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BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD

Company

Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary
Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD.

Folio currently holds verified records covering government procurement, drawn from 1 official publisher. No verified records for parliamentary interests, political donations, and lobbying registrations are currently linked.

Evidence Overview

Every evidence domain currently in scope for this profile. Each item links to its full section below.

Official Australian Business Register
ABR Verified
Official legal name
BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD & THE TRUSTEE FOR SOULSBY FAMILY TRUST
ABN
43 679 625 324
Entity type
Other Partnership
ABN status
Active(since 1 Nov 1999)
GST
Registered from 1 July 2000
ASIC / ACN
—
State
ACT · 2606
ABR record updated
—

Business names

MUSIC AND AUDIO AUSTRALIA
PRO AUDIO & MUSIC
Publisher: Australian Business RegisterVerified: 2 Sept 2026View on ABR Lookup
Coverage Matrix

The complete official-record landscape considered by Folio. Empty domains are shown honestly — they never imply absence of activity, only that no record has been identified from currently ingested datasets.

  • Parliamentary Interests

    Interests declared on the Senate or House Register of Interests.

    No records currently linked

    Publisher: Parliament of Australia

  • Political Donations

    Gifts and donations disclosed to the AEC.

    No records currently linked

    Publisher: Australian Electoral Commission

  • Government Procurement

    Contracts awarded to or by Australian Government agencies.

    Records available · 8 records

    Publisher: AusTender · Department of Finance

  • Government Grants

    Grants awarded by Australian Government agencies.

    Configured, not yet populated

    Publisher: GrantConnect · Department of Finance

  • Lobbying Registrations

    Registered lobbying relationships between representatives and clients.

    No records currently linked

    Publisher: Federal Register of Lobbyists · Attorney-General's Department

  • Timeline

    Chronology of dated public-record events already linked to this profile.

    Records available · 24 records

    Publisher: Multiple government publishers

  • Relationship Network

    Connections established from official records, never from inference.

    Records available · 8 records

    Publisher: Derived from official records

  • Official Government Documents

    Every underlying document that supports this profile.

    Records available · 8 records

    Publisher: Original publishers

  • State & Territory Registers

    State and Territory interest and lobbyist registers.

    Dataset not yet enabled

    Publisher: State & Territory parliaments

  • Ministerial Diaries

    Ministerial diary disclosures published by portfolio departments.

    Dataset not yet enabled

    Publisher: Prime Minister & Cabinet

Investigation Opportunities

Available evidence you can drill into now, plus datasets that will contribute automatically once matching records are identified.

Currently available

Watching for

  • Parliamentary Interests

    Publisher: Parliament of Australia

  • Political Donations

    Publisher: Australian Electoral Commission

  • Government Grants

    Publisher: GrantConnect · Department of Finance

  • Lobbying Registrations

    Publisher: Federal Register of Lobbyists · Attorney-General's Department

Additional evidence will appear automatically when matching records are identified. Absence of a record does not imply absence of activity.

Official Government Records
1 of 4 registers

This profile of BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD combines information only from verified Australian Government transparency registers. Every claim below links back to an original source document.

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 31 Jan 2018
Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

First recorded 22 Oct 2007Latest activity 9y ago (31 Jan 2018)
Coverage Matrix

Dataset coverage

Present in 1 of 7 supported Australian transparency datasets.

DatasetPublisherRecordsFirstLatest
AEC Transparency Register
Australian Electoral Commission—Not presentNot present
AusTender Contract Notices (Commonwealth)
Department of Finance822 Nov 200717 Nov 2017
State & Territory Procurement
State/Territory procurement publishers—Not presentNot present
GrantConnect — Australian Government Grants
Department of Finance—Not presentNot present
Federal Lobbyist Register
Attorney-General's Department—Not presentNot present
House of Representatives Register of Interests
Parliament of Australia—Not presentNot present
Senate Register of Interests
Parliament of Australia—Not presentNot present

Datasets marked "Not present" have no matching records in the currently ingested public data. This does not imply the organisation is absent from that register — only that Folio's ingested snapshot contains no matching rows.

Connected Government

Agencies contracted with

4 agencies · $198,984 in total contract value across AusTender records.

AgencyContractsTotal valueLatest contract
Department of Defence
4$149,37118 Apr 2017
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General
2$49,61317 Nov 2017
Australian Federal Police
1$013 Nov 2015
Office of National Assessments
1$029 June 2012

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth
Verified · Official publisher
Contracts
8
Amendments
0
Total value
$198,984
Largest
$76,839
Jurisdictions
1
Agencies
4
Standing Offers
0
Panels
0
Coverage
22 Nov 2007 – 17 Nov 2017
JurisdictionPublishedContractAgencyValueAmendmentSource
Commonwealth17 Nov 2017
<p>Audio and Visual Equipment</p>
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General$20,443—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth1 Nov 2017
<p>PA System</p>
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General$29,170—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth18 Apr 2017
Portable public address system
Department of Defence——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth13 Nov 2015
Supply of audio equipment
Australian Federal Police——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth29 June 2012
<P>audio supplies</P>
Office of National Assessments——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth13 Mar 2008
SYNTHESIZER, ELECTRIC, EQUIPMENT - QTY 13.
Department of Defence$76,839—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth30 Nov 2007
<p>Musical Instruments</p>
Department of Defence$20,932—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth22 Nov 2007
FRENCH HORN, INCLUDES CASE, LYRE AND MOUTHPIECE, QUANTITY 6.
Department of Defence$51,600—AusTender ↗
Government Grants

Australian Government grants received

Publisher: GrantConnect (Department of Finance) · Every record links back to grants.gov.au.

Official register
No official Australian Government grant records have been identified for BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD.

AEC transparency register

No official AEC transparency-register returns beyond simple donations reference this organisation. Filings would appear here as the annual disclosure archive is ingested.

Connected Political Activity

Donations, lobbying and parliamentary mentions

A combined view of how BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD appears across AEC donations, the Federal Lobbyist Register and parliamentary registers of interest.

No political donations, lobbying registrations or parliamentary interest mentions are currently on record for this organisation across the Australian datasets ingested by Folio.

Relationship Network

How does BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD connect to other entities on the public record?

0 verified connections

This profile currently connects to 0 verified entities across 1 official government publisher.

8

Contracts

Public Profile

Public Records

8 verified records

Government Sources

1 official publisher

Timeline

24 events

Relationship Network

8 verified relationships

Official sources

1

verified publisher

Relationships

8

verified relationships

Timeline

24

recorded events

Organisations

None linked

No linked organisations identified from current official records

People

None linked

No linked individuals identified from current official records

Latest activity

2 Sept 2026

Most recent public record

Key people mentioned

Top individuals linked through official public records, ranked by relationship strength.

No people have yet been linked to this organisation from currently ingested official records.

Timeline

Chronology of every dated public record linked to BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD, grouped by dataset.

24 of 24 events

  1. 17 Nov 2017

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Audio and Visual Equipment</p>

    Contract from Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

    Value $20,443

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 1 Nov 2017

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>PA System</p>

    Contract from Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

    Value $29,170

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 18 Apr 2017

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Portable public address system

    Contract from Department of Defence

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 13 Nov 2015

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Supply of audio equipment

    Contract from Australian Federal Police

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 29 June 2012

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <P>audio supplies</P>

    Contract from Office of National Assessments

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 13 Mar 2008

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    SYNTHESIZER, ELECTRIC, EQUIPMENT - QTY 13.

    Contract from Department of Defence

    Value $76,839

    Source-backedView original source

  7. 30 Nov 2007

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Musical Instruments</p>

    Contract from Department of Defence

    Value $20,932

    Source-backedView original source

  8. 22 Nov 2007

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    FRENCH HORN, INCLUDES CASE, LYRE AND MOUTHPIECE, QUANTITY 6.

    Contract from Department of Defence

    Value $51,600

    Source-backedView original source

  1. 31 Jan 2018

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>Audio and Visual Equipment</p>

    Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

    Value $20,443

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 8 Nov 2017

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <p>Audio and Visual Equipment</p>

    Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

    Value $20,443

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 31 Oct 2017

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>PA System</p>

    Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

    Value $29,170

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 25 Oct 2017

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <p>PA System</p>

    Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General

    Value $29,170

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 30 June 2017

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: Portable public address system

    Department of Defence

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 6 Apr 2017

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: Portable public address system

    Department of Defence

    Source-backedView original source

  7. 30 May 2016

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: Supply of audio equipment

    Australian Federal Police

    Source-backedView original source

  8. 9 Nov 2015

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: Supply of audio equipment

    Australian Federal Police

    Source-backedView original source

  9. 23 Nov 2011

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <P>audio supplies</P>

    Office of National Assessments

    Source-backedView original source

  10. 23 Nov 2011

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <P>audio supplies</P>

    Office of National Assessments

    Source-backedView original source
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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

8 contracts · $198,984
PublishedTitleAgencyValueSource
17 Nov 2017<p>Audio and Visual Equipment</p>Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General$20,443AusTender
1 Nov 2017<p>PA System</p>Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General$29,170AusTender
18 Apr 2017Portable public address systemDepartment of Defence—AusTender
13 Nov 2015Supply of audio equipmentAustralian Federal Police—AusTender
29 June 2012<P>audio supplies</P>Office of National Assessments—AusTender
13 Mar 2008SYNTHESIZER, ELECTRIC, EQUIPMENT - QTY 13.Department of Defence$76,839AusTender
30 Nov 2007<p>Musical Instruments</p>Department of Defence$20,932AusTender
22 Nov 2007FRENCH HORN, INCLUDES CASE, LYRE AND MOUTHPIECE, QUANTITY 6.Department of Defence$51,600AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD has 0 verified relationships across 0 official datasets.

Organisations

0

People

0

Agencies

0

Political parties

0

Contract links

0

Lobbyist links

0

Connected Organisations

Which organisations, agencies or parties appear alongside BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD on the public record, ranked by evidence strength?

0 unique · 0 verified evidence rows

No other organisations, agencies or parties are yet linked to this entity from currently ingested official records.

Connected People

Which people appear alongside BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD on the public record, ranked by evidence strength?

0 unique · 0 verified evidence rows

No people are yet linked to this organisation from currently ingested official records.

Official Government Documents

Every document below is published by an Australian Government body and can be opened directly from its original source.

KindDatasetDateDescriptionVerify
contractAusTender — procurement17 Nov 2017<p>Audio and Visual Equipment</p> — Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General ↔ Better Music (AUD 20443)open source
contractAusTender — procurement1 Nov 2017<p>PA System</p> — Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General ↔ Better Music (AUD 29170)open source
contractAusTender — procurement18 Apr 2017Portable public address system — Department of Defence ↔ BETTER MUSIC PTY LTDopen source
contractAusTender — procurement13 Nov 2015Supply of audio equipment — Australian Federal Police ↔ Better Music Pty Ltd & the Trusteeopen source
contractAusTender — procurement29 June 2012<P>audio supplies</P> — Office of National Assessments ↔ Pro Audio Suppliesopen source
contractAusTender — procurement13 Mar 2008SYNTHESIZER, ELECTRIC, EQUIPMENT - QTY 13. — Department of Defence ↔ PRO AUDIO SUPPLIES (AUD 76839.04)open source
contractAusTender — procurement30 Nov 2007<p>Musical Instruments</p> — Department of Defence ↔ Pro Audio Supplies Pty Ltd (AUD 20932.09)open source
contractAusTender — procurement22 Nov 2007FRENCH HORN, INCLUDES CASE, LYRE AND MOUTHPIECE, QUANTITY 6. — Department of Defence ↔ PRO AUDIO SUPPLIES PTY LTD (AUD 51599.99)open source
Official sources

Parliamentary Register of Interests (House)

0 records

No records linked yet

Parliamentary Register of Interests (Senate)

0 records

No records linked yet

Federal Register of Lobbyists

0 records

No records linked yet

AEC Donations (Declared Gifts)

0 records

No records linked yet

AusTender (Government Contracts)

0 records

No records linked yet

Key information

Name

BETTER MUSIC PTY LTD

Type

Company

ABN

43679625324

Jurisdiction

AU

Source datasets

1

Connected records

8

Timeline events

24

Contracts recorded

$198,984

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