Federal Spending Explorer

Entity

Australian Law Reform Commission

$5.7m 2026-27 Budget estimate

−$265k (−4.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual

Kind of expense

Departmental (running costs: staff, suppliers, property)$5.7m 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

$31k falls in 2026-27, equal to 0.5% of this total: $31k 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: Conducting inquiries into aspects of Australian Law and related processes for the purpose of law reform $6.0m $5.7m −$265k −4.5% –

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
3
Suppliers
3
Limited tender
88.3% of value · 2 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
SALPAL CONSULTING PTY LTD 1 $16k 100.0%
Humanify HR Consulting Pty Ltd 1 $11k 100.0%
TPG Network Pty Ltd 1 $4k 0.0%

Largest contracts

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

ContractSupplierMethodTermTotal value2026-27 est.
Chair of the ALRC Audit and Risk Committee and meeting participant
CN4189303
SALPAL CONSULTING PTY LTD limited tender 2025-11-01 to 2028-11-01 $50k $16k
Review and update HR policies to identify gaps, overlaps and areas req…
CN4224065
Humanify HR Consulting Pty Ltd limited tender 2026-02-16 to 2026-07-29 $63k $11k
Fibre Internet Connection
CN4073549
TPG Network Pty Ltd open tender 2024-04-05 to 2027-04-05 $14k $4k

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

Consultancy 1$11k 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
$111k
4 contracts
2023-24 $506k
2 contracts
$171k
5 contracts
2022-23 $0
0 contracts
$29k
2 contracts
2021-22 $236k
2 contracts
$22k
1 contract

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
Nil $0
Other contracts2024-25
RELX Trading Australia Pty Ltd $28k
TPG Network Pty Ltd $14k