Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport & Arts portfolio

Verified figures

• Contracts (all years): 7,678
• Contract value (all years): 5,002,822,173 AUD
• Contract value (2026): 656,810,434 AUD
• APS headcount: 2,345
• Budget 2026-27: 9,088,204 thousand AUD
• Highest total remuneration: 1,084,556 AUD
• Directory roles: 116

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

Coverage — named in the headline (40)

• 2026-04-22 — Infrastructure reports ‘small number’ of redundancies
• 2025-12-03 — ICAC reboots School Infrastructure NSW inquiry
• 2025-12-02 — Jim Betts: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, and the Arts secretary
• 2025-06-06 — ICAC sees School Infrastructure NSW contractors take the stand
• 2025-06-01 — A guide to ICAC’s investigation into School Infrastructure NSW
• 2025-05-25 — Victoria’s bad budget shows need for a Reserve Bank of Infrastructure
• 2024-11-18 — Jim Betts: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• 2024-06-12 — New powers for Infrastructure NSW and Coordinator General
• 2024-02-18 — Infrastructure ‘hotties list’ prompts new respectful workplace program
• 2023-12-12 — Infrastructure administration might be banal but it’s costing us tens of billions
• 2023-12-04 — Commonwealth Infrastructure Review’s costs and concerns
• 2023-11-16 — Infrastructure review recommends culling 82 planned projects
• 2023-11-05 — Jim Betts: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
• 2023-10-23 — New Infrastructure tzar for NSW picked from within
• 2023-09-17 — Infrastructure’s niceness not helpful when it comes to staff underperformance
• 2023-08-17 — Infrastructure development requirements and fixed-line planning rules up for debate
• 2023-05-01 — Infrastructure pipeline review to turn an eye to project quality and ‘significance’ for Australia
• 2022-11-21 — Simon Atkinson: formerly Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Communications
• 2022-03-28 — Infrastructure projects galore: it must be federal budget time
• 2021-09-05 — Australian Infrastructure 2021 plan launched
• 2021-08-31 — Infrastructure upgrade for Queensland stock routes
• 2021-08-19 — Infrastructure body calls for systemic approach to resilience planning as cost of natural disasters escalates
• 2021-08-19 — Infrastructure Victoria proposes $100 billion worth of projects to government
• 2021-06-29 — ANAO: Infrastructure department’s approach to choosing projects for $660m car park fund ‘not appropriate’
• 2021-05-25 — Smart Communications’ cloud solutions complete IRAP assessment for use in government
• 2021-04-25 — Infrastructure deputy secretary to lead CASA
• 2021-01-20 — Nudging public towards flexible work could help solve Melbourne’s transport issues, according to Infrastructure Victoria
• 2020-12-08 — Lessons from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for an Australia China strategy
• 2020-11-25 — Department of Infrastructure opens Orange branch as part of decentralisation agenda
• 2020-09-24 — The Briefing: ‘Unreliable’ due diligence, self-regulation at heart of Infrastructure Department’s ‘Leppington Triangle’ scandal
• 2020-09-24 — Shakeup of Melbourne public transport fares could ease congestion, improve affordability, according to Infrastructure Victoria
• 2020-08-04 — Smart Communications well positioned to transform forms process with launch of SmartIQ
• 2019-12-16 — End of year Infrastructure appointments: CEOs for NAIF and Faster Trains Agency
• 2019-11-15 — Water policy and resources moves from Agriculture to Infrastructure
• 2019-11-08 — New secretaries for Infrastructure and Environment departments
• 2018-09-30 — Global challenges, regional consequences: Infrastructure secretary on inclusive growth
• 2018-08-17 — Movers & shakers: depsecs in AGD, Communications
• 2017-11-24 — Feds poach NSW commissioning boss for new Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency
• 2017-06-20 — NSW Budget: Infrastructure everywhere to absorb cash deluge
• 2017-03-16 — A tale of two juries: shaping Infrastructure Victoria’s 30-year strategy

Passing mentions (10 shown)

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

• 2026-08-28 — New plans for Silver review: Labor folds two agencies, cuts consulting spend
• 2026-08-26 — Victoria announces ‘common sense’ public service cuts
• 2026-08-24 — Ex-Qantas captain joins Transport Safety Bureau
• 2026-08-24 — Audit scandal plays a part in KPMG staff cutback, Sams says
• 2026-08-23 — Victoria to establish special prosecutor for royal commission
• 2026-08-20 — The history of Australian infrastructure: Delivery (2005-2025)
• 2026-08-20 — Movers & Shakers: Victoria reveals royal commissioner
• 2026-08-20 — News bargaining incentive to give Australian journalism a ‘sustainable footing’
• 2026-08-19 — The history of Australian infrastructure: Contest (1969-2004)
• 2026-08-18 — The history of Australian infrastructure: Growth (1947-1968)

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.

⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Communications (2013-14 to 2014-15); Communications and the Arts (2015-16 to 2019-20); Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (2021-22 to 2028-29); Infrastructure (2010-11 to 2011-12); Infrastructure and Regional Development (2013-14 to 2016-17); Infrastructure and Transport (2012-13 to 2012-13); Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (2021-22 to 2021-22); Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (2022-23 to 2024-25); Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts (2024-25 to 2025-26); Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications (2019-20 to 2020-21); **Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications ***** (2019-20 to 2020-21). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency

Largest recipients across all reported years

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

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 Communications and Media Authority · Australian National Maritime Museum · Australian Transport Safety Bureau · High Speed Rail Authority · National Archives of Australia · National Capital Authority · National Film and Sound Archive of Australia · National Library of Australia · National Museum of Australia · National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Old Parliament House · Screen Australia · Sport Integrity 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

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 Communications (2013-14 to 2014-15); Communications and the Arts (2015-16 to 2019-20); Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (2021-22 to 2028-29); Infrastructure (2010-11 to 2011-12); Infrastructure and Regional Development (2013-14 to 2016-17); Infrastructure and Transport (2012-13 to 2012-13); Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (2021-22 to 2021-22); Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (2022-23 to 2024-25); Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts (2024-25 to 2025-26); Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications (2019-20 to 2020-21); **Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications ***** (2019-20 to 2020-21). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is. 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.

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