Australian Public Expense Tracker publishes its processing code and methodology so readers can see how official source data becomes the charts and summaries on this website.
Official government source → APET processing script → chart or table → published APET page
The public APET repository on GitHub contains the Python scripts, supporting documentation, and their revision history.
Official parliamentary expenditure data processed into quarterly and annual charts.
Read methodologyOfficial annual government finance statistics processed into financial-year expense charts.
Read methodologyAPET aims to reproduce and reorganise information from official public datasets without making judgments about whether particular expenditure is appropriate. The original government publisher remains authoritative. If an APET chart differs from a source publication, readers should rely on the source publication and report the discrepancy.
APET's original code is available under the MIT License. Government datasets and source material remain subject to the terms set by their publishers.
The repository documents the IPEA, AusTender, GrantConnect, and ABS Government Finance Statistics pipelines. Additional datasets will be added as their processing code and methodology are prepared for public review.