Entity
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
+$12m (+10.0%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$70m falls in 2026-27, equal to 54.0% of this total: $70m 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 1.1: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | $118m | $129m | +$12m +10.0% | 100.0% | – |
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.
- Published long after it started 6 contracts · $4.7m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date.
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
- 173
- Suppliers
- 144
- Limited tender
- 47.6% of value · 65 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $126m across 88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM, SCIENCE | 2 | $26m | 100.0% |
| Reeflections Pty Ltd | 1 | $8.4m | 0.0% |
| Reef & Rainforest Research Centre | 1 | $6.8m | 0.0% |
| PACIFIC MARINE GROUP PTY LTD | 1 | $3.1m | 0.0% |
| The Trustee for the Malu Trust Malue Ventures Pty Ltd | 1 | $2.0m | 0.0% |
| Aestra Pty Ltd | 1 | $1.4m | 100.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 7 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd | 1 | $852k | 0.0% |
| Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort | 2 | $801k | 75.0% |
| AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE | 1 | $794k | 100.0% |
| Vocus Pty Ltd | 3 | $723k | 0.0% |
| Quicksilver Connections Limited | 1 | $658k | 0.0% |
| HELIPOWER | 1 | $643k | 0.0% |
| NQRY Pty Ltd | 1 | $633k | 0.0% |
| UNIVERSAL MCCANN MEDIABRANDS AUSTRALIA P/L T/AS | 1 | $484k | 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 $50k across 1 contract has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $940k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $369k 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 | $940k 11 contracts |
$95m 178 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $323k 7 contracts |
$89m 194 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $819k 6 contracts |
$74m 138 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $405k 8 contracts |
$32m 138 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 |
|---|---|
| Charles Kendall Australia Pty Ltd | $239k |
| Lawyerbank Davis Faulkner Lawyers | $155k |
| Aalto Pty Ltd | $142k |
| O'Connor Marsden & Associates Pty Ltd | $140k |
| KPMG | $99k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | $29m |
| Blue Planet Marine Reflections Pty Ltd | $15m |
| Reef & Rainforest Research Centre | $6.7m |
| Pacific Marine Group | $3.0m |
| Evolve FM | $2.8m |