Entity
Department of the House of Representatives
+$1.2m (+3.4%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$2.0m falls in 2026-27, equal to 5.7% of this total: $2.0m 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: Other Departmental DHR | $34m | $35m | +$1.1m +3.4% | 98.9% | – |
| Program 2: Schools HospitalityAdministered expenses 362 372 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 362 372 Administered total Total ex… | $362k | $372k | +$10k +2.8% | 1.1% | – |
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
- 34
- Suppliers
- 32
- Limited tender
- 32.2% of value · 15 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $212k across 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approach Consulting Pty Ltd | 1 | $356k | 0.0% |
| AUREC PTY LTD | 1 | $341k | 0.0% |
| Australia Post - Melbourne | 1 | $225k | 100.0% |
| YMCA Australia | 2 | $174k | 0.0% |
| ComCare Australia | 1 | $144k | 100.0% |
| Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd | 1 | $132k | 0.0% |
| FujiFilm Business Innovation Australia Pty Ltd | 1 | $77k | 0.0% |
| WINC AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED | 1 | $49k | 0.0% |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Assoc | 1 | $46k | 100.0% |
| Department of Parliamentary Services | 1 | $41k | 100.0% |
| ZENITH FG | 1 | $38k | 0.0% |
| COMMONWEALTH SUPERANNUATION CORPORATION | 1 | $38k | 100.0% |
| KPMG | 1 | $35k | 0.0% |
| Expense 8 | 1 | $35k | 0.0% |
| Bardach Pty Ltd TA Bardach Consulti | 1 | $33k | 0.0% |
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 $97k across 2 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2023-24 the entity reported paying $81k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $0 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 | $326m looks wrong 7 contracts |
$1.8bn looks wrong 43 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $81k 4 contracts |
$866k 45 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $18k 3 contracts |
$1.4m 35 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $139k 3 contracts |
$1.4m 60 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 |
|---|---|
| RSM Australia Pty Ltd | $234m looks wrong |
| Atturra Business Applications | $51m looks wrong |
| CPM Reviews Pty Ltd | $18m looks wrong |
| Tailored HR Solutions | $12m looks wrong |
| JLL Public Sector Valuations Pty Ltd | $9.9m looks wrong |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| FUJIFILM Business Innovation Aust Pty Ltd | $263m looks wrong |
| Technology One Ltd | $227m looks wrong |
| Nous Group Pty Ltd | $174m looks wrong |
| Comcare | $131m looks wrong |
| Aurec Pty Ltd | $67m looks wrong |
- More than twice the entity’s largest yearly total expenses in the Budget papers ($35m). It may have been entered in dollars instead of thousands.
- The entity’s total for this year looks wrong, so this list may be affected too.