Entity
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
−$34m (−3.1%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$213m falls in 2026-27, equal to 20.3% of this total: $209m in contracts and $4.5m 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: Australian Securities and Investments Commission | $814m | $805m | −$8.7m −1.1% | 76.4% | – |
| Program 1.2: Banking Act 1959, Life Insurance Act 1995, unclaimed money and special accounts | $274m | $249m | −$25m −9.3% | 23.6% | – |
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 6 contracts · $11m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published. - Published long after it started 7 contracts · $4.9m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Grew past the open-tender threshold 7 contracts · $570k
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 2 contracts · $236k
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
- 1026
- Suppliers
- 537
- Limited tender
- 26.2% of value · 580 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $191m 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 10 | $13m | 0.0% |
| AMAZON WEB SERVICES AUSTRALIA | 2 | $8.6m | 100.0% |
| TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED | 1 | $7.8m | 0.0% |
| A ABRAHAMS & Others t/a Lander & Rogers | 7 | $6.6m | 0.0% |
| NORTON ROSE | 11 | $5.8m | 0.0% |
| ADACTIN GROUP PTY LTD | 2 | $5.4m | 0.0% |
| HWL EBSWORTH LAWYERS | 10 | $5.2m | 0.0% |
| Reserve Bank of Australia | 1 | $5.1m | 100.0% |
| Australia Post - Melbourne | 2 | $5.0m | 100.0% |
| MINTER ELLISON LAWYERS | 10 | $4.9m | 0.0% |
| Cushman & Wakefield Pty Ltd | 4 | $4.3m | 16.7% |
| DLA Piper Australia | 11 | $4.0m | 0.0% |
| Kirra Services | 23 | $3.9m | 2.4% |
| Johnson Winter and Slattery Lawyers | 8 | $3.8m | 0.0% |
| ANABELLE BITS PTY LTD | 4 | $2.8m | 0.7% |
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 $6.8m across 10 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $1.7m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $13m 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
- 155
- 2026-27 est.
- $4.5m
- Recipients
- 99
- Without an open round
- 4.9% 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. |
|---|---|---|
| International Organization of Securities Commissions | 1 | $225k |
| Shumit Banerjee | 5 | $54k |
| Rashnyl Prasad | 1 | $40k |
| Nicarson Natkunarajah | 2 | $30k |
| Kaily Chua | 2 | $17k |
| Shelley-Maree Brooks | 1 | $12k |
| Joshua-Lee Robb | 1 | $11k |
| Manual Hanna | 1 | $11k |
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 | $1.7m 44 contracts |
$219m 1606 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $1.1m 24 contracts |
$161m 1431 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $28m 55 contracts |
$128m 1383 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $13m 80 contracts |
$137m 1551 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 |
|---|---|
| SYNERGY GROUP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | $201k |
| KPMG | $196k |
| CHARLES LANE ADVISORY PTY LIMITED | $180k |
| NOUS GROUP PTY LTD | $158k |
| ERNST AND YOUNG | $109k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| VENTIA PROPERTY PTY LTD | $13m |
| NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT AUSTRALIA | $12m |
| MINTER ELLISON | $8.7m |
| AMAZON WEB SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | $7.8m |
| WEBB HENDERSON | $6.0m |