Follow the Money · Victoria
Victoria
Every entity in the 2026-27 budget papers, with the projects it has under way and the contracts it has published. Click a department to go down a level.
New here? What these numbers mean
The budget is what Victoria 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
$90.4B
12 entities, $90,394,333,837
Contracts published
12,318
$173.2B in total, notices published 1 September 2016 to 1 December 2028
Major projects
1,237
From the published project register
What Victoria 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
12 loaded. The entities the budget hands the money to.
- 3Programs
No figures loaded. Output costs are in Budget Paper 3, which Victoria publishes as a PDF. Budget Paper 5 gives each department one total and no breakdown, so there is no published figure for what an individual output costs.
- 4Projects
1,237 loaded. The named things being built.
- 5Contracts
12,318 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
- 12 entities, expenses added up, 2026-27
- $90,394,333,837
- Budget papers, total expenses, 2026-27
- $114,400,000,000
- Difference
- −$24,005,666,163
Each entity here is a department’s own published total expenses from its Budget Paper 5 statement. The twelve budget departments are not every entity the state spends through. 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 Health
$34.6B38.3%
$34,629,228,400
Department of Education
$18.6B20.6%
$18,646,597,149
Department of Justice and Community Safety
$10.5B11.7%
$10,537,763,322
Department of Transport and Planning
$10.2B11.3%
$10,229,071,748
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
$5.6B6.2%
$5,565,739,937
Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
$4.5B4.9%
$4,466,076,067
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
$2.8B3.0%
$2,751,473,101
Department of Government Services
$1.2B1.4%
$1,220,782,393
Court Services Victoria
$894.7M1.0%
$894,726,307
Department of Premier and Cabinet
$536.3M0.6%
$536,272,244
Department of Treasury and Finance
$496.2M0.5%
$496,194,166
Parliament
$420.4M0.5%
$420,409,003
The lists below are of part of this register
Victoria publishes 55,299 contracts in all. FOCUp keeps contracts published or finished in the last 2 years, plus anything still running, and has 12,318 of them. Every one is the government's own record and links back to it, but the totals and rankings on this page are of that portion and not of the whole register. Victoria publishes no award date for a contract — only the day the work starts — so every date shown here for a Victorian contract is a start date.
Largest departments
$34.6B
$18.6B
$894.7M
Largest suppliers of what has been read
By the face value of every contract notice naming them, which is not money received. Added across that whole period, not one year.
Spark North East Link Pty Limited as trustee for the Spark North East Link Trust
$11.1B
Metro Trains Melbourne
$9.1B
YARRA JOURNEY MAKERS PTY LTD
$7.5B
CROSS YARRA PARTNERSHIP
$6.9B
SUBURBAN CONNECT
$4.0B
Alstom Transport Australia Pty Ltd
$3.5B
Plenary Health (NFH) Pty Ltd
$3.4B
KDR Victoria Pty Ltd
$2.7B
Evolution Rail Pty Ltd
$2.3B
Kinetic (Melbourne) Pty Ltd
$2.3B
A further $42.5B is in 291 panel contracts, which are left out of this ranking: a panel has one published value and several suppliers on it, and Victoria does not publish what each of them receives. Every member is named on the contract itself in the register.
Newest contracts
The most recent contracts to begin. Victoria does not publish the day a deal is awarded — only the day the work starts — so this is ordered by that.
Commercial Credit Services
$583.0K
Gippsland Water
Debt Recovery Services — Gippsland Water has engaged debt recovery services to:
Work started 1 November 2026 · Still running
Runs 1 November 2026 to 30 September 2029 — 2 years 10 months.
Read Victoria's own noticeHARC Services Pty Ltd
$470.0K
North East Catchment Management Authority
North East CMA 2026 Flood Study Program — The Contract for professional services to complete three flood studies is awarded to HARC Services Pty for the Tendered Lump Sum of $387,139 Ex GST plus Provisional Items for Planning Scheme Amendments ($40,169 Ex-GST).
Work started 14 October 2026 · Still running
Runs 14 October 2026 to 12 April 2028 — 1 year 5 months.
Read Victoria's own noticeVictorian Rail Track
$324.0K
CenITex
Vic Track - Data Link 5Gbps move from Burwood to Equinix ME2 — .
Work started 10 October 2026 · Still running
Runs 10 October 2026 to 30 September 2029 — 2 years 11 months.
Read Victoria's own noticePower Partners Aust Pty Ltd
$259.2K
Department of Education
Dimboola Primary School — Mould remediation works
Work started 7 October 2026 · Still running
Runs 7 October 2026 to 10 December 2027 — 1 year 2 months.
Read Victoria's own noticeMaw Civil Marine Pty Ltd
$1.2M
Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority
Torquay Seawall Upgrade — Upgrading the failed section of Torquay seawall. The works are located within a sensitive marine environment and require disciplined coordination, marine construction experience, and an ability to manage complex site interfaces.
Work started 5 October 2026 · Still running
Runs 5 October 2026 to 4 June 2027 — 7 months.
Read Victoria's own noticeHLB Mann Judd (Vic) Pty Ltd
$594.0K
Gippsland Water
Internal Audit Services — Gippsland Water have engaged a professional audit service supplier to undertake :
Work started 1 October 2026 · Still running
Runs 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029 — 2 years 11 months.
Read Victoria's own noticeOlympic Software N.Z. Limited
$164.7K
V/Line
VLC1000832 - TrackR Mobile App Build — TrackR Mobile App Build
Work started 1 October 2026 · Still running
Runs 1 October 2026 to 17 April 2028 — 1 year 6 months.
Read Victoria's own noticeEcho360
$198.0K
Melbourne Polytechnic
Video Hosting System — MP sought to procure a Video Hosting System that will integrate with Moodle.
Work started 1 October 2026 · Still running
Runs 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029 — 2 years 11 months.
Read Victoria's own notice
Largest contracts of what has been read
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 September 2016 to 1 December 2028. $170.2B of the total — 98.3% — is in deals lasting longer than one year, some with no end date published at all. Showing contracts published or finished in the last 2 years, plus anything still running. For older contracts, visit Buying for Victoria.
Spark North East Link Pty Limited as trustee for the Spark North East Link Trust
North East Link Project
Still runningRuns 28 October 2021 to 29 June 2054 — 32 years 8 months.
$11.1B
SourceMetro Trains Melbourne
Department of Transport
Still runningRuns 30 November 2017 to 28 November 2027 — 9 years 11 months.
$9.0B
SourceYARRA JOURNEY MAKERS PTY LTD
Department of Transport and Planning (DTP)
Still runningRuns 1 December 2024 to 1 December 2033 — 9 years.
$7.5B
SourceCROSS YARRA PARTNERSHIP
Department of Transport and Planning (DTP)
Still runningRuns 16 December 2017 to 17 September 2048 — 30 years 9 months.
$6.9B
SourcePanel of 5 suppliers
Suburban Rail Loop Authority
Still runningRuns 29 December 2025 to 24 May 2037 — 11 years 4 months.
$6.7B
SourcePanel of 3 suppliers
Department of Transport and Planning (DTP)
Still runningRuns 22 December 2017 to 21 December 2027 — 9 years 11 months.
$6.4B
SourcePanel of 3 suppliers
Department of Transport and Planning (DTP)
Still runningRuns 17 May 2017 to 21 December 2027 — 10 years 7 months.
$5.9B
SourcePanel of 3 suppliers
Department of Transport and Planning (DTP)
Still runningRuns 6 February 2017 to 21 December 2027 — 10 years 10 months.
$5.5B
SourceSUBURBAN CONNECT
Suburban Rail Loop Authority
Still runningRuns 8 December 2023 to 30 June 2030 — 6 years 6 months.
$4.0B
SourcePlenary Health (NFH) Pty Ltd
Department of Health - Victorian Health Building Authority
Still runningRuns 10 March 2021 to 9 September 2050 — 29 years 5 months.
$3.4B
Source
Largest projects
North East Link – Primary Package (Tunnels) and State Tolling Corporation (Greensborough)
Greensborough
$14.0B
SourceMetro Tunnel (metropolitan various)
Metropolitan various
$13.5B
SourceWest Gate Tunnel (metropolitan various)
Metropolitan various
$10.2B
Source85 by 2025 (Level Crossing Removal) (metropolitan various)
Metropolitan various
$8.6B
SourceTwenty-five more level crossing removals (Level Crossing Removal) (metropolitan various)
Metropolitan various
$6.4B
SourceEastern Freeway Upgrade (Springvale to Hoddle)
Springvale to Hoddle
$5.7B
SourceSunshine Station Superhub (metropolitan various)
Metropolitan various
$4.1B
SourceM80 Ring Road Upgrade (Greensborough)
Greensborough
$3.8B
SourceSuburban Roads Upgrade – Northern Roads Upgrade and South Eastern Roads Upgrade (statewide)
Statewide
$3.3B
SourceNorth East Link Connections (Bulleen/Watsonia)
Bulleen/Watsonia
$2.6B
Source
Programs
No figures loaded. Output costs are in Budget Paper 3, which Victoria publishes as a PDF. Budget Paper 5 gives each department one total and no breakdown, so there is no published figure for what an individual output costs.
Every entity, 2026-27
Everything this government's budget papers fund, and what each one gets. Each figure is the entity’s own published total. This government does not publish what its individual programs cost, so there is no level below this one.
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: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 5, Department of Education - Financial statement. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- Programs
No source loaded. Output costs are in Budget Paper 3, which Victoria publishes as a PDF. Budget Paper 5 gives each department one total and no breakdown, so there is no published figure for what an individual output costs. Victoria publishes its budget at www.budget.vic.gov.au.
- Projects
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- Contracts
Source: Victorian Government Contracts, Victorian contract CONS-1908 (value published as Estimate). Retrieved 30 September 2026.