Entity
Australian Federal Police
+$108m (+4.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$758m falls in 2026-27, equal to 30.1% of this total: $750m in contracts and $7.3m 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 3.1: Specialist Protective ServicesProvide protective services for official persons and at designated airports, Commonwealth protected locations, instituti… | $558m | $593m | +$35m +6.2% | 23.6% | – |
| Program 3.3: AFP-Nuclear Powered Submarine Program | $55m | $88m | +$33m +60.5% | 3.5% | – |
| Program 1.1: Federal PolicingProvide national and international policing services through prevention, disruption, enforcement and response strategies… | $1.1bn | $1.2bn | +$15m +1.3% | 46.1% | – |
| Program 2.1: ACT Community PolicingProvide community policing services in the Australian Capital Territory in partnership with government and community age… | $263m | $276m | +$13m +4.8% | 11.0% | – |
| Program 3.2: International Police Assistance and External TerritoriesProvide policing or policing support services to Jervis Bay, Australia’s external territories and international partners… | $389m | $401m | +$12m +3.1% | 15.9% | – |
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.
- Value increased after award 9 contracts · $26m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published. - Published long after it started 29 contracts · $43m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Repeated limited tenders to one supplier 8 contracts · $15m
The same agency awarded the same supplier several contracts by limited tender in one financial year. - Grew past the open-tender threshold 6 contracts · $818k
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 · $343k
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
- 1992
- Suppliers
- 1077
- Limited tender
- 35.4% of value · 1355 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $267m across 459 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushman & Wakefield Pty Ltd | 6 | $217m | 0.0% |
| Commerz Real Australian Management Company Pty Ltd | 1 | $42m | 100.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 33 | $41m | 3.3% |
| The Trustee for 150 Lonsdale Street Trust | 1 | $35m | 100.0% |
| DELL AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED | 74 | $24m | 0.2% |
| Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd | 1 | $19m | 0.0% |
| Lamana Development Limited | 6 | $15m | 100.0% |
| Built Pty Ltd | 4 | $13m | 4.2% |
| SAS Institute Australia Pty. Limite | 4 | $8.4m | 0.0% |
| OPTUS NETWORKS PTY LIMITED | 3 | $7.4m | 0.0% |
| PNG CR Service Company Ltd | 6 | $7.2m | 100.0% |
| TELSTRA (VIC) | 4 | $6.7m | 1.1% |
| MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | 24 | $6.5m | 100.0% |
| Vocus Pty Ltd | 4 | $6.3m | 0.0% |
| PlanPac Group PNG Limited | 9 | $5.9m | 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 $2.5m across 13 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2022-23 the entity reported paying $9.8m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $6.0m 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.
Grants awarded
Grants active in 2026-27, from GrantConnect. Each grant’s total value is spread across its term. estimate: annualised
- Grants active
- 17
- 2026-27 est.
- $7.3m
- Recipients
- 15
- Without an open round
- 100.0% of value
By category
Largest recipients
Recipients who are individuals, and awards that name no single recipient, are counted above but not listed. Why
| Recipient | Grants | 2026-27 est. |
|---|---|---|
| INTERPOL | 2 | $4.6m |
| Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) | 1 | $1.1m |
| Canberra Police Community Youth Club | 1 | $649k |
| US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) | 2 | $417k |
| United Nations | 1 | $285k |
| National Centre for Missing & Exploitation Children (NMEC) | 1 | $136k |
| Menslink | 1 | $126k |
| Victoria Police (Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA)) | 1 | $55k |
| ACT Neighbourhood Watch Association Inc. | 1 | $30k |
| Canberra and district NAIDOC Aboriginal Corporation | 1 | $8k |
| QLD Police Sporting Association Inc | 1 | $7k |
| Mix 106.3 | 1 | $3k |
| Canberra SpringOUT Association incorporated | 1 | $3k |
| Celebration of African Australians Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Christmas Island District High School CIDHS | 1 | $150 |
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 | $5.3m looks wrong 61 contracts |
$315m looks wrong 2780 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $9.8m 93 contracts |
$341m 2901 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $7.2m 91 contracts |
$368m 2621 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 |
|---|---|
| Lawyerbank Pty Ltd | $760k looks wrong |
| Countersight Proprietary Limited | $704k looks wrong |
| Callida Pty Ltd | $601k looks wrong |
| Callida Pty Ltd | $588k looks wrong |
| Australian Strategic Property Advisers Pty Ltd | $364k looks wrong |
| ETM Perspectives Pty Ltd | $337k looks wrong |
| CBR Cyber Pty Ltd | $252k looks wrong |
| Orima Research Pty Ltd | $206k looks wrong |
| Lawyerbank Pty Ltd | $162k looks wrong |
| Ashurst Australia | $146k looks wrong |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Bayernfonds Opalus GmbH | $33m looks wrong |
| Bayernfonds Opalus GmbH | $29m looks wrong |
| Perpetual Trustee Company Limited | $27m looks wrong |
| SHAPE Australia (QLD) Pty Ltd | $19m looks wrong |
| The Trustee For 150 Lonsdale Street Trust | $18m looks wrong |
| Kinder Investments Proprietary Limited | $18m looks wrong |
| Kinder Investments Pty Ltd | $17m looks wrong |
| Motorola Solutions Australia | $15m looks wrong |
| Dell Australia Pty Limited | $12m looks wrong |
| Data #3 Limited | $12m looks wrong |
- The portal publishes more than one figure for this year; this is the last one listed.
- The entity’s total for this year looks wrong, so this list may be affected too.