Entity
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
−$27m (−18.7%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $69m appears in this entity’s tables but is not counted here: it is counted where the money is paid from, or it is not an expense. Why.
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$19m falls in 2026-27, equal to 15.9% of this total: $19m 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: Murray–Darling Basin Authority | $146m | $118m | −$27m −18.7% | 100.0% | $69m |
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 23 contracts · $13m
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
- 47
- Suppliers
- 42
- Limited tender
- 32.9% of value · 14 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $7.6m across 19 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 | 1 | $2.8m | 0.0% |
| Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | 2 | $1.7m | 100.0% |
| A23 PTY. LTD. | 2 | $1.5m | 0.0% |
| Stichting Deltares | 1 | $1.2m | 0.0% |
| Cleared Security Pty Ltd | 1 | $1.1m | 0.0% |
| Technology One Limited | 1 | $712k | 100.0% |
| Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd | 1 | $681k | 0.0% |
| EWATER LTD | 1 | $609k | 100.0% |
| BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY | 1 | $607k | 100.0% |
| Colliers International(SA) Pty Ltd | 1 | $531k | 100.0% |
| Ignite Limited | 2 | $509k | 0.0% |
| COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH ORGANISATION | 1 | $438k | 100.0% |
| Bytecode Pty Ltd | 1 | $435k | 0.0% |
| HOLAN GROUP PTY LTD | 1 | $367k | 0.0% |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited | 2 | $344k | 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