Entity
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Also appears in the PBS or AusTender as “Office of the eSafety Commissioner”. How names are matched.
+$6.5m (+3.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$65m falls in 2026-27, equal to 34.0% of this total: $63m in contracts and $2.1m 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 1.2: Consumer safeguards, education and informationThis program contributes to the outcome by ensuring efficient, effective and contemporary safeguards protect users of me… | $60m | $68m | +$7.7m +12.8% | 35.2% | – |
| Program 1.3: Office of the eSafety Commissioner | $70m | $70m | −$334k −0.5% | 36.3% | – |
| Program 1.1: Communications regulation, planning and licensingThis program contributes to the outcome by the allocation and use of Australia’s critical public resources, radiofrequen… | $56m | $55m | −$849k −1.5% | 28.4% | – |
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 3 contracts · $16m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published. - Published long after it started 4 contracts · $1.3m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Grew past the open-tender threshold 1 contract · $76k
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
- 258
- Suppliers
- 168
- Limited tender
- 7.0% of value · 76 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $64m across 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVOLVE FM PTY LTD | 2 | $11m | 0.0% |
| IA Group Pty Ltd | 3 | $7.6m | 3.3% |
| IXUP Limited | 1 | $5.7m | 0.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 10 | $4.6m | 0.0% |
| Spectrum Center Inc | 1 | $2.9m | 0.0% |
| The Gadget Group Pty Ltd | 2 | $2.7m | 0.0% |
| FACTOR TECH PTY LTD | 1 | $2.5m | 0.0% |
| Talent International (ACT) Pty Ltd | 6 | $1.7m | 0.0% |
| Balance Consulting Services Pty Ltd | 5 | $1.4m | 0.0% |
| A23 PTY. LTD. | 4 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| The Social Research Centre Pty Ltd | 3 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| VOAK GROUP PTY LTD | 1 | $1.2m | 0.0% |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited | 5 | $1.1m | 0.0% |
| EMANATE TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD | 4 | $924k | 0.0% |
| Technology One Limited | 1 | $805k | 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 $523k across 4 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $3.5m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $1.9m 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
- 10
- 2026-27 est.
- $2.1m
- Recipients
- 10
- 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. |
|---|---|---|
| ACON Health | 1 | $411k |
| Katherine West Health Board Aboriginal Corporation | 1 | $216k |
| La Trobe University | 1 | $205k |
| Museum of Sticks and Stones - Spur Projects Ltd. | 1 | $205k |
| Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | 1 | $204k |
| University of Western Australia | 1 | $203k |
| Jesuit Social Services Limited | 1 | $203k |
| Multicultural Families Organisation Incorporated | 1 | $193k |
| The Flagstaff Group Ltd | 1 | $171k |
| Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media Aboriginal Corporation | 1 | $112k |
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 | $3.5m 40 contracts |
$51m 342 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $3.3m 44 contracts |
$49m 395 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $45m 60 contracts |
$55m 390 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $3.8m 101 contracts |
$14m 372 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 |
|---|---|
| Veritec Pty Ltd T/a Atturra Cloud Business Solutions | $1.1m |
| The Social Research Centre Pty Ltd | $363k |
| Gartner Australasia Pty Ltd | $178k |
| The Social Research Centre Pty Ltd | $159k |
| Omnipoll Pty Ltd | $157k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Evolve FM Pty Ltd Facilities Trust Payment only | $11m |
| Talent International (ACT) Pty Ltd | $4.4m |
| IVE Group Australia Pty Ltd | $2.7m |
| Dataworks Group Limited (formerly IXUP Limited) | $2.7m |
| Balance Consulting Services Pty Ltd | $2.4m |