Entity
Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Also appears in the PBS or AusTender as “Austrade”. How names are matched.
−$14m (−3.1%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$177m falls in 2026-27, equal to 40.6% of this total: $69m in contracts and $108m 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 2.1: Consular Services | $12m | $11m | −$1.0m −8.2% | 2.6% | – |
| Program 1.1: Supporting Australian exporters to expand internationally, attracting productive international investment, and growing the visitor economy | $306m | $304m | −$1.8m −0.6% | 69.7% | – |
| Program 1.2: Programs to support Australian exporters to expand internationally, attract productive international investment, and grow the visitor economy | $132m | $121m | −$11m −8.6% | 27.7% | – |
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 12 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
- 716
- Suppliers
- 539
- Limited tender
- 52.1% of value · 547 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $25m across 106 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LTD | 3 | $4.5m | 0.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 11 | $4.3m | 3.8% |
| TELSTRA (VIC) | 4 | $1.9m | 69.2% |
| Austraian Table Grape Association | 5 | $1.1m | 100.0% |
| Sirva Pty Ltd | 1 | $1.1m | 100.0% |
| DELL AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED | 1 | $1.0m | 0.0% |
| BenThanh - RSC Limited Company | 2 | $1.0m | 100.0% |
| DEXUS WHOLESALE MANAGEMENT LIMITED | 1 | $923k | 100.0% |
| UNIVERSAL MCCANN MEDIABRANDS AUSTRALIA P/L T/AS | 3 | $906k | 0.0% |
| The Australian Industry Group (Ai G | 2 | $779k | 100.0% |
| AUREC PTY LTD | 3 | $777k | 0.0% |
| Wine Australia | 2 | $760k | 100.0% |
| CAPITAL PROPERTY CUSTODIAN PTY LIMI | 2 | $755k | 10.0% |
| INVESTMENT NSW | 1 | $751k | 0.0% |
| NSW Premiers Department | 1 | $751k | 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 $2.1m across 19 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $622k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $2.6m 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.
Grants awarded
Grants active in 2026-27, from GrantConnect. Each grant’s total value is spread across its term. estimate: annualised
- Grants active
- 3321
- 2026-27 est.
- $108m
- Recipients
- 3131
- Without an open round
- 0.7% of value
By category
Largest recipients
Recipients who are individuals, and awards that name no single recipient, are counted above but not listed. Why
| Recipient | Grants | 2026-27 est. |
|---|---|---|
| Tourism Central Australia Incorporated | 1 | $3.6m |
| Accommodation Australia (National) | 1 | $2.5m |
| Tourism Tropical North Queensland Limited | 1 | $2.1m |
| Australian Tourism Industry Council (ATIC) | 1 | $2.0m |
| Sculpture by the Sea Incorporated | 1 | $730k |
| Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators Limited (AMPTO) | 1 | $509k |
| EXCELINK INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD | 1 | $241k |
| The Trustee for the Seymour Trading Unit Trust | 1 | $236k |
| HCPARK PTY LTD | 1 | $233k |
| AKEYULERRE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION | 1 | $230k |
| BLACKEN PTY LTD | 1 | $216k |
| J&L'S OUTBACK EXPERIENCE PTY LTD | 1 | $184k |
| MANTA BUS PTY LTD | 1 | $176k |
| DINGO TRAX PTY LTD | 1 | $147k |
| ROVER CONSULTING PTY LTD | 1 | $100k |
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 | $622k 13 contracts |
$59m 1047 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $3.7m 14 contracts |
$53m 996 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $5.1m 25 contracts |
$72m 1229 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $6.5m 43 contracts |
$391m 5294 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 |
|---|---|
| The Nous Group | $287k |
| Launchvic Limited | $64k |
| ThinkAG | $57k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Jones Lang Lasalle (NSW) Pty Ltd | $4.1m |
| Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd | $2.6m |
| Data#3 | $2.1m |
| Ignite Limited | $1.4m |
| Dspark Pty Limited | $1.1m |