Australian Electoral Commission
Australian Electoral Commission
Finance portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 9,487
- Contract value (all years): 4,558,007,800 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 189,260,442 AUD
- APS headcount: 1,856
- Budget 2026-27: 436,284 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 658,678 AUD
- Directory roles: 37
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (40)
- 2026-08-12 — AEC drops plan to rename Tasmanian electorate Tongerlongeter
- 2026-07-16 — AEC soft launches electoral changes in Tasmania
- 2026-05-14 — AEC stalwart promoted to deputy electoral commissioner
- 2025-12-11 — Rod Culleton cops $12K court bill for AEC conviction
- 2025-05-16 — AEC still in high gear on final day of election receipts
- 2025-04-27 — Think tank backs AEC as best option to regulate political advertising
- 2025-04-14 — AEC refers disqualified candidate to police again
- 2025-04-06 — ‘Not an investigation’: AEC clarifies Abbie Chatfield ruling
- 2025-04-01 — AEC fires up the election behemoth
- 2025-02-19 — ASIO, AEC move to thwart foreign interference in federal election
- 2025-01-19 — Why the AEC is staying AI-free this election cycle
- 2024-12-16 — AEC head Tom Rogers steps back after a decade
- 2024-10-31 — Movers & Shakers: Leaders appointed to the AEC and PBO
- 2024-08-20 — AEC working to understand alleged subcontractor wrongdoing
- 2023-10-12 — AEC requests kindness towards its staff ahead of voting day
- 2023-10-11 — AEC says multiple voting very rare in Australia
- 2023-10-09 — AEC reveals how many have voted early and applied for postal votes
- 2023-09-06 — ‘Car breakdowns, locked gates’: AEC gears up for remote voting in the NT
- 2023-07-18 — Better government vs increased bureaucracy: AEC publishes Voice pamphlets
- 2023-05-23 — AEC tells senate estimates referendum pamphlets will be what is provided, warts and all
- 2023-03-07 — DEWR and AEC $149m offices approved by committee
- 2022-12-19 — AEC still deciding whether to translate Voice referendum guide for First Nations
- 2022-12-01 — AEC adjusts First Nations people’s enrolment process to encourage participation
- 2022-11-02 — AEC identifies pay and bizarre polling behaviour harming staff attraction
- 2022-10-12 — AEC shining beacon on the hill during dog days of democracy
- 2022-09-28 — AEC says separate agency should be responsible for truth in political advertising
- 2022-07-03 — Services Australia and the AEC on the phone voting system
- 2022-06-22 — All senators formally declared by AEC
- 2022-05-20 — AEC changes voting options following pressure over COVID rules
- 2022-05-19 — Election 2022: Federal department refers advertising material to AEC
- 2022-05-16 — AEC outlines plan for COVID positive voters, warns of potential count delay
- 2022-05-12 — AEC releases preferential system explainer ahead of election
- 2022-05-01 — AEC refers two candidates to the AFP
- 2022-04-19 — AEC, not political mailouts, the place for postal vote applications
- 2022-04-12 — AEC aims to pour cold water on political spin
- 2022-03-30 — AEC social media team uses humour to combat electoral misinformation
- 2022-03-07 — AEC targets disinformation with myth-busting campaign
- 2022-01-31 — Half a million Australian votes at risk, AEC says
- 2021-10-28 — AEC ‘aware of all sides’ of identification laws as debate sparks over ‘disenfranchising’ voters
- 2021-06-21 — Voters in remote Indigenous communities lodge discrimination complaint against AEC
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-17 — NACC solicits public servants’ opinions on corruption
- 2026-08-09 — Brethren and Advance to face parliament this month
- 2026-07-05 — Code of conduct needed for polling booth behaviour, committee says
- 2026-06-18 — Movers & Shakers: First chief of Veteran and Family Wellbeing
- 2026-05-14 — Movers & Shakers: New APS and DVSC commissioners
- 2026-05-13 — Budget 2026: Federal agency ups and downs
- 2026-04-30 — Movers & Shakers: Coaldrake joins ANU reform efforts
- 2026-04-28 — SA electoral commission under review
- 2026-04-12 — Queensland government appoints former politicians to public service
- 2026-03-29 — DXC strikes to go ahead
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 12 | $182,924 |
| Consultancy | 17 | $5,416 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Post | 28864970579 | $43,711 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Accenture Australia Pty Ltd | 49096776895 | $39,963 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| FUJIFILM Data Management Solutions Australia Pty Ltd | 94137933905 | $27,792 | 2024-25 |
| Universal McCann | 19002966001 | $20,048 | 2024-25 |
| Dell Australia Pty Limited | 46003855561 | $18,347 | 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Team Global Express Pty Ltd | 15084157666 | $14,847 | 2022-23 |
| Data #3 | 31010545267 | $10,727 | 2024-25 |
| EPICON IT Solutions Pty Ltd | 72130995783 | $7,489 | 2022-23 |
| Gartner Australasia Pty Limited (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 69003708601 | $960 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Compas Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 90008615745 | $825 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Axios Advisory Pty Ltd | 13096266358 | $805 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Wallis Consulting Group Pty Ltd | 76105146174 | $515 | 2024-25 |
From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.
Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 13.7% | at this date |
| % Female | 67.5% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 1.7% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 81.1% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 37.9% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 15.9% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 65.2% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 57.2% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 3.4% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 11.9% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 1,856 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 44.9 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 3.7 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 7.2% | at this date |
APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.
Year by year
| Measure | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 2,495 | 2,589 | 1,569 | 2,227 | 2,217 | 1,912 | 2,558 | 2,254 | 1,823 | 3,200 | 3,135 | 3,163 | 4,512 | 4,363 | ||||||
| SES | 25 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contracts | 84 | 394 | 448 | 631 | 302 | 362 | 573 | 269 | 795 | 285 | 431 | 717 | 312 | 390 | 779 | 453 | 771 | 913 | 504 | 74 |
| Contract value | $11,731,976 | $94,270,096 | $95,579,933 | $125,762,444 | $86,539,020 | $129,946,157 | $85,091,045 | $129,088,735 | $265,707,941 | $78,536,954 | $350,239,824 | $209,186,547 | $214,673,668 | $238,020,152 | $527,782,875 | $631,011,607 | $341,357,175 | $518,067,426 | $384,253,670 | $41,160,555 |
| Budget ($000) | 373,847 | 436,284 | ||||||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Top total pay | $592,518 | $590,124 | $598,312 | $598,624 | $622,969 | $658,678 | $560,315 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. 2 value(s) for this agency are withheld as implausible against its own median — see Outputs/agency_year_series.csv for them and why.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
