Entity
Safe Work Australia
+$945k (+3.6%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$8.0m falls in 2026-27, equal to 29.1% of this total: $8.0m 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 | $26m | $27m | +$945k +3.6% | 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 5 contracts · $7.6m
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
- 69
- Suppliers
- 55
- Limited tender
- 54.9% of value · 38 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $554k across 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 3 | $1.6m | 100.0% |
| Cushman & Wakefield Pty Ltd | 3 | $1.5m | 0.0% |
| Dept of Employment & Workplace Rela | 2 | $861k | 100.0% |
| Comcover | 3 | $538k | 100.0% |
| ELMATOM PTY LIMITED | 2 | $348k | 75.2% |
| ComCare Australia | 1 | $330k | 100.0% |
| FACTOR TECH PTY LTD | 1 | $289k | 0.0% |
| KPMG AUSTRALIA TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 1 | $286k | 0.0% |
| The Social Research Centre Pty Ltd | 1 | $283k | 0.0% |
| COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH ORGANISATION | 1 | $233k | 100.0% |
| A ABRAHAMS & Others t/a Lander & Rogers | 1 | $181k | 0.0% |
| WALLIS CONSULTING GROUP PTY LTD | 1 | $174k | 0.0% |
| SAPERE RESEARCH GROUP | 2 | $145k | 0.0% |
| Salsa Internet P/L The Webolutionary Trust | 2 | $135k | 0.0% |
| Protiviti Pty Ltd | 1 | $131k | 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 $1.3m 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 $1.4m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $1.1m 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 | $1.4m 17 contracts |
$3.1m 55 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $1.2m 25 contracts |
$2.9m 43 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $1.0m 22 contracts |
$2.5m 48 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $2.1m 17 contracts |
$2.4m 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Nous Group Pty Ltd | $275k |
| Wallis Consulting Group Pty Ltd | $180k |
| University of Wollongong | $176k |
| Gartner Australasia Pty Ltd CEB Global Ltd | $127k |
| Synergy Group Australia Pty Ltd | $100k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty Ltd | $1.3m |
| Australian Institute Health Welfare | $765k |
| Acendre Pty Ltd | $101k |
| Yellow Hat Consulting Pty Ltd | $88k |
| Annex Digital Pty Ltd | $53k |