Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Industry, Science and Resources portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 8,657
- Contract value (all years): 3,735,886,714 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 255,206,943 AUD
- APS headcount: 5,730
- Budget 2026-27: 1,405,075 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 917,102 AUD
- Directory roles: 112
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (32)
- 2025-12-02 — Meghan Quinn: Department of Industry, Science and Resources secretary
- 2025-05-19 — Minister calls DISR ‘central economic agency’
- 2025-02-04 — Victorian premier names secretaries for Health and Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
- 2024-11-18 — Meghan Quinn: Industry, Science and Resources
- 2024-08-29 — DISR backs strict quantum computing export control amid backlash
- 2024-07-01 — Industry report examines AI productivity and jobs promise
- 2024-02-28 — Industry on notice to squash abuse and exploitation dangers of online dating
- 2023-11-14 — Defence Industry and net assessment: How much is enough?
- 2023-11-05 — Meghan Quinn: Industry, Science and Resources
- 2023-09-05 — DISR prioritising Health’s work over its own, finds ANAO
- 2023-06-29 — Movers & Shakers: SES elevations at Defence, DFAT, ONI and DISR
- 2023-05-03 — eBook: Australian Education and Healthcare Industry Trends in 2023
- 2023-04-26 — How the Department of Industry learned to become unafraid of audits
- 2023-02-28 — Industry heavyweights home in on Australia’s next-gen aviation ambitions
- 2022-11-20 — New exec team at Industry, Science and Resources
- 2022-08-23 — Critical thinking time for Home Affairs and Industry portfolios
- 2022-08-04 — Movers & Shakers: new secretary at Department of Industry, Science and Resources
- 2021-07-30 — Sydney incubator chosen to run National Space Industry Hub
- 2021-06-15 — Industry, Education departments team up to develop research infrastructure roadmap
- 2021-06-04 — Industry department staffer made complaint relating to Christian Porter
- 2020-11-26 — Movers & shakers: More than a dozen general managers join Department of Industry
- 2020-10-27 — Industry cadetships: a good but small step to tap the talents of women in STEM
- 2020-10-20 — Industry Advisory Committee established to guide implementation of cyber security strategy
- 2020-08-11 — Industry department offers human-centred design resources to APS
- 2019-11-28 — The state of Home Affairs: Michael Outram’s address to the Home Affairs Industry Summit
- 2019-07-31 — Influence the national agenda on industry, innovation and science
- 2019-04-08 — Industry dept veteran takes the reins at Comcare
- 2018-08-10 — Movers & shakers: Home Affairs, Indigenous Affairs, Industry portfolios and more
- 2018-03-19 — Berejiklian’s Industry swoop: new secretary already at the helm
- 2017-01-24 — Industry policy emerges from globalisation resurgent and more important than ever
- 2015-07-17 — Industry portfolio gets first shakeup, points way for APS restructures
- 2014-07-29 — Annual report: AWPA’s swan song as it integrates into Industry
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-27 — Queensland launches defence investment counterstrike against southern states
- 2026-08-26 — NSW Public Service opens People Matter Employee Survey
- 2026-08-26 — ‘Bridge too far’: Commissioner calls out WA GST attack
- 2026-08-20 — The history of Australian infrastructure: Delivery (2005-2025)
- 2026-08-19 — Power brokers talk AI, skills, and productivity for Australia
- 2026-08-16 — Monday Briefing: Airservices Australia
- 2026-08-06 — Study raises alarm about government’s ‘structural reliance on external consultants’
- 2026-08-06 — Movers & Shakers: Bumper Band 1 week
- 2026-08-06 — NSW Public Service chief Draper quits Minns for Canberra
- 2026-08-03 — What AI data centres really mean for Australia’s water supply
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resources, Energy and Tourism ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2010-11 to 2012-13 | 484 |
| Resources, Energy and Tourism ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2010-11 to 2012-13 | 15 |
| Industry ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2013-14 | 295 |
| Industry ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2013-14 | 5 |
| Industry, Innovation and Science ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2015-16 to 2019-20 | 1,080 |
| Industry, Innovation and Science ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2015-16 to 2019-20 | 62 |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2026-27 | 8,657 |
| Industry, Science, Energy and Resources ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2019-20 to 2021-22 | 591 |
| Industry, Science, Energy and Resources ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2019-20 to 2021-22 | 78 |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 34 |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | Annual report governance tables | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 21 |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | Annual report expenditure | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 29 |
| Industry, Science and Resources ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2022-23 to 2025-26 | 814 |
| Industry, Science and Resources ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2022-23 to 2025-26 | 151 |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 180 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Industry (2013-14 to 2013-14); Industry, Innovation and Science (2015-16 to 2019-20); Industry, Science and Resources (2022-23 to 2025-26); Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (2019-20 to 2021-22); Resources, Energy and Tourism (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 15 | $995,596 |
| Consultancy | 14 | $40,755 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrofac Facilities Management Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 51138094470 | $777,310 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Evolve FM Pty Ltd | 52605472580 | $53,628 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Upstream Production Solutions Pty Ltd | 26166665952 | $45,457 | 2022-23 |
| European Southern Observatory | 43629743844 | $28,892 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Aref Prop Holdings Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 46165170749 | $28,846 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Data 3 Limited (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 31010545267 | $27,599 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd | 86611750648 | $19,600 | 2022-23 |
| Jones Lang Lasalle (ACT) P/L | 69008585260 | $14,264 | 2024-25 |
| King & Wood Mallesons | 22041424954 | $7,457 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Ernst & Young (Canberra) | 75288172749 | $6,638 | 2024-25 |
| Ngamuru Advisory Pty Ltd | 27610399767 | $5,588 | 2024-25 |
| GDH Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 83105671976 | $4,495 | 2023-24, 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 | 26.1% | at this date |
| % Female | 53.8% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 2.3% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 57.2% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 5.8% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 10.3% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 59.2% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 79.7% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 6.0% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 9.6% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 5,730 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 42.3 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 7.8 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 5.0% | 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
Geoscience Australia · IP Australia · National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority · National Science and Technology Centre (Questacon)
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 | 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 | 5,154 | 4,716 | 4,711 | 4,328 | 4,355 | 5,182 | 5,178 | 5,302 | 5,301 | 5,601 | 5,838 | 5,730 | |||
| SES | 48 | 58 | 49 | 44 | 49 | 53 | 44 | 53 | 58 | 56 | |||||
| Contracts | 1,438 | 1,517 | 1,572 | 1,100 | 1,012 | 1,208 | 728 | 82 | |||||||
| Contract value | $539,012,327 | $576,293,269 | $858,097,868 | $306,711,096 | $367,161,307 | $379,140,154 | $567,372,745 | $142,097,946 | |||||||
| Budget ($000) | 1,495,708 | 1,405,075 | |||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 16 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Top total pay | $693,794 | $521,226 | $917,102 |
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 Industry (2013-14 to 2013-14); Industry, Innovation and Science (2015-16 to 2019-20); Industry, Science and Resources (2022-23 to 2025-26); Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (2019-20 to 2021-22); Resources, Energy and Tourism (2010-11 to 2012-13). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is. 8 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.
