Portfolio
Employment and Workplace Relations
$6.4bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$1.6bn (−19.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $59m appears in this portfolio’s tables but is not counted here: it is counted where the money is paid from, or it is not an expense. Why.
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations$5.6bn−22.1%
Comcare$409m+9.2%
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman$202m+1.2%
Change on 2025-26
−10% or more
−2 to −10%
within ±2%
+2 to +10%
+10% or more, or new
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$2.7bn falls in 2026-27, equal to 41.6% of this total: $2.2bn in contracts and $497m 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 entity
| Entity | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Share | Contracts and grants 2026-27 est. |
Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comcare | $374m | $409m | +$34m +9.2% | 6.4% | $31m 7.5% | $59m |
| Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | $199m | $202m | +$2.4m +1.2% | 3.1% | $30m 15.1% | – |
| Safe Work Australia | $26m | $27m | +$945k +3.6% | 0.4% | $8.0m 29.1% | – |
| Fair Work Commission | $110m | $110m | +$515k +0.5% | 1.7% | $24m 21.6% | – |
| Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency | $7.3m | $6.0m | −$1.2m −17.1% | 0.1% | $411k 6.8% | – |
| Australian Skills Quality Authority | $59m | $55m | −$3.4m −5.7% | 0.9% | $15m 27.8% | – |
| Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | $7.2bn | $5.6bn | −$1.6bn −22.1% | 87.4% | $2.6bn 45.7% | – |