Follow the Money · Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Every entity in the 2026-27 budget papers, with what each is funded to do and the contracts it has published. Click a department to go down a level.
New here? What these numbers mean
The budget is what Australia plans to spend in one year. It is split between departments, and each department splits its share again between the things it is there to do.
A contract is one deal with one company — to build something, run something, or supply something. The money beside it is what the whole deal is worth, from the day it starts to the day it ends. A ten-year deal shows its ten-year price, not one year of it.
So never add those two together. One is a single year of planned spending. The other is the lifetime value of deals, some signed years ago and running for decades. FOCUp keeps them apart for that reason, and so should you when you quote them.
Every figure here was published by the government itself, and every row links back to the page it came from. If FOCUp does not have something, it says so rather than filling the gap.
Entity expenses, 2026-27
$893.1B
106 entities, $893,061,311,404
Contracts published
77,340
$107.4B in total, notices published 1 July 2025 to 10 November 2026
What Australia publishes
3 of 4 levels below this government
Every government is shown with the same four levels below it, in the same order, so the differences you see are differences in what governments publish — not in how FOCUp lays out a page. Where a level is empty, the reason is the sentence beside it. They are numbered 2 to 5 because the government itself is level 1 — the whole chain is here.
- 2Departments
106 loaded. The entities the budget hands the money to.
- 3Programs
354 loaded. What each entity is funded to do.
- 4Projects
No figures loaded. There is no single Commonwealth list of capital projects with values. One could be assembled from budget measures, but only by deciding what counts as a project, and that is FOCUp’s judgement rather than the government’s figure — so nothing is loaded.
- 5Contracts
77,340 loaded. A contract notice is the value of an agreement over its whole term, not money spent in a year, so these are never added to the budget figures.
Two published totals, and the gap between them
- 106 entities, expenses added up, 2026-27
- $893,061,311,404
- Budget papers, total expenses, 2026-27
- $833,282,000,000
- Difference
- +$59,779,311,404
Each entity here is the sum of its program appropriations in the Portfolio Budget Statements, so money that passes from one entity to another is an expense in both. The two totals are prepared on different bases and are not expected to match. Neither is FOCUp's: the budget total is the one on the budget page, which remains the source of truth for what this government spends.
Who gets the money
Department of the Treasury
Treasury
$235.5B26.4%
$235,454,611,000
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Health, Disability and Ageing
$172.2B19.3%
$172,220,055,000
Department of Social Services
Social Services
$165.6B18.5%
$165,595,295,000
Department of Defence
Defence
$70.9B7.9%
$70,936,017,404
Department of Education
Education
$69.5B7.8%
$69,512,888,000
Australian Taxation Office
Treasury
$33.4B3.7%
$33,357,465,000
Australian Office of Financial Management
Treasury
$31.9B3.6%
$31,905,673,000
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Defence
$23.2B2.6%
$23,215,442,000
Department of Finance
Finance
$13.6B1.5%
$13,588,766,000
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Infra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts
$9.1B1.0%
$9,088,204,000
Services Australia
Finance
$8.5B0.9%
$8,475,872,000
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Foreign Affairs and Trade
$8.0B0.9%
$7,963,731,000
All other entities (94)
$51.7B5.8%
$51,747,292,000
What it buys
The inner ring is FOCUp's spending categories; the outer ring is the entities inside each one. The categories are FOCUp's classification of the published program names — the budget papers do not group spending this way, which is exactly why this view exists.
- Payments to the States $171.7B · 21.8%
- Aged Care $113.3B · 14.4%
- Welfare $99.1B · 12.6%
- Defence $89.4B · 11.3%
- Health $89.3B · 11.3%
- Education $75.4B · 9.6%
- NDIS $42.6B · 5.4%
- Interest Payments $31.9B · 4.1%
- Government Administration $28.7B · 3.6%
- Fuel & Energy $13.1B · 1.7%
- Police $6.3B · 0.8%
- Industry & Construction $5.7B · 0.7%
- Jobs, Immigration & Industry Programs $4.4B · 0.6%
- Agriculture & Fisheries $3.4B · 0.4%
- Environment $3.4B · 0.4%
- Housing $2.7B · 0.3%
- Recreation & Culture $2.6B · 0.3%
- Infrastructure $2.1B · 0.3%
- Justice $1.1B · 0.1%
- Transport $1.1B · 0.1%
Largest departments
Treasury
$235.5B
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Health, Disability and Ageing
$172.2B
Social Services
$165.6B
Defence
$70.9B
Education
$69.5B
Treasury
$33.4B
$31.9B
$23.2B
Finance
$13.6B
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Infra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts
$9.1B
Largest suppliers
By the face value of every contract notice naming them, which is not money received. Added across that whole period, not one year.
AUSTAL DEFENCE SHIPBUILDING AUSTRALIA
$7.1B
FMS ACCOUNT RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA
$6.0B
Metrea Australia Pty Ltd
$4.3B
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
$3.8B
SPOTLESS FACILITY SERVICES PTY LTD GEMS PROJECT
$3.0B
ANDURIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
$1.9B
Service Stream Infrastructure Services Pty Ltd
$1.6B
COMPASS GROUP DEFENCE HOSPITALITY SERVICES PTY LTD - GEMS PROJECT
$1.6B
VIVA ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
$1.6B
API Services Australia Pty Ltd
$1.5B
Newest contracts
The most recent contracts Australia has announced.
Bluebird Advisory Pty Ltd
$297.5K
Australian Electoral Commission
s273AB Assurance of Senate distribution of preference
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 2 November 2026 to 30 November 2028 — 2 years.
Read Australia's own noticeLookahead Search Pty Ltd
$291.4K
Australian Electoral Commission
LH - FAD - ICT Delivery Manager
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 2 November 2026 to 29 June 2027 — 7 months.
Read Australia's own noticeThomsons
$4.0M
Defence and Veterans' Service Commission
To provide comprehensive legal services to support the Military Sexual Violence Inquiry across a range of legal advice, drafting, legal interpretation and solicitor assisting functions.
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 5 October 2026 to 30 December 2027 — 1 year 2 months.
Read Australia's own noticeMills Oakley
$200.0K
Defence and Veterans' Service Commission
The DVSC may seek assistance on a wide breadth of legal areas including but not limited to privacy, Freedom of Information, Public Interest Disclosures, administrative and public law, employment law, contract law and procurement, workplace, industrial relations and compensation, corporate law and the Commonwealth's governance, risk management and financial frameworks.
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 15 October 2026 to 14 October 2027 — 11 months.
Read Australia's own noticeProdigi Consulting Pty Ltd
$222.7K
Australian Electoral Commission
LH - ETG - Test Analyst
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 2 November 2026 to 29 June 2027 — 7 months.
Read Australia's own noticeThomsons
$200.0K
Defence and Veterans' Service Commission
The DVSC may seek assistance on a wide breadth of legal areas including but not limited to privacy, Freedom of Information, Public Interest Disclosures, administrative and public law, employment law, contract law and procurement, workplace, industrial relations and compensation, corporate law and the Commonwealth's governance, risk management and financial frameworks.
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 15 October 2026 to 14 October 2027 — 11 months.
Read Australia's own noticeUniversal McCann
$22.0K
National Capital Authority
Media buy and advertising for FLIGHT 2027
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 31 October 2026 to 29 June 2027 — 7 months.
Read Australia's own noticeBellchambers Barrett
$76.8K
National Health and Medical Research Council
Internal Audit
Announced 10 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 27 September 2026 to 4 March 2027 — 5 months.
Read Australia's own notice
Largest contracts
Each row is one deal the government signed. The money shown is what the whole deal is worth from the day it starts to the day it ends — not what was spent this year. That is why these can add up to more than a yearly budget, and why FOCUp never adds the two together.
Covers notices published 1 July 2025 to 10 November 2026. $107.4B of the total — 100.0% — is in deals lasting longer than one year, the last of them ending 4 September 2109. Showing contracts published or finished in the last 2 years, plus anything still running. For older contracts, visit AusTender.
AUSTAL DEFENCE SHIPBUILDING AUSTRALIA
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 12 March 2026 to 30 December 2038 — 12 years 9 months, announced 23 March 2026.
$5.2B
SourceMetrea Australia Pty Ltd
Department of Home Affairs
Still runningRuns 30 April 2026 to 30 December 2039 — 13 years 8 months, announced 22 May 2026.
$4.3B
SourceMITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 13 April 2026 to 30 December 2032 — 6 years 8 months, announced 7 May 2026.
$3.8B
SourceSPOTLESS FACILITY SERVICES PTY LTD GEMS PROJECT
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 31 January 2026 to 30 January 2032 — 5 years 11 months, announced 24 June 2026.
$3.0B
SourceFMS ACCOUNT RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 8 October 2025 to 30 March 2034 — 8 years 5 months, announced 19 October 2025.
$2.5B
SourceANDURIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 3 September 2025 to 29 September 2030 — 5 years, announced 22 September 2025.
$1.9B
SourceService Stream Infrastructure Services Pty Ltd
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 31 January 2026 to 30 January 2032 — 5 years 11 months, announced 28 August 2026.
$1.6B
SourceCOMPASS GROUP DEFENCE HOSPITALITY SERVICES PTY LTD - GEMS PROJECT
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 31 January 2026 to 30 January 2032 — 5 years 11 months, announced 28 August 2026.
$1.6B
SourceAUSTAL DEFENCE SHIPBUILDING AUSTRALIA
Department of Defence
Still runningRuns 17 December 2025 to 29 December 2034 — 9 years, announced 22 January 2026.
$1.3B
SourceCushman & Wakefield Pty Ltd
Australian Federal Police
Still runningRuns 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2030 — 4 years 11 months, announced 18 July 2025.
$1.1B
Source
Largest projects
There is no single Commonwealth list of capital projects with values. One could be assembled from budget measures, but only by deciding what counts as a project, and that is FOCUp’s judgement rather than the government’s figure — so nothing is loaded.
Programs
354 programs across 106 entities. An entity's figure is its programs added up, so what the money is for is one level down — open an entity to see them.
Every entity, 2026-27
Everything this government's budget papers fund, and what each one gets. An entity’s figure is its programs added up, so opening one shows what the money is for.
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these publications, and every row in the register carries its own link back to the government's notice. Where a level has no source, it says so and why, rather than leaving a gap.
- Departments
Source: Portfolio Budget Statements 2026-27, 2026-27 PBS Program Expenses Line Items - Updated 2026-06-18 (w. Corrigenda). Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- Programs
Source: Portfolio Budget Statements 2026-27, 2026-27 PBS AFMA. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- Projects
No source loaded. There is no single Commonwealth list of capital projects with values. One could be assembled from budget measures, but only by deciding what counts as a project, and that is FOCUp’s judgement rather than the government’s figure — so nothing is loaded. Australia publishes its budget at budget.gov.au.
- Contracts
Source: AusTender, AusTender contract notice CN4287421. Retrieved 10 November 2026.