. It may have been entered in dollars instead of thousands.
- More than twice the entity’s largest yearly total expenses in the Budget papers ($225m). It may have been entered in dollars instead of thousands.