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Deaf Connect

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Executive Summary
Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to Deaf Connect.

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

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 · 21 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.

    Records available · 1 record

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

  • Timeline

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

    Records available · 1 record

    Publisher: Multiple government publishers

  • Relationship Network

    Connections established from official records, never from inference.

    Records available · 1 record

    Publisher: Derived from official records

  • Official Government Documents

    Every underlying document that supports this profile.

    Records available · 22 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.

Watching for

  • Parliamentary Interests

    Publisher: Parliament of Australia

  • Political Donations

    Publisher: Australian Electoral Commission

  • Government Grants

    Publisher: GrantConnect · Department of Finance

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 Deaf Connect combines information only from verified Australian Government transparency registers. Every claim below links back to an original source document.

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 2 Feb 2026
Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

Deaf Connect currently appears across 2 Australian Government transparency datasets.

First recorded 5 Sept 2007Latest activity 7mo ago (2 Feb 2026)
Coverage Matrix

Dataset coverage

Present in 2 of 7 supported Australian transparency datasets.

DatasetPublisherRecordsFirstLatest
AEC Transparency Register
Australian Electoral CommissionNot presentNot present
AusTender Contract Notices (Commonwealth)
Department of Finance215 Sept 200715 May 2018
State & Territory Procurement
State/Territory procurement publishersNot presentNot present
GrantConnect — Australian Government Grants
Department of FinanceNot presentNot present
Federal Lobbyist Register
Attorney-General's Department12 Feb 20262 Feb 2026
House of Representatives Register of Interests
Parliament of AustraliaNot presentNot present
Senate Register of Interests
Parliament of AustraliaNot 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

7 agencies · $1,950,579 in total contract value across AusTender records.

AgencyContractsTotal valueLatest contract
Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations
2$1,800,00028 Aug 2012
Department of Human Services
13$74,80015 Aug 2017
Department of Home Affairs
1$33,84010 Nov 2017
Australian Taxation Office
1$19,93915 May 2018
Department of Human Services Retired
1$11,0008 Sept 2008
Child Support Agency
1$11,0005 Sept 2007
Australian Bureau of Statistics
2$023 Nov 2011

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth
Verified · Official publisher
Contracts
21
Amendments
0
Total value
$1,950,579
Largest
$1,800,000
Jurisdictions
1
Agencies
7
Standing Offers
0
Panels
0
Coverage
5 Sept 2007 – 15 May 2018
JurisdictionPublishedContractAgencyValueAmendmentSource
Commonwealth15 May 2018
Interpretering Services
Australian Taxation Office$19,939AusTender ↗
Commonwealth10 Nov 2017
Interpreting Services
Department of Home Affairs$33,840AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 Aug 2017
Interpreter Services
Department of Human Services$15,400AusTender ↗
Commonwealth27 June 2017
<p>Interpreting Services</p>
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth4 May 2017
Interpreting Services
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth4 Mar 2016
Interpreting Services
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth30 Sept 2015
Interpreting Services
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth18 June 2015
Auslan interpreter services in Queensland
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth8 Apr 2015
On Demand Auslan Videoconferencing Service - Trial
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth9 Feb 2015
<p>Interpreting services</p>
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth21 Aug 2014
Interpreting Services for Brisbane, QLD
Department of Human Services$26,400AusTender ↗
Commonwealth12 Aug 2014
Interpreting services
Department of Human Services$33,000AusTender ↗
Commonwealth7 Jan 2014
Interpreting Services
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth4 Dec 2013
Interpreter Services
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth7 Aug 2013
Sign Language Interpreters in Queensland
Department of Human ServicesAusTender ↗
Commonwealth28 Aug 2012
<P>Employment Support Service (ESS) - for job seekers with permanent disability and with an assessed need for a more long-term regular ongoing support in the workplace.</P>
Department of Education Employment and Workplace RelationsAusTender ↗
Commonwealth23 Nov 2011
Auslan translation of Census form, guide and Census help
Australian Bureau of StatisticsAusTender ↗
Commonwealth16 Aug 2011
<p>Provision of an Auslan translation of the Census Form and Guide for the 2011 Census of Population and Housing<br _mce_bogus="1"></p>
Australian Bureau of StatisticsAusTender ↗
Commonwealth9 Apr 2010
Employment Support Service (ESS) - for job seekers with permanent disability and with an assessed need for a more long-term regular ongoing support in the workplace.
Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations$1,800,000AusTender ↗
Commonwealth8 Sept 2008
Signing Interpeters
Department of Human Services Retired$11,000AusTender ↗
Commonwealth5 Sept 2007
Sign Interpreters for Staff and Customers
Child Support Agency$11,000AusTender ↗
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 Deaf Connect.

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 Deaf Connect appears across AEC donations, the Federal Lobbyist Register and parliamentary registers of interest.

Political donations

No AEC-disclosed donations.

No political donations by this organisation are currently disclosed on the AEC Transparency Register.

Represented by lobbyists

1 lobbying firm listed this organisation as a client.

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  • JO SCARD PTY LTD
    1 registration · latest 2 Feb 2026

Clients represented

Not registered as a lobbyist acting for external clients.

This organisation is not a registered lobbyist on the Federal Lobbyist Register.

Parliamentary interest mentions

Not named in any current parliamentary register of interests.

No current member of the Australian Parliament has named this organisation in their register of interests.

Relationship Network

How does Deaf Connect connect to other entities on the public record?

1 verified connection

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

1

Organisations

21

Contracts

1

Lobbying

Connected entities

1

Relationship types

1

Official datasets

1

Shown / total

1 / 1

Earliest record

2 Feb 2026

Latest record

2 Feb 2026

  • Organisation · 1

Showing 1 of 1 verified connections. Tap any node for details; tap any edge to inspect the underlying record.

Public Profile

Public Records

22 verified records

Government Sources

1 official publisher

Timeline

1 event

Relationship Network

1 verified relationship

Linked Organisations

1

Official sources

1

verified publisher

Relationships

1

verified relationship

Timeline

1

recorded event

Organisations

1

connected organisation

People

None linked

No linked individuals identified from current official records

Latest activity

9 July 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 Deaf Connect, grouped by dataset.

1 of 1 events
  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Federal Register of Lobbyists
    Federal Lobbyist Register
    lobbying engagement

    JO SCARD PTY LTD registered to represent this organisation

    Source-backedView original source
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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

21 contracts · $1,950,579
PublishedTitleAgencyValueSource
15 May 2018Interpretering ServicesAustralian Taxation Office$19,939AusTender
10 Nov 2017Interpreting ServicesDepartment of Home Affairs$33,840AusTender
15 Aug 2017Interpreter ServicesDepartment of Human Services$15,400AusTender
27 June 2017<p>Interpreting Services</p>Department of Human ServicesAusTender
4 May 2017Interpreting ServicesDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
4 Mar 2016Interpreting ServicesDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
30 Sept 2015Interpreting ServicesDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
18 June 2015Auslan interpreter services in QueenslandDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
8 Apr 2015On Demand Auslan Videoconferencing Service - TrialDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
9 Feb 2015<p>Interpreting services</p>Department of Human ServicesAusTender
21 Aug 2014Interpreting Services for Brisbane, QLDDepartment of Human Services$26,400AusTender
12 Aug 2014Interpreting servicesDepartment of Human Services$33,000AusTender
7 Jan 2014Interpreting ServicesDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
4 Dec 2013Interpreter ServicesDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
7 Aug 2013Sign Language Interpreters in QueenslandDepartment of Human ServicesAusTender
28 Aug 2012<P>Employment Support Service (ESS) - for job seekers with permanent disability and with an assessed need for a more long-term regular ongoing support in the workplace.</P>Department of Education Employment and Workplace RelationsAusTender
23 Nov 2011Auslan translation of Census form, guide and Census helpAustralian Bureau of StatisticsAusTender
16 Aug 2011<p>Provision of an Auslan translation of the Census Form and Guide for the 2011 Census of Population and Housing<br _mce_bogus="1"></p>Australian Bureau of StatisticsAusTender
9 Apr 2010Employment Support Service (ESS) - for job seekers with permanent disability and with an assessed need for a more long-term regular ongoing support in the workplace.Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations$1,800,000AusTender
8 Sept 2008Signing InterpetersDepartment of Human Services Retired$11,000AusTender
5 Sept 2007Sign Interpreters for Staff and CustomersChild Support Agency$11,000AusTender

Lobbying

Which Commonwealth or State/Territory lobbyist registers mention this entity?

1 record · 1 jurisdiction
EffectiveJurisdictionRelationshipClientLobbying firmSource
2 Feb 2026
Commonwealth
Federal Lobbyist Register
Client of
Deaf ConnectJO SCARD PTY LTDView source

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention Deaf Connect?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

Deaf Connect has 1 verified relationship across 1 official dataset.

Organisations

1

People

0

Agencies

0

Political parties

0

Contract links

0

Lobbyist links

1

Connected Organisations

Which organisations, agencies or parties appear alongside Deaf Connect on the public record, ranked by evidence strength?

1 unique · 1 verified evidence rows
  1. 1
    JO SCARD PTY LTD
    organisation
    registered to represent
    1 evidence row1 datasetFirst seen 2 Feb 2026
    Federal Lobbyist Register

Connected People

Which people appear alongside Deaf Connect 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
lobbyingFederal Lobbyist Register2 Feb 2026JO SCARD PTY LTD represents Deaf Connectopen source
contractAusTender — procurement15 May 2018Interpretering Services — Australian Taxation Office ↔ DEAF SERVICES QUEENSLAND (AUD 19938.86)open source
contractAusTender — procurement10 Nov 2017Interpreting Services — Department of Home Affairs ↔ DEAF SERVICES (AUD 33840)open source
contractAusTender — procurement15 Aug 2017Interpreter Services — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queensland (AUD 15400)open source
contractAusTender — procurement27 June 2017<p>Interpreting Services</p> — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement4 May 2017Interpreting Services — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement4 Mar 2016Interpreting Services — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement30 Sept 2015Interpreting Services — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement18 June 2015Auslan interpreter services in Queensland — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement8 Apr 2015On Demand Auslan Videoconferencing Service - Trial — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement9 Feb 2015<p>Interpreting services</p> — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement21 Aug 2014Interpreting Services for Brisbane, QLD — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queensland (AUD 26400)open source
contractAusTender — procurement12 Aug 2014Interpreting services — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queensland (AUD 33000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement7 Jan 2014Interpreting Services — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement4 Dec 2013Interpreter Services — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement7 Aug 2013Sign Language Interpreters in Queensland — Department of Human Services ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement28 Aug 2012<P>Employment Support Service (ESS) - for job seekers with permanent disability and with an assessed need for a more long-term regular ongoing support in the workplace.</P> — Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement23 Nov 2011Auslan translation of Census form, guide and Census help — Australian Bureau of Statistics ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement16 Aug 2011<p>Provision of an Auslan translation of the Census Form and Guide for the 2011 Census of Population and Housing<br _mce_bogus="1"></p> — Australian Bureau of Statistics ↔ Deaf Services Queenslandopen source
contractAusTender — procurement9 Apr 2010Employment Support Service (ESS) - for job seekers with permanent disability and with an assessed need for a more long-term regular ongoing support in the workplace. — Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations ↔ Deaf Services Queensland (AUD 1800000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement8 Sept 2008Signing Interpeters — Department of Human Services Retired ↔ DEAF SERVICES QUEENSLAND (AUD 11000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement5 Sept 2007Sign Interpreters for Staff and Customers — Child Support Agency ↔ DEAF SERVICES QUEENSLAND (AUD 11000)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

Deaf Connect

Type

Other

ABN

62118664298

Jurisdiction

AU

Source datasets

1

Connected records

22

Timeline events

1

Contracts recorded

$1,950,579

About this profile

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Every fact links to the original government source document.

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