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Australian Energy Regulator

Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio

$123.9M

$123,859,000 across 1 programs, 2026-27

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

Administered

$0

Money it hands out on the government's behalf — grants, benefits, subsidies.

Departmental

$123.9M

What it costs to run: staff, property, suppliers.

Contracts published

90

$10.8M in total

Programs

Each line is a program in the budget papers, with what it is given. The category is FOCUp's, mapped from the published program name; a blank means no rule matched it plainly, which is recorded rather than guessed.

ProgramCategoryAdministeredDepartmentalTotal

Program 1.1: Australian Energy Regulator

Outcome 1: Promote the long-term interests of energy consumers through economic and conduct regulation of energy markets, including by monitoring, reporting on, and enforcing, compliance with national energy laws and market rules, while also supporting Australia’s transition to net zero emissions

2026-27_AER_PBS · retrieved 25 September 2026

Fuel & Energy—$123.9M$123.9M100.0%

Largest contracts

The 25 largest of 90. 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.

SupplierForTermValue

Clicks Recruit (Australia) Pty Ltd

AER Software Developer for EMECN424001528 April 2026 to 29 June 2027$485.6K

Randstad Pty Ltd

AER Enterprise Architect for ISBCN425569930 June 2026 to 29 June 2027$464.3K

Bevington Group

AER Legal Separation Change ManagementCN42235691 March 2026 to 29 September 2026$430.5K

Handel Commercial Services Pty Ltd

AER Portal Developer Labour HireCN426182730 June 2026 to 29 June 2027$421.8K

DYNAMO RECRUITMENT PTY LTD

AER Labour Hire Software EngineerCN425329630 June 2026 to 29 June 2027$394.2K

IT Alliance Australia Pty Ltd

AER IT Labour Hire Senior Data DeveloperCN425569830 June 2026 to 29 June 2027$379.5K

HiTech Group Australia Ltd

AER Labour Hire Services – Enterprise Data DeveloperCN425330030 June 2026 to 29 June 2027$378.3K

Peoplebank Australia Ltd

AER Labour Hire Services for Chief Information OfficerCN421364718 January 2026 to 17 September 2026$363.4K

The Recruitment Hive Pty Limited

AER Business AnalystCN42195718 February 2026 to 30 January 2027$351.4K

Peoplebank Australia Ltd

Technical Business Analyst (BA)CN421273331 December 2025 to 30 December 2026$336.6K

Oakley Greenwood Pty Ltd

AER Targeted review Powerlinks expenditure proposal 2027-32CN423439122 March 2026 to 29 September 2026$313.5K

Wirrigan Group Pty Ltd

Provision of Labour Hire Services.CN42761448 September 2026 to 7 September 2027$294.0K

KARLKA RECRUITING GROUP PTY LTD

AER Rate of Return Team EL1CN425329930 June 2026 to 29 June 2027$284.4K

New North Insights Pty Ltd

AER – Network Regulation Modelling Review Quality AssuranceCN418602331 August 2025 to 29 June 2027$279.4K

CyberAnalytics Pty Ltd

AER - Penetration Testing Services and Other Cyber Security Related ServicesCN41934992 October 2025 to 29 June 2027$246.4K

DXC TECHNOLOGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

AER Managed Services for Microsoft Dynamics and Power PlatfoCN423180931 March 2026 to 30 May 2027$223.7K

Prometix Pty Ltd

AER - Intranet Communications HubCN42195702 February 2026 to 30 July 2027$222.6K

Resolution Insitute

AER - Provision of the Dispute Resolution Adviser services under the National Electricity and Gas RulesCN418920230 June 2025 to 29 June 2028$203.3K

Norton Rose Fulbright

Provision of legal servicesCN427867321 September 2026 to 29 June 2027$190.7K

Randstad Pty Ltd

AER Stakeholder Engagement and Government relations roleCN422089726 January 2026 to 22 September 2026$185.2K

The Recruitment Hive Pty Ltd

Provision of Labour Hire Services.CN426528026 July 2026 to 29 June 2027$174.9K

TOGETHA GROUP PTY LTD

Provision of AER Atlassian Software Licence SubscriptionsCN426484028 July 2026 to 27 July 2027$169.8K

Calleo Indigenous Pty Ltd

AER Provision of Labour Hire ServicesCN423874727 April 2026 to 29 September 2026$169.5K

Peoplebank Australia Ltd

AER Business Analyst for Legal SeparationCN421651118 January 2026 to 30 July 2026$168.4K

Peoplebank Australia Ltd

AER - Legal Separation Project OfficerCN418900030 September 2025 to 29 September 2026$166.1K
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