Department of Finance
Department of Finance
Finance portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 6,501
- Contract value (all years): 4,828,056,638 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 257,484,289 AUD
- APS headcount: 2,184
- Budget 2026-27: 13,588,766 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 917,418 AUD
- Directory roles: 97
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (40)
- 2026-07-27 — PwC ethical soundness review was local only, Finance says
- 2026-07-21 — Finance to KPMG: Why shouldn’t we kick you off panels?
- 2026-07-12 — KPMG forced to reveal Finance investigation to US accounting board
- 2026-06-24 — Four areas Finance must consider in assessing KPMG
- 2026-06-15 — KPMG banned from new government work as Finance investigates
- 2026-05-28 — Pocock chases KPMG during Finance estimates
- 2026-05-17 — Export Finance Australia locks in farm fertiliser reserves
- 2026-05-12 — Finance and PwC Australia met eight times on integrity issues
- 2025-11-12 — Gallagher unveils Finance’s AI central support squad
- 2025-11-09 — Finance points to holes in the fabric of Colbeck’s bill
- 2025-09-11 — Movers & Shakers: Secretary of Finance, a departure at ANU
- 2025-09-09 — A technologist in charge of Finance… What could possibly go right?
- 2025-09-08 — Defence high-flyer named new Finance boss
- 2025-08-20 — Finance moves to centralise insourcing
- 2025-08-07 — PwC gets green light under Finance’s watchful eye
- 2025-08-05 — Senators want Finance to extend PwC’s ban
- 2025-07-14 — Audit season opens: ANAO sets sights on Defence ERP, ATO data risks and Finance’s digital frameworks
- 2025-06-24 — Finance set to decide on PwC Australia’s service provider status
- 2025-06-10 — Wilkinson to Treasury cements Finance as reform engine, redefines APS leadership lineage
- 2025-03-23 — Finance told to be more ‘hands-on’ in contract management
- 2025-02-20 — Audit office and Finance working on climate reporting plan
- 2024-11-18 — Jenny Wilkinson: Finance
- 2024-08-12 — Finance tells Pocock to call ASD
- 2024-06-12 — Colbeck’s committee hands Finance a truckload of homework
- 2024-06-02 — Finance estimates gets granular
- 2024-05-13 — Budget 2024: Finance minister mindful of challenges and opportunities Australia’s economic circumstances pose
- 2024-05-12 — Finance’s new $375 million outsourcing levy to hit debt collection
- 2024-04-08 — Getting Finance snouts out of pork-barrelling would help battle against corruption
- 2024-04-07 — Bellchambers Barrett wins Finance audit, replacing PwC
- 2024-02-26 — Finance still knee-deep in PwC review
- 2024-02-15 — Finance attributes PEMS outage to disconnection for unpaid bill
- 2024-02-14 — Finance apologises on Valentine’s Day for email gaffe
- 2023-11-05 — Jenny Wilkinson: Finance
- 2023-11-05 — Rosemary Huxtable: formerly Finance
- 2023-10-12 — PwC refugee Scyne gets government green light, but Finance warned of ‘critical deficiencies’
- 2023-08-21 — Finance piloting website to display the federal government’s structure
- 2023-06-21 — Clean Energy Finance to steer more rideshare drivers into EVs
- 2023-05-29 — Finance secretary on what data-driven and digitally enabled government really means
- 2023-04-11 — Finance told to fix its procurement complaints mechanism and set a better example for other agencies
- 2022-12-13 — Finance tried to kill robodebt go-live; Payne throws Human Services under the bus
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-25 — Advice for Victorian Treasury on government spending
- 2026-08-21 — KPMG blames auditing rule change for reassessment of whistleblower contract
- 2026-08-16 — NSW issues gun buyback price list, national firearms register elusive
- 2026-08-13 — APS pay data is a goldmine but also a minefield
- 2026-08-13 — Movers & Shakers: Retirements and departures aplenty
- 2026-08-13 — ABS: Gender pay gap reaches record low
- 2026-08-12 — The AI question every senior public servant should be able to answer
- 2026-08-10 — ‘I was wrong’: KPMG chair apologises to senator
- 2026-08-06 — Study raises alarm about government’s ‘structural reliance on external consultants’
- 2026-08-06 — Movers & Shakers: Bumper Band 1 week
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Deregulation ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2010-11 to 2012-13 | 522 |
| Finance and Deregulation ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2010-11 to 2012-13 | 15 |
| Department of Finance | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2012-13 to 2026-27 | 6,501 |
| Finance ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2013-14 to 2025-26 | 2,859 |
| Finance ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2013-14 to 2025-26 | 231 |
| Department of Finance | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 107 |
| Department of Finance | Annual report expenditure | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 48 |
| Department of Finance | Annual report governance tables | 2020-21 to 2024-25 | 24 |
| Department of Finance | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 600 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Finance (2013-14 to 2025-26); Finance and Deregulation (2010-11 to 2012-13). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Advertising and campaigns | 18 | $1,258,894 |
| Non-consultancy contracts | 15 | $577,654 |
| Consultancy | 15 | $19,148 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebiquity Pty Ltd | — | $664,326 | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 |
| Universal McCann | 19002966001 | $267,839 | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Ventia Property Pty Ltd | 16618028676 | $241,261 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Colmar Brunton Research Pty Ltd | — | $185,439 | 2019-20, 2020-21 |
| Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd | 70107007527 | $148,407 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Australian Market Research Pty Ltd | — | $115,770 | 2018-19 |
| BARPA Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 63600276015 | $75,582 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Willemsen Property Corporation Pty (+2 other name(s) on this ABN) | 43182510142 | $50,200 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Colmar Brunton Research Pty Ltd (Kantar Public) | — | $34,943 | 2021-22 |
| Data#3 | 31010545267 | $26,299 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Dentsu Mitchell Media Australia | — | $15,422 | 2018-19 |
| Gallagher Bassett Services Pty Ltd | 68009778018 | $11,059 | 2022-23 |
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 | 23.2% | at this date |
| % Female | 52.0% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 1.5% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 55.7% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 16.0% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 9.5% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 38.7% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 77.0% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 5.4% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 15.1% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 2,184 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 43.0 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 8.9 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 5.8% | 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.
Bodies beneath this agency — as at 2025-12-31
Australian Electoral Commission · Digital Transformation Agency · Future Fund Management Agency · Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority · Parliamentary Workplace Support Service · Services Australia
From the APSC sub-agency breakdown. A body listed here is counted inside the workforce profile above, so do not add the two.
Year by year
| Measure | 2010-11 | 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 | 1,964 | 1,835 | 1,812 | 1,793 | 1,806 | 1,800 | 1,715 | 1,662 | 1,724 | 1,746 | 1,742 | 1,925 | 2,254 | 2,227 | 2,187 | |
| SES | 122 | 110 | 108 | 100 | 117 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 41 | 36 | 32 | |||
| Contracts | 1 | 1,079 | 958 | 917 | 848 | 826 | 1,002 | 734 | 136 | |||||||
| Contract value | $13,366,611 | $445,039,832 | $249,081,472 | $1,602,052,412 | $568,414,147 | $319,861,719 | $979,117,186 | $514,836,730 | $136,286,530 | |||||||
| Budget ($000) | 13,225,696 | 13,588,766 | ||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 8 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Top total pay | $821,438 | $915,906 | $839,106 | $765,916 | $917,418 | $867,707 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Finance (2013-14 to 2025-26); Finance and Deregulation (2010-11 to 2012-13). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
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.
