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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.

Entity expenses, 2026-27

$893.1B

106 entities, $893,061,311,404

Contracts published

71,709

$104.1B in total, notices published 1 July 2025 to 25 September 2026

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
$833,281,883,000
Difference
+$59,779,428,404

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$235.5B · 26.4%Department of the Treasury — $235.5B (26.4%)Department of Health, Disability and Ageing$172.2B · 19.3%Department of Health, Disability and Ageing — $172.2B (19.3%)Department of Social Services$165.6B · 18.5%Department of Social Services — $165.6B (18.5%)Department of Defen…$70.9B · 7.9%Department of Defence — $70.9B (7.9%)Department of Educ…$69.5B · 7.8%Department of Education — $69.5B (7.8%)Australian Taxati…$33.4B · 3.7%Australian Taxation Office — $33.4B (3.7%)Australian Office…$31.9B · 3.6%Australian Office of Financial Management — $31.9B (3.6%)Department of Vete…$23.2B · 2.6%Department of Veterans' Affairs — $23.2B (2.6%)Department of Finance — $13.6B (1.5%)Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts — $9.1B (1.0%)Services Australia — $8.5B (0.9%)Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade — $8.0B (0.9%)Department of Home Affairs — $6.8B (0.8%)Department of Employment and Workplace Relations — $5.6B (0.6%)Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water — $5.4B (0.6%)Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — $3.3B (0.4%)Australian Signals Directorate — $3.3B (0.4%)National Indigenous Australians Agency — $3.0B (0.3%)Australian Federal Police — $2.5B (0.3%)National Blood Authority — $2.5B (0.3%)Department of Industry, Science and Resources — $1.4B (0.2%)National Health and Medical Research Council — $1.1B (0.1%)Australian Research Council — $1.1B (0.1%)Australian Securities and Investments Commission — $1.1B (0.1%)Attorney-General's Department — $995.0M (0.1%)Australian Bureau of Statistics — $797.9M (<0.1%)Australian Security Intelligence Organisation — $785.4M (<0.1%)Australian Prudential Regulation Authority — $708.0M (<0.1%)Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet — $707.6M (<0.1%)Bureau of Meteorology — $613.7M (<0.1%)Australian Secret Intelligence Service — $611.9M (<0.1%)Federal Court of Australia — $530.9M (<0.1%)Australin Submarine Agency — $523.2M (<0.1%)Australian Electoral Commission — $436.3M (<0.1%)Australian Trade and Investment Commission — $436.2M (<0.1%)Administrative Review Tribunal — $396.3M (<0.1%)Australian Competition and Consumer Commission — $371.8M (<0.1%)Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission — $366.0M (<0.1%)GeoScience Australia — $357.0M (<0.1%)Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission — $350.7M (<0.1%)Department of Parliamentary Services — $303.8M (<0.1%)IP Australia — $286.1M (<0.1%)Clean Energy Regulator — $266.2M (<0.1%)Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre — $250.9M (<0.1%)National Emergency Management Agency — $246.6M (<0.1%)Australian Centre for Disease Control — $242.8M (<0.1%)Future Fund Management Agency — $227.0M (<0.1%)NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission — $225.3M (<0.1%)Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation — $222.8M (<0.1%)Australian National Audit Office — $215.0M (<0.1%)National Environmental Protection Agency — $206.9M (<0.1%)Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman — $201.5M (<0.1%)Australian Communications and Media Authority — $192.6M (<0.1%)Australian Financial Security Authority — $180.4M (<0.1%)Office of National Intelligence — $162.8M (<0.1%)Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions — $148.9M (<0.1%)Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research — $135.5M (<0.1%)Royal Australian Mint — $130.1M (<0.1%)Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority — $129.4M (<0.1%)Australian Energy Regulator — $123.9M (<0.1%)
Each rectangle is one entity, sized by its published expenses for 2026-27. Colour is the FOCUp category it spends most on.

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%)Department of the Treasury — $171.7B (21.8%)Commonwealth Grants Commission — $8.7M (<0.1%)Aged Care — $113.3B (14.4%)Department of Social Services — $68.7B (8.7%)Department of Health, Disability and Ageing — $44.2B (5.6%)Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission — $350.7M (<0.1%)Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care — $7.8M (<0.1%)Welfare — $99.1B (12.6%)Department of Social Services — $93.1B (11.8%)Department of Veterans' Affairs — $4.3B (0.5%)Australian Taxation Office — $1.1B (0.1%)Department of Health, Disability and Ageing — $535.6M (<0.1%)Department of Employment and Workplace Relations — $59.0M (<0.1%)Defence — $89.4B (11.3%)Department of Defence — $70.9B (9.0%)Department of Veterans' Affairs — $14.4B (1.8%)Australian Signals Directorate — $3.3B (0.4%)Australin Submarine Agency — $523.2M (<0.1%)Australian Federal Police — $87.8M (<0.1%)Australia Naval Nucelar Power Safety Regulator — $50.7M (<0.1%)Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade — $42.7M (<0.1%)Defence and Veterans' Services Commission — $18.4M (<0.1%)Department of Industry, Science and Resources — $6.1M (<0.1%)Department of Employment and Workplace Relations — $2.8M (<0.1%)Department of Finance — $2.7M (<0.1%)Attorney-General's Department — $1.3M (<0.1%)Health — $89.3B (11.3%)Department of Health, Disability and Ageing — $80.6B (10.2%)Department of Veterans' Affairs — $4.4B (0.6%)National Blood Authority — $2.5B (0.3%)National Health and Medical Research Council — $1.1B (0.1%)Australian Taxation Office — $300.0M (<0.1%)Australian Centre for Disease Control — $242.8M (<0.1%)Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority — $61.9M (<0.1%)Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency — $42.2M (<0.1%)Professional Services Review — $16.7M (<0.1%)Education — $75.4B (9.6%)Department of Education — $69.5B (8.8%)Department of Social Services — $3.1B (0.4%)Department of Employment and Workplace Relations — $1.6B (0.2%)Australian Research Council — $1.1B (0.1%)Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency — $26.3M (<0.1%)Department of Veterans' Affairs — $17.5M (<0.1%)Department of the House of Representatives — $372.0K (<0.1%)NDIS — $42.6B (5.4%)Department of Health, Disability and Ageing — $42.3B (5.4%)NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission — $225.3M (<0.1%)Interest Payments — $31.9B (4.1%)Australian Office of Financial Management — $31.9B (4.1%)Government Administration — $28.7B (3.6%)Australian Taxation Office — $15.9B (2.0%)Department of Finance — $10.9B (1.4%)Australian Bureau of Statistics — $797.9M (0.1%)Australian Electoral Commission — $436.3M (<0.1%)Department of Parliamentary Services — $303.8M (<0.1%)Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts — $257.9M (<0.1%)Australian Public Service Commission — $91.0M (<0.1%)Department of the House of Representatives — $34.7M (<0.1%)Department of the Senate — $31.9M (<0.1%)Parliamentary Budget Office — $10.0M (<0.1%)Fuel & Energy — $13.1B (1.7%)Australian Taxation Office — $10.8B (1.4%)Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water — $2.2B (0.3%)Australian Energy Regulator — $123.9M (<0.1%)Police — $6.3B (0.8%)Australian Federal Police — $2.4B (0.3%)Department of Home Affairs — $2.3B (0.3%)Australian Security Intelligence Organisation — $785.4M (<0.1%)Australian Secret Intelligence Service — $458.9M (<0.1%)Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission — $366.0M (<0.1%)Industry & Construction — $5.7B (0.7%)Australian Taxation Office — $4.5B (0.6%)Department of Industry, Science and Resources — $816.9M (0.1%)GeoScience Australia — $357.0M (<0.1%)Jobs, Immigration & Industry Programs — $4.4B (0.6%)Department of Employment and Workplace Relations — $2.8B (0.4%)Department of Home Affairs — $970.2M (0.1%)Australian Trade and Investment Commission — $424.8M (<0.1%)Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade — $161.1M (<0.1%)Parliamentary Workplace Support Service — $28.8M (<0.1%)Workplace Gender Equality Agency — $11.0M (<0.1%)Agriculture & Fisheries — $3.4B (0.4%)Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — $3.3B (0.4%)Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research — $135.5M (<0.1%)Australian Fisheries Management Authority — $55.3M (<0.1%)Environment — $3.4B (0.4%)Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water — $2.4B (0.3%)Bureau of Meteorology — $613.7M (<0.1%)Clean Energy Regulator — $266.2M (<0.1%)Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority — $129.4M (<0.1%)Climate Change Authority — $14.1M (<0.1%)Housing — $2.7B (0.3%)Department of the Treasury — $2.7B (0.3%)Recreation & Culture — $2.6B (0.3%)Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts — $1.7B (0.2%)Australian Taxation Office — $784.0M (<0.1%)Department of Veterans' Affairs — $75.6M (<0.1%)Sport Integrity Australia — $60.5M (<0.1%)Infrastructure — $2.1B (0.3%)Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts — $2.1B (0.3%)Justice — $1.1B (0.1%)Federal Court of Australia — $530.9M (<0.1%)Administrative Review Tribunal — $396.3M (<0.1%)Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions — $148.9M (<0.1%)Attorney-General's Department — $65.3M (<0.1%)Australian Law Reform Commission — $5.7M (<0.1%)Transport — $1.1B (0.1%)Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts — $1.0B (0.1%)Department of Home Affairs — $35.8M (<0.1%)Australian Transport Safety Bureau — $31.3M (<0.1%)Classified$787.5B
$787.5B of program expenses fall into a FOCUp category. $105.6B could not be classified from the published program name alone and is left out of this chart rather than assigned a category.
  • 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

  1. Department of the Treasury

    Treasury

    $235.5B

  2. Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

    Health, Disability and Ageing

    $172.2B

  3. Department of Social Services

    Social Services

    $165.6B

  4. Department of Defence

    Defence

    $70.9B

  5. Department of Education

    Education

    $69.5B

  6. Australian Taxation Office

    Treasury

    $33.4B

  7. Australian Office of Financial Management

    Treasury

    $31.9B

  8. Department of Veterans' Affairs

    Defence

    $23.2B

  9. Department of Finance

    Finance

    $13.6B

  10. 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.

  1. AUSTAL DEFENCE SHIPBUILDING AUSTRALIA

    $7.1B

  2. FMS ACCOUNT RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

    $6.0B

  3. Metrea Australia Pty Ltd

    $4.3B

  4. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

    $3.8B

  5. SPOTLESS FACILITY SERVICES PTY LTD GEMS PROJECT

    $3.0B

  6. ANDURIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

    $1.9B

  7. Service Stream Infrastructure Services Pty Ltd

    $1.6B

  8. COMPASS GROUP DEFENCE HOSPITALITY SERVICES PTY LTD - GEMS PROJECT

    $1.6B

  9. VIVA ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

    $1.6B

  10. API Services Australia Pty Ltd

    $1.5B

Largest contracts

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. Covering notices published 1 July 2025 to 25 September 2026. $104.1B of the total — 100.0% — is in agreements that run for more than a year, the longest to 4 September 2109.

  1. AUSTAL DEFENCE SHIPBUILDING AUSTRALIA

    Department of Defence

    $5.2B

    Source

  2. Metrea Australia Pty Ltd

    Department of Home Affairs

    $4.3B

    Source

  3. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

    Department of Defence

    $3.8B

    Source

  4. SPOTLESS FACILITY SERVICES PTY LTD GEMS PROJECT

    Department of Defence

    $3.0B

    Source

  5. FMS ACCOUNT RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

    Department of Defence

    $2.5B

    Source

  6. ANDURIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

    Department of Defence

    $1.9B

    Source

  7. Service Stream Infrastructure Services Pty Ltd

    Department of Defence

    $1.6B

    Source

  8. COMPASS GROUP DEFENCE HOSPITALITY SERVICES PTY LTD - GEMS PROJECT

    Department of Defence

    $1.6B

    Source

  9. AUSTAL DEFENCE SHIPBUILDING AUSTRALIA

    Department of Defence

    $1.3B

    Source

  10. Cushman & Wakefield Pty Ltd

    Australian Federal Police

    $1.1B

    Source
All 71,709 contracts

Largest projects

No project register loaded for this government yet.

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.

EntityPortfolioProgramsExpenses
Department of the TreasuryTreasury6$235.5B
Department of Health, Disability and AgeingHealth, Disability and Ageing25$172.2B
Department of Social ServicesSocial Services12$165.6B
Department of DefenceDefence23$70.9B
Department of EducationEducation14$69.5B
Australian Taxation OfficeTreasury19$33.4B
Australian Office of Financial ManagementTreasury1$31.9B
Department of Veterans' AffairsDefence19$23.2B
Department of FinanceFinance12$13.6B
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the ArtsInfra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts19$9.1B
Services AustraliaFinance3$8.5B
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeForeign Affairs and Trade12$8.0B
Department of Home AffairsHome Affairs15$6.8B
Department of Employment and Workplace RelationsEmployment and Workplace Relations9$5.6B
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and WaterClimate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water9$5.4B
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryAgriculture, Fisheries and Forestry16$3.3B
Australian Signals DirectorateDefence1$3.3B
National Indigenous Australians AgencyPrime Minister and Cabinet7$3.0B
Australian Federal PoliceHome Affairs5$2.5B
National Blood AuthorityHealth, Disability and Ageing1$2.5B
Department of Industry, Science and ResourcesIndustry, Science and Resources4$1.4B
National Health and Medical Research CouncilHealth, Disability and Ageing1$1.1B
Australian Research CouncilEducation3$1.1B
Australian Securities and Investments CommissionTreasury2$1.1B
Attorney-General's DepartmentAttorney-General's7$995.0M
Australian Bureau of StatisticsTreasury1$797.9M
Australian Security Intelligence OrganisationHome Affairs1$785.4M
Australian Prudential Regulation AuthorityTreasury1$708.0M
Department of the Prime Minister and CabinetPrime Minister and Cabinet1$707.6M
Bureau of MeteorologyClimate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1$613.7M
Australian Secret Intelligence ServiceForeign Affairs and Trade2$611.9M
Federal Court of AustraliaAttorney-General's5$530.9M
Australin Submarine AgencyDefence1$523.2M
Australian Electoral CommissionFinance1$436.3M
Australian Trade and Investment CommissionForeign Affairs and Trade3$436.2M
Administrative Review TribunalAttorney-General's1$396.3M
Australian Competition and Consumer CommissionTreasury2$371.8M
Australian Criminal Intelligence CommissionHome Affairs1$366.0M
GeoScience AustraliaIndustry, Science and Resources1$357.0M
Aged Care Quality and Safety CommissionHealth, Disability and Ageing1$350.7M
Department of Parliamentary ServicesParliament1$303.8M
IP AustraliaIndustry, Science and Resources3$286.1M
Clean Energy RegulatorClimate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water2$266.2M
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis CentreHome Affairs1$250.9M
National Emergency Management AgencyHome Affairs5$246.6M
Australian Centre for Disease ControlHealth, Disability and Ageing1$242.8M
Future Fund Management AgencyFinance2$227.0M
NDIS Quality and Safeguards CommissionHealth, Disability and Ageing2$225.3M
Commonwealth Superannuation CorporationFinance1$222.8M
Australian National Audit OfficePrime Minister and Cabinet3$215.0M
National Environmental Protection AgencyClimate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1$206.9M
Office of the Fair Work OmbudsmanEmployment and Workplace Relations1$201.5M
Australian Communications and Media AuthorityInfra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts3$192.6M
Australian Financial Security AuthorityTreasury2$180.4M
Office of National IntelligencePrime Minister and Cabinet2$162.8M
Office of the Director of Public ProsecutionsAttorney-General's1$148.9M
Australian Centre for International Agricultural ResearchForeign Affairs and Trade1$135.5M
Royal Australian MintTreasury1$130.1M
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park AuthorityClimate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1$129.4M
Australian Energy RegulatorClimate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1$123.9M
Fair Work CommissionEmployment and Workplace Relations1$110.1M
National Archives of AustraliaInfra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts1$109.0M
Independent Parliamentary Expenses AuthorityFinance1$100.1M
Australian Public Service CommissionPrime Minister and Cabinet2$91.0M
National Capital AuthorityInfra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts2$81.2M
Digital Transformation AgencyFinance1$73.9M
National Anti-Corruption CommissionAttorney-General's1$69.2M
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation AuthorityHealth, Disability and Ageing1$61.9M
Sport Integrity AustraliaInfra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts1$60.5M
Office of the Commonwealth OmbudsmanAttorney-General's1$56.7M
Net Zero Economy AuthorityIndustry, Science and Resources1$56.0M
Australian Skills Quality AuthorityEmployment and Workplace Relations1$55.3M
Australian Fisheries Management AuthorityAgriculture, Fisheries and Forestry1$55.3M
Australia Naval Nucelar Power Safety RegulatorDefence1$50.7M
Cancer AustraliaHealth, Disability and Ageing1$50.5M
Office of the Special InvestigatorAttorney-General's1$44.4M
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety AgencyHealth, Disability and Ageing2$42.2M
Productivity CommissionTreasury1$39.4M
Office of Parliamentary CounselAttorney-General's1$38.4M
Office of the Australian Information CommissionerAttorney-General's1$36.8M
Department of the House of RepresentativesParliament2$35.1M
Department of the SenateParliament1$31.9M
Australian Transport Safety BureauInfra, Transport, Regional Developt, Comms, Sports and Arts1$31.3M
Parliamentary Workplace Support ServiceFinance2$31.0M
Safe Work AustraliaEmployment and Workplace Relations1$27.3M
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards AgencyEducation1$26.3M
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-GeneralPrime Minister and Cabinet1$24.0M
Australian Institute of Family StudiesSocial Services1$20.7M
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and SecurityAttorney-General's1$20.1M
Defence and Veterans' Services CommissionDefence1$18.4M
Professional Services ReviewHealth, Disability and Ageing1$16.7M
Climate Change AuthorityClimate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water1$14.1M
Workplace Gender Equality AgencyPrime Minister and Cabinet1$11.0M
Parliamentary Budget OfficeParliament1$10.0M
Inspector-General of TaxationTreasury1$9.4M
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young PeopleSocial Services1$9.3M
National Health Funding BodyHealth, Disability and Ageing1$9.1M
Office of the Australian Accounting Standards BoardTreasury1$8.8M
Commonwealth Grants CommissionTreasury1$8.7M
Office of the Inspector-General of Aged CareHealth, Disability and Ageing1$7.8M
Australian Institute of CriminologyHome Affairs1$7.3M
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence CommissionSocial Services1$6.4M
Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication AgencyEmployment and Workplace Relations1$6.0M
Australian Law Reform CommissionAttorney-General's1$5.7M
Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards BoardTreasury1$4.0M
National Competition CouncilTreasury1$3.3M

Sources

  • Source: Portfolio Budget Statements 2026-27, 2026-27 PBS Program Expenses Line Items - Updated 2026-06-18 (w. Corrigenda). Retrieved 25 September 2026.

  • Source: AusTender, AusTender contract notice CN4253363. Retrieved 25 September 2026.