AgenciesDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio

Verified figures

  • Contracts (all years): 14,203
  • Contract value (all years): 17,768,915,722 AUD
  • Contract value (2026): 1,560,348,947 AUD
  • APS headcount: 5,170
  • Budget 2026-27: 7,963,731 thousand AUD
  • Highest total remuneration: 1,033,596 AUD
  • Directory roles: 494

Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.

Coverage — named in the headline (40)

Passing mentions (10 shown)

Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.

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 asSourceYearsRows
AusAID ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2010-11 to 2012-13468
AusAID ⚠️APSC agency metrics2010-11 to 2012-1315
Foreign Affairs and Trade ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2010-11 to 2025-263,370
Foreign Affairs and Trade ⚠️APSC agency metrics2010-11 to 2025-26246
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract)2016-17 to 2026-2711,647
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAnnual report KMP disclosure2018-19 to 2024-25141
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAnnual report governance tables2018-19 to 2024-2596
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program ⚠️AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract)2019-20 to 2026-272,556
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAnnual report expenditure2020-21 to 2024-2554
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradePortfolio Budget Statements2024-25 to 2029-30220

⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as AusAID (2010-11 to 2012-13); Foreign Affairs and Trade (2010-11 to 2025-26). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency

CategoryPaymentsTotal
Non-consultancy contracts20$1,553,707,939
Consultancy34$1,132,945

Largest recipients across all reported years

OrganisationABNReported totalYears
DT GLOBAL ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD (+2 other name(s) on this ABN)23006170869$487,265,8082020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
Abt Associates Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)76091591294$416,843,4072020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
Palladium International Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)23010020201$265,779,2102020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
TETRA TECH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PTY LTD (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)63007889081$193,463,0762020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
JONES LANG LASALLE (ACT) PTY LTD (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)69008585260$190,236,4312020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
PricewaterhouseCoopers—$273,7272020-21
International Food Policy Research Institute—$138,1462021-22
The Trust Company (Australia) Limited21000000993$120,0072024-25
Terra Schwartz Pty Ltd—$110,8002020-21
Customer Driven Solutions Pty Ltd—$86,8712020-21
Hall & Partners Pty Ltd28130990288$85,2502020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24
Grosvenor Performance Group Pty Ltd47105237590$82,7272021-22

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

MeasureValueBasis
% CALD23.5%at this date
% Female58.9%at this date
% Indigenous2.1%at this date
% at the APS classification level40.0%at this date
% non-ongoing2.2%at this date
% part-time (ongoing employees)5.9%at this date
% who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees)39.8%at this date
% with a bachelors degree or higher85.0%at this date
% with a disability5.9%at this date
Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees)6.5%Year ending December 2025
Headcount5,170at this date
Mean Age (years)42.4 yearsat this date
Median LOS in APS (years)12.5 yearsat this date
Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees)4.2%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.

Bodies beneath this agency — as at 2025-12-31

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research · Australian Trade and Investment Commission

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

Measure2010-112012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27
APS headcount3,3543,4264,9583,7373,8133,8453,8413,7813,8513,9154,5514,7854,8055,0705,170
SES248286327320329182178170169173165155156
Contracts111,2151,3171,6262,0632,4742,6942,331481
Contract value$15,782,107$1,486,077$2,274,195,293$2,332,703,816$2,388,279,659$2,373,117,680$2,464,806,755$3,143,759,717$2,305,064,406$469,720,213
Budget ($000)7,639,4607,963,731
KMP disclosed24241324189
Top total pay$897,527$939,668$874,288$943,440$1,025,301$1,033,596

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 AusAID (2010-11 to 2012-13); Foreign Affairs and Trade (2010-11 to 2025-26). 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.

YearReportTables
2024-25Annual report°Audit committee nce · Accountable authority nce · Remuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2023-24Annual reportAccountable authority nce · Audit committee nce · Remuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2022-23Annual reportAudit committee nce · Accountable authority nce · Remuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2021-22Annual report°Table 26 Key management personnel, 2021–22 · Table 1: Department of Foreign Affairs and T · Table 29 Senior executive staff remuneration · Table 30 Other highly paid staff remuneratio · Table 28 Key management personnel remunerati · Table 24 APS employment salary ranges by cla
2020-21Annual reportTable 26: Key management personnel · Board, council or committee · Table 1: Foreign Affairs and Trade Accountab · Table 29: Senior Executive Staff Remuneratio · Table 30: Other highly paid staff remunerati · Table 28: Key management personnel remunerat · Table 24: APS employment salary ranges by cl
2019-20Annual reportTable 19: Key management personnel · Board, council or committee · Table 22: Senior executive staff remuneratio · Table 23: Other highly paid staff remunerati · Table 21: Key management personnel remunerat · Table 17: APS employment salary ranges by cl
2018-19Annual reportBoard, council or committee · Executives by remuneration band · Executives by remuneration band · Named KMP remuneration · Salary ranges by classification

° 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.

Notes

Links to this page:

  1. Eleanor Lawson
  2. Frances Adamson
  3. Greg Moriarty
  4. Jan Adams
  5. Julie Heckscher
  6. Michelle Chan
  7. Penni James
  8. Richard Maude
  9. Roxanne Kelley
  10. Simon Newnham
  11. Timothy Yeend
  12. Wendy Jarvie
  13. Foreign Affairs and Trade
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