Entity
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
Also appears in the PBS or AusTender as “Australian Building and Construction Commission”. How names are matched.
+$2.4m (+1.2%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$30m falls in 2026-27, equal to 15.1% of this total: $30m 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 | $199m | $202m | +$2.4m +1.2% | 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.
- Value increased after award 2 contracts · $3.1m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published. - Published long after it started 1 contract · $4.3m
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
- 242
- Suppliers
- 135
- Limited tender
- 52.4% of value · 165 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $15m across 71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBRE PTY LTD | 1 | $5.0m | 100.0% |
| Juilliard Corporation Pty Ltd | 3 | $3.1m | 100.0% |
| The Trustee For IFM Real Estate Core Fund No. 2 | 1 | $2.0m | 100.0% |
| Larrison Pty Ltd | 2 | $1.6m | 0.0% |
| TELSTRA (VIC) | 2 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty Ltd | 3 | $1.2m | 0.0% |
| CLAYTON UTZ | 5 | $1.2m | 0.0% |
| AMA Projects Pty Ltd | 1 | $1.1m | 0.0% |
| Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) | 41 | $776k | 100.0% |
| ORACLE CORPORATION AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED | 1 | $776k | 100.0% |
| Local Government Association of South Australia | 1 | $641k | 100.0% |
| Fujitsu Australia Ltd | 1 | $489k | 0.0% |
| "QIC Limited ACN 130 539 123 Canberra Centre Investments Pty Ltd ACN 067 682 893" | 1 | $488k | 100.0% |
| ComCare Australia | 1 | $470k | 100.0% |
| Asia Property AU 2 Pty Ltd as trustee for Dragon Property Trust | 1 | $427k | 100.0% |
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 $265k across 3 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $293k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $282k 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 | $293k 7 contracts |
$33m 472 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $232k 6 contracts |
$35m 512 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $789k 11 contracts |
$61m 590 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $1.1m 13 contracts |
$72m 468 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