Federal Spending Explorer

Entity

Parliamentary Budget Office

$10m 2026-27 Budget estimate

−$246k (−2.4%) on 2025-26 estimated actual

Kind of expense

Departmental (running costs: staff, suppliers, property)$10m 100.0%
Change on 2025-26 −10% or more −2 to −10% within ±2% +2 to +10% +10% or more, or new
Area shows 2026-27 Budget estimate. Hover or focus a box for figures; the table below lists every item.

Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients

$235k falls in 2026-27, equal to 2.3% of this total: $235k 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.

Program 2025-26
estimated actual
2026-27
Budget estimate
Change Share Removed
Program 1.1: Budgeted Expenses for Outcome 1 $10m $10m −$246k −2.4% –

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
10
Suppliers
7
Limited tender
26.7% of value · 5 contracts
Value added by amendments
$0 across 0 amended contracts

Largest suppliers

Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why

SupplierContracts2026-27 est.Limited tender
BELLCHAMBERSBARRETT 1 $128k 0.0%
Jeff Whalan Learning Group 3 $22k 100.0%
Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd 1 $22k 0.0%
ISENTIA PTY LIMITED 2 $20k 0.0%
Acorn PLMS Pty Ltd 1 $3k 0.0%

Largest contracts

Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why

ContractSupplierMethodTermTotal value2026-27 est.
Internal Audit Services for Parliamentary Budget Office
CN4208306
BELLCHAMBERSBARRETT open tender 2026-01-13 to 2028-01-31 $262k $128k
WOAG TMS Arrangement
CN4051328
Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd open tender 2024-02-05 to 2027-06-30 $75k $22k
Media Monitoring Service
CN4181946
ISENTIA PTY LIMITED open tender 2025-08-17 to 2028-08-16 $55k $18k
Annual Membership Renewal Fee - Executive Learning Group
CN4160185
Jeff Whalan Learning Group limited tender 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31 $16k $8k
Executive Learning Annual Membership
CN4266349
Jeff Whalan Learning Group limited tender 2027-01-01 to 2027-12-31 $15k $7k
Executive learning annual membership
CN4269226
Jeff Whalan Learning Group limited tender 2027-01-01 to 2027-12-31 $15k $7k
Exercising extension option on Learnhub training management system.
CN4115414
Acorn PLMS Pty Ltd open tender 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31 $11k $3k
Media Monitoring Service
CN4131750
ISENTIA PTY LIMITED open tender 2025-02-17 to 2026-08-14 $17k $1k

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

Audit, accounting and finance 1$19k 100.0%

In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $0 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

YearConsultancyOther contracts
2024-25 $0
0 contracts
$260k
11 contracts
2023-24 $0
0 contracts
$565k
17 contracts
2022-23 $0
0 contracts
$720k
19 contracts
2021-22 $0
1 contract
$332k
17 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

Consultancy2024-25
- $0
Other contracts2024-25
Bellchambers Barrett Pty Ltd $119k
Oxide Interactive Pty Ltd $29k
Business Wide Pty Ltd $17k