Entity
Australian Skills Quality Authority
−$3.4m (−5.7%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$15m falls in 2026-27, equal to 27.8% of this total: $15m 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: Regulation and advice | $59m | $55m | −$3.4m −5.7% | 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.
- Grew past the open-tender threshold 1 contract · $69k
A contract awarded by limited tender below the open-tender threshold later rose in value to the threshold or above.
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
- 71
- Suppliers
- 54
- Limited tender
- 14.7% of value · 20 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $9.7m across 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUBLICIS SAPIENT | 1 | $4.6m | 0.0% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty Ltd | 4 | $3.6m | 0.0% |
| ALLIANCE ICT PTY LTD | 3 | $1.3m | 100.0% |
| CLAYTON UTZ | 2 | $1.1m | 0.0% |
| REGAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS | 1 | $691k | 100.0% |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited | 7 | $671k | 0.0% |
| Veritec Pty Ltd | 1 | $337k | 0.0% |
| PLAYTIME SOLUTIONS CORPORATION P/L | 1 | $314k | 0.0% |
| Tech Infosys Pty Ltd Tech Infosys Pty Ltd | 1 | $289k | 0.0% |
| REVENITE PTY LTD | 1 | $234k | 0.0% |
| The Trustee for Birdanco Practice T | 1 | $200k | 0.0% |
| SOLSTICEIT | 1 | $157k | 0.0% |
| FIVECAST PTY LTD | 1 | $142k | 0.0% |
| Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited | 2 | $137k | 0.0% |
| Education Services Australia Ltd | 1 | $132k | 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 $53k across 2 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $192k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $421k 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 | $192k 6 contracts |
$16m 121 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $77k 3 contracts |
$10m 111 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $900k 10 contracts |
$20m 128 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $2.6m 30 contracts |
$21m 237 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 |
|---|---|
| Actum Consulting Pty Ltd | $53k |
| McGrathNicol Advisory | $46k |
| Jarrah Hill Pty Ltd | $44k |
| Customer Science Pty Ltd | $29k |
| Curby McLintock Pty Limited | $20k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Publicis Sapient PTY LTD | $6.9m |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | $5.6m |
| CoDesign Plus Sheldon | $2.8m |
| Clayton Utz Lawyers | $690k |
| Education Services Australia | $577k |