Entity
IP Australia
+$12m (+4.3%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$74m falls in 2026-27, equal to 26.0% of this total: $74m 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: IP Rights Administration and Professional Registration | $251m | $262m | +$11m +4.3% | 91.6% | – |
| Program 1.3: Advice to Government and International Engagement | $20m | $21m | +$845k +4.3% | 7.2% | – |
| Program 1.2: Education and Awareness | $3.3m | $3.4m | +$141k +4.3% | 1.2% | – |
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 1 contract · $1.7m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published. - Published long after it started 3 contracts · $1.0m
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
- 285
- Suppliers
- 196
- Limited tender
- 28.7% of value · 99 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $61m across 109 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | 7 | $4.6m | 100.0% |
| AMAZON WEB SERVICES AUSTRALIA | 1 | $4.2m | 100.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 7 | $2.7m | 0.5% |
| Probe Contact Solutions Australia P Trading as Sales Force Australia Pt | 1 | $2.3m | 0.0% |
| MTP Services Pty Ltd | 6 | $2.2m | 0.0% |
| A23 PTY. LTD. | 3 | $2.2m | 0.0% |
| European Patent Office | 1 | $1.9m | 100.0% |
| BT Automation Pty Ltd | 1 | $1.8m | 0.0% |
| COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 1 | $1.7m | 100.0% |
| Infront Systems Pty Ltd | 2 | $1.4m | 0.0% |
| HP PPS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | 1 | $1.4m | 0.0% |
| FinXL Professional Services Pty Ltd Southern Cross Computing | 2 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| AUCYBER SOLUTIONS PTY LTD | 1 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| PEGASYSTEMS LIMITED | 1 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| American Chemical Society CAS | 1 | $1.3m | 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 $23k across 1 contract has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $1.3m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $980k 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 | $1.3m 13 contracts |
$84m 302 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $1.5m 18 contracts |
$89m 329 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $2.1m 26 contracts |
$113m 551 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $1.4m 32 contracts |
$95m 398 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 |
|---|---|
| Bevington Consulting Pty Ltd | $502k |
| KPMG Australia Pty Ltd | $297k |
| Strategic Project Partners Pty Ltd | $187k |
| Orima Research Pty Ltd | $64k |
| Circle T Industries Pty Ltd | $57k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Jones Lang Lasalle Pty Ltd | $18m |
| Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd | $4.1m |
| Data#3 Limited | $3.2m |
| MTP Services Pty Ltd | $2.5m |
| Ignite Limited | $2.2m |