Entity
Cancer Australia
−$1.3m (−2.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$41m falls in 2026-27, equal to 80.3% of this total: $14m in contracts and $27m 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: Improved Cancer ControlProvide national leadership in cancer control across the care continuum to reduce the impact of cancer, address disparit… | $52m | $50m | −$1.3m −2.5% | 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 7 contracts · $9.5m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Grew past the open-tender threshold 1 contract · $142k
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
- 83
- Suppliers
- 62
- Limited tender
- 61.1% of value · 46 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $4.7m across 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Education Foundation Limited | 1 | $1.9m | 100.0% |
| The Trustee for FOR THE MOVEMBER FOUNDATION | 1 | $1.6m | 100.0% |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 1 | $1.2m | 100.0% |
| EVOLVE FM PTY LTD | 2 | $774k | 0.0% |
| Chill It Pty Ltd | 4 | $771k | 0.0% |
| The University of Sydney | 3 | $760k | 3.8% |
| Nous Group Pty Ltd | 3 | $669k | 0.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY | 2 | $662k | 0.0% |
| THE THORACIC SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LIMITED | 1 | $644k | 100.0% |
| Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association | 3 | $424k | 100.0% |
| Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd | 1 | $411k | 0.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE | 2 | $357k | 19.2% |
| Cancer Council Australia | 1 | $350k | 100.0% |
| Cancer Council Queensland | 2 | $337k | 100.0% |
| Jacinta Elston Pty Ltd | 1 | $211k | 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
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $748k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $789k 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
- 92
- 2026-27 est.
- $27m
- Recipients
- 80
- Without an open round
- 0.0% 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Australian National University | 2 | $1.8m |
| The University of Melbourne | 1 | $1.5m |
| Lifehouse Australia as trustee for the Lifehouse Australia Trust (trading as Chris O'Brien Lifehouse) | 1 | $1.0m |
| The University of Queensland | 1 | $916k |
| Southern Cross University | 1 | $915k |
| Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) | 1 | $581k |
| Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) | 1 | $581k |
| Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO) | 1 | $581k |
| Australian & New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Group (ANZUP) | 1 | $581k |
| Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG) | 1 | $581k |
| Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) | 1 | $581k |
| ANZ Breast Cancer Trials Group (BCT) | 1 | $581k |
| Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG) | 1 | $581k |
| The University of Technology on behalf of Cancer Symptom Trials (CST) | 1 | $528k |
| The University of Sydney on behalf of Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) | 1 | $528k |
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 | $748k 10 contracts |
$17m 114 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $581k 6 contracts |
$12m 46 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $803k 14 contracts |
$11m 89 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $559k 11 contracts |
$11m 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Jacinta Elston Pty Ltd | $269k |
| University of South Australia | $202k |
| ARTD PTY. LTD. | $187k |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | $25k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| The University of Sydney | $2.1m |
| The Movember Foundation | $1.7m |
| Aurora Education Foundation Limited | $1.6m |
| Evolve FM Pty Ltd | $1.3m |
| Chill IT Pty Ltd | $897k |