Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 18,281
- Contract value (all years): 33,210,001,848 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 2,925,629,727 AUD
- APS headcount: 7,612
- Budget 2026-27: 172,220,055 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 972,552 AUD
- Directory roles: 242
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (40)
- 2026-04-27 — A political history of Australian health policy, part 2: Health in hard times, 1934-1943
- 2026-03-09 — ANAO finds Health flying blind on $990m suicide-prevention investment
- 2026-02-08 — Monday Briefing: The National Health Reform Agreement
- 2026-01-23 — US officially withdraws from World Health Organization
- 2025-12-02 — Blair Comley: Department of Health, Ageing, and Disability secretary
- 2025-02-04 — Victorian premier names secretaries for Health and Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
- 2024-12-20 — Health officials remind seniors to get vaxxed before holiday gatherings
- 2024-11-18 — Blair Comley: Health and Aged Care
- 2024-10-30 — Health experts back Australian Centre for Disease Control
- 2024-10-29 — Health Department must listen to these lessons from our COVID-19 experience
- 2024-07-10 — No ‘shoebox of PDFs’: My Health Record in good shape, says former ADHA CDO
- 2024-06-13 — Audit’s lukewarm verdict: Poor planning impacted how Accenture’s $746 million My Health Record contract has been managed
- 2024-05-08 — Productivity Commission puts its finger on Digital Health dividends
- 2024-04-13 — Department of Health spruiks data sharing and interoperability
- 2024-04-02 — Battle for the best Health Technology Assessment processes
- 2024-03-14 — Health secretary Blair Comley is drawing a line through public service micro-management habits
- 2023-12-13 — Health Services Union secures 29% pay rise for NSW senior paramedics
- 2023-12-07 — National Mental Health Commission staff scores hit rock bottom
- 2023-11-09 — Movers & Shakers: Australia’s Global Health and UNESCO ambassadors
- 2023-11-05 — Brendan Murphy: formerly Health
- 2023-10-02 — Queensland’s ED performance scores well in Health annual report
- 2023-09-18 — ‘Continuing dysfunction and poor culture’: National Mental Health Commission found most unwell
- 2023-09-05 — DISR prioritising Health’s work over its own, finds ANAO
- 2023-08-31 — Movers & Shakers: Health workforce and Defence trade reviews leads
- 2023-08-22 — Burnt-out staff and high turnover in Health and Aged Care post-pandemic
- 2023-08-18 — Eight critical challenges facing Department of Health and Aged Care
- 2023-07-25 — Health department responsible for misused personal information during pandemic: report
- 2023-07-17 — New dawn for Health and Aged Care with secretary’s changing of the guard
- 2023-07-13 — Vic Health reveals new razor gang in push to delete 4000 public servants
- 2023-07-04 — Power bill: Chris Minns tries to extend payment terms for Health Services Union campaign support
- 2023-07-03 — Health secretary vs virus – revisiting the COVID-19 pandemic firestorm
- 2023-06-14 — Big job ahead of new Health and Aged Care secretary, says Duckett
- 2023-06-13 — Former NSW heavyweight picked as new Health and Aged Care secretary
- 2023-06-05 — Comprehensive review into Health’s financial controls following ANAO report
- 2023-04-27 — Health regulations should be overhauled for Legionnaires’ risk, according to audit
- 2023-04-19 — National Mental Health Commission handed $2m in communications contracts to former Liberal headkickers, ex-gambling industry lobbyists
- 2023-04-13 — Movers & Shakers: ACIC executive director, Victoria picks new department heads, Health secretary calls time on career
- 2023-04-13 — Health chief Brendan Murphy checks himself out of top job
- 2023-03-26 — ACT Public Health Services still plagued by silos structure, says Stephen-Smith
- 2023-03-20 — Health authorities should use less stigmatising ways to describe Mpox
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-31 — ICAC finds NSW Health worker corrupt
- 2026-08-26 — Bird flu is testing how Australia governs biosecurity
- 2026-08-25 — Advice for Victorian Treasury on government spending
- 2026-08-21 — Victorian health workers win 28% pay increase to 2029
- 2026-08-20 — Super’s $2 problem: The asset class the performance test can’t price
- 2026-08-17 — Minister bats away proposal for disability inspector-general
- 2026-08-14 — Mandarin Talks webinar: Care economy reform that’s built to last
- 2026-08-14 — Auditor expresses concern about underreporting of NSW consulting costs
- 2026-08-13 — Bad feedback loops can hurt system confidence, ex-secretary warns
- 2026-08-13 — Movers & Shakers: Retirements and departures aplenty
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Ageing ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2010-11 to 2012-13 | 547 |
| Health and Ageing ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2010-11 to 2012-13 | 15 |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2013-14 to 2026-27 | 3,697 |
| Health ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2013-14 to 2021-22 | 2,130 |
| Health ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2013-14 to 2021-22 | 150 |
| Department of Health ⚠️ | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2020-21 | 76 |
| Department of Health ⚠️ | Annual report governance tables | 2019-20 to 2021-22 | 43 |
| Department of Health and Aged Care ⚠️ | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2024-25 | 14,584 |
| Department of Health and Aged Care ⚠️ | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2022-23 to 2023-24 | 56 |
| Department of Health and Aged Care ⚠️ | Annual report governance tables | 2022-23 to 2023-24 | 12 |
| Department of Health and Aged Care ⚠️ | Annual report expenditure | 2022-23 to 2023-24 | 16 |
| Health and Aged Care ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 516 |
| Health and Aged Care ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 95 |
| Department of Health and Aged Care ⚠️ | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2028-29 | 340 |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2024-25 | 16 |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | Annual report governance tables | 2024-25 | 6 |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | Annual report expenditure | 2024-25 | 9 |
| Health, Disability and Ageing ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2024-25 to 2025-26 | 319 |
| Health, Disability and Ageing ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2024-25 to 2025-26 | 56 |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2025-26 to 2029-30 | 340 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Department of Health (2018-19 to 2021-22); Department of Health and Aged Care (2022-23 to 2028-29); Health (2013-14 to 2021-22); Health and Aged Care (2022-23 to 2024-25); Health and Ageing (2010-11 to 2012-13); Health, Disability and Ageing (2024-25 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
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 15 | $2,628,378 |
| Consultancy | 10 | $81,273 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glaxosmithkline Australia Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 47100162481 | $1,054,485 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Seqirus (Australia) Pty Ltd | 66120398067 | $566,911 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd | 50008422348 | $359,114 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Australian Healthcare Associates (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 82072790848 | $234,246 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Datacom Systems (AU) Pty Ltd | 39135427075 | $199,823 | 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Accenture Australia Pty Ltd | 49096776895 | $139,260 | 2023-24 |
| Westlab Pty Ltd | 71606662113 | $74,539 | 2022-23 |
| ERNST & YOUNG (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 75288172749 | $32,150 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Monash University | 12377614012 | $15,668 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 20607773295 | $14,069 | 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 74490121060 | $11,917 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency | 78685433429 | $7,469 | 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 | 26.2% | at this date |
| % Female | 70.2% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 2.3% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 52.6% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 2.7% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 14.4% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 54.3% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 72.2% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 5.7% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 8.2% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 7,612 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 42.0 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 7.3 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 4.4% | 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
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission · Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care · Australian Digital Health Agency · Australian Institute of Health and Welfare · Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency · Cancer Australia · Food Standards Australia New Zealand · NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission · National Blood Authority · National Disability Insurance Agency · National Health Funding Body · National Health and Medical Research Council · Office of the Gene Technology Regulator and the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme · Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care · Organ and Tissue Authority · Professional Services Review · Therapeutic Goods Administration
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 | 5,396 | 5,246 | 3,487 | 3,605 | 5,075 | 5,062 | 4,722 | 4,493 | 4,298 | 4,752 | 5,689 | 5,984 | 7,155 | 7,428 | 7,612 | |
| SES | 169 | 197 | 162 | 153 | 184 | 63 | 62 | 70 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 88 | 86 | |||
| Contracts | 1 | 2 | 3,276 | 3,012 | 3,070 | 2,408 | 2,411 | 2,151 | 1,701 | 249 | ||||||
| Contract value | $35,000 | $985,999 | $3,001,172,422 | $7,496,035,341 | $3,282,885,593 | $3,552,403,675 | $3,084,023,895 | $5,902,518,124 | $4,945,004,156 | $1,944,937,642 | ||||||
| Budget ($000) | 122,138,108 | 172,220,055 | ||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 24 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Top total pay | $858,014 | $685,060 | $833,353 | $915,108 | $944,866 | $972,552 |
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 Department of Health (2018-19 to 2021-22); Department of Health and Aged Care (2022-23 to 2028-29); Health (2013-14 to 2021-22); Health and Aged Care (2022-23 to 2024-25); Health and Ageing (2010-11 to 2012-13); Health, Disability and Ageing (2024-25 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.
° 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.
