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Search Australian public spending

Choose what you want to investigate and go directly to the most relevant APET search or explorer.

APET keeps different financial measures separate, so contract values, grants, benefits and expenses are not incorrectly added together.

A useful starting point, not a verdict: a search result may identify something worth examining, but it is not evidence of waste or misconduct. Check the chart notes, underlying data and linked official source before drawing conclusions.

Politician or parliamentary expense

Search chart appearances and filter by party, state or territory, expense category, period, reported amount and chart type.

Measure: reported parliamentary expenditure.

Search IPEA

Supplier, agency or contract

Search suppliers, purchasing agencies, contract descriptions and contract notice identifiers, with period and value filters.

Measure: maximum reported contract value, not necessarily expenditure paid in that period.

Search AusTender

Grant recipient or activity

Search recipients, grant activities, agencies, categories, locations and identifiers, with period and value filters.

Measure: published grant award value.

Search GrantConnect

Prescription medicine

Search medicines and compare government prescription expenditure across financial years and quarters.

Measure: Australian Government contribution through the PBS and RPBS.

Search PBS and RPBS

Medicare service or location

Explore service categories, patient states and territories, financial periods, benefits paid and service volumes.

Measure: Medicare benefits paid for processed MBS claims.

Explore Medicare

Government spending topic

Explore expenditure purposes such as health, education, defence and social protection, as well as government levels and annual trends.

Measure: accrual government expenses reported in ABS Government Finance Statistics.

Explore ABS GFS

Browse other APET datasets

These sections currently use charts, period navigation and downloadable supporting data rather than a dedicated search form.