Entity
Australian Electoral Commission
−$74m (−14.6%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$366m falls in 2026-27, equal to 83.9% of this total: $366m 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: Deliver Electoral Events | $511m | $436m | −$74m −14.6% | 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.
- Value increased after award 2 contracts · $114m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published. - Published long after it started 4 contracts · $18m
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
- 841
- Suppliers
- 392
- Limited tender
- 10.1% of value · 126 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $341m across 463 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCENTURE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | 1 | $29m | 0.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 5 | $18m | 0.0% |
| Trustee for Walker Northbourne Property Unit Trust | 1 | $17m | 0.0% |
| FUJIFILM DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS AUST | 2 | $14m | 0.0% |
| DELL AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED | 1 | $14m | 0.0% |
| AUREC PTY LTD | 34 | $12m | 0.0% |
| Australia Post - Melbourne | 1 | $11m | 100.0% |
| The Recruitment Hive | 27 | $9.0m | 0.0% |
| ERNST & YOUNG (CANBERRA) | 4 | $8.7m | 0.0% |
| Paxus Australia Pty Ltd | 22 | $7.0m | 0.0% |
| Compas Pty Ltd | 20 | $6.3m | 0.0% |
| Team Global Express Pty Ltd | 4 | $6.2m | 0.0% |
| Clicks Recruit (Australia) Pty Ltd | 18 | $6.2m | 0.0% |
| EXCLAIM IT PTY LTD | 17 | $5.8m | 0.0% |
| Bridge IT Engineering Pty Ltd | 15 | $5.0m | 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 $238k 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 $3.8m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $3.0m 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 | $3.8m 24 contracts |
$377m 1438 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $1.9m 20 contracts |
$328m 1228 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $2.9m 28 contracts |
$227m 1017 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $2.6m 26 contracts |
$257m 1266 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 |
|---|---|
| Axios Advisory Pty Ltd | $700k |
| Wallis Consulting Group Pty Ltd | $515k |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | $478k |
| Compas Pty Ltd | $433k |
| Gartner Australasia Pty Limited | $354k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| FUJIFILM Data Management Solutions Australia Pty Ltd | $28m |
| Universal McCann | $20m |
| Australia Post | $18m |
| Dell Australia Pty Limited | $12m |
| Data #3 | $11m |