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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Government Agency

Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary
Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

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
Department of Commerce
ABN
91 329 800 417
Entity type
State Government Entity
ABN status
Cancelled(since 1 July 2017)
GST
Not registered
ASIC / ACN
—
State
WA · 6107
ABR record updated
—
Publisher: Australian Business RegisterVerified: 1 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 · 22 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 · 66 records

    Publisher: Multiple government publishers

  • Relationship Network

    Connections established from official records, never from inference.

    Records available · 22 records

    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.

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

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 30 Apr 2026
Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

First recorded 31 July 2001Latest activity 4mo ago (30 Apr 2026)
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 Finance222 Jan 200826 June 2018
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

11 agencies · $24,725,664 in total contract value across AusTender records.

AgencyContractsTotal valueLatest contract
CSIRO
1$23,288,42426 June 2018
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity
2$440,00019 Dec 2012
Attorney-General's Department
1$385,6009 Aug 2010
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
1$355,84411 Aug 2014
Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts
1$113,6962 Dec 2008
Department of the Environment and Water Resources
1$75,0002 Jan 2008
Austrade
7$67,10013 May 2014
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
2$01 Aug 2016
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
2$020 Aug 2013
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
2$019 Feb 2013
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
2$025 June 2012

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth
Verified · Official publisher
Contracts
22
Amendments
0
Total value
$24,725,664
Largest
$23,288,424
Jurisdictions
1
Agencies
11
Standing Offers
0
Panels
0
Coverage
2 Jan 2008 – 26 June 2018
JurisdictionPublishedContractAgencyValueAmendmentSource
Commonwealth26 June 2018
<p>Building Lease to CSIRO - Bentley, WA</p>
CSIRO$23,288,424—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth1 Aug 2016
Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean Territories 1/7/15-30/6/19
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth28 July 2015
Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean Territories
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth11 Aug 2014
Provision of Deptartment of Commerce Services to Indian Ocean Territories
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities$355,844—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth13 May 2014
Sponsorship of the 2014 Western Australian Industry and Export Awards
Austrade$17,050—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth20 Aug 2013
State government type service to the Indian Ocean Territories
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth31 May 2013
WA Export Awards sponsorship
Austrade——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth19 Feb 2013
<p>Created in error - refer CN370027</p>
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth19 Feb 2013
<p>Provision of educational services - Fair Work Act.</p>
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth19 Dec 2012
<p>Created in error - refer CN370027</p>
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$110,000—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth12 Nov 2012
Provision of Service delivery arrangement to Indian Ocean Territory by Department of Commerce
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth31 Aug 2012
<P>Sponsorship - 2012 WA Industry and Export Awards</P>
Austrade——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth25 June 2012
Joint Research Project with WA Govt - modularisation project
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth5 June 2012
WA Industry and Export Awards
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth22 May 2012
Sponsorship - 2012 WA Industry and Export Awards
Austrade$17,050—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth30 Aug 2011
Austrade Sponsorship of Western Australian Industry and Export Awards 2011
Austrade——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth4 Mar 2011
<p>Provision of educational services - Fair Work Act.</p>
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$330,000—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth9 Aug 2010
Provision of Service delivery arrangement to IOT
Attorney-General's Department$385,600—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 July 2010
Austrade Sponsorship: WA Industry and Export Awards: 2010
Austrade$16,500—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth9 July 2009
Sponsorship: WA Industry and Export Awards: 2009
Austrade$16,500—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth2 Dec 2008
Provision of Fuel Quality sampling services
Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts$113,696—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth2 Jan 2008
Fuel sampling
Department of the Environment and Water Resources$75,000—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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE connect to other entities on the public record?

0 verified connections

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

22

Contracts

Public Profile

Public Records

22 verified records

Government Sources

1 official publisher

Timeline

66 events

Relationship Network

22 verified relationships

Official sources

1

verified publisher

Relationships

22

verified relationships

Timeline

66

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

1 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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, grouped by dataset.

66 of 66 events

  1. 26 June 2018

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Building Lease to CSIRO - Bentley, WA</p>

    Contract from CSIRO

    Value $23,288,424

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 1 Aug 2016

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean Territories 1/7/15-30/6/19

    Contract from Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 28 July 2015

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean Territories

    Contract from Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 11 Aug 2014

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Provision of Deptartment of Commerce Services to Indian Ocean Territories

    Contract from Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities

    Value $355,844

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 13 May 2014

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Sponsorship of the 2014 Western Australian Industry and Export Awards

    Contract from Austrade

    Value $17,050

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 20 Aug 2013

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    State government type service to the Indian Ocean Territories

    Contract from Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

    Source-backedView original source

  7. 31 May 2013

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    WA Export Awards sponsorship

    Contract from Austrade

    Source-backedView original source

  8. 19 Dec 2012

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Created in error - refer CN370027</p>

    Contract from Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity

    Value $110,000

    Source-backedView original source

  9. 12 Nov 2012

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Provision of Service delivery arrangement to Indian Ocean Territory by Department of Commerce

    Contract from Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

    Source-backedView original source

  10. 25 June 2012

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Joint Research Project with WA Govt - modularisation project

    Contract from Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

    Source-backedView original source
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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

22 contracts · $24,725,664
PublishedTitleAgencyValueSource
26 June 2018<p>Building Lease to CSIRO - Bentley, WA</p>CSIRO$23,288,424AusTender
1 Aug 2016Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean Territories 1/7/15-30/6/19Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development—AusTender
28 July 2015Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean TerritoriesDepartment of Infrastructure and Regional Development—AusTender
11 Aug 2014Provision of Deptartment of Commerce Services to Indian Ocean TerritoriesDepartment of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities$355,844AusTender
13 May 2014Sponsorship of the 2014 Western Australian Industry and Export AwardsAustrade$17,050AusTender
20 Aug 2013State government type service to the Indian Ocean TerritoriesDepartment of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport—AusTender
31 May 2013WA Export Awards sponsorshipAustrade—AusTender
19 Feb 2013<p>Created in error - refer CN370027</p>Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman—AusTender
19 Feb 2013<p>Provision of educational services - Fair Work Act.</p>Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman—AusTender
19 Dec 2012<p>Created in error - refer CN370027</p>Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$110,000AusTender
12 Nov 2012Provision of Service delivery arrangement to Indian Ocean Territory by Department of CommerceDepartment of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport—AusTender
31 Aug 2012<P>Sponsorship - 2012 WA Industry and Export Awards</P>Austrade—AusTender
25 June 2012Joint Research Project with WA Govt - modularisation projectDepartment of Industry, Innovation and Science—AusTender
5 June 2012WA Industry and Export AwardsDepartment of Industry, Innovation and Science—AusTender
22 May 2012Sponsorship - 2012 WA Industry and Export AwardsAustrade$17,050AusTender
30 Aug 2011Austrade Sponsorship of Western Australian Industry and Export Awards 2011Austrade—AusTender
4 Mar 2011<p>Provision of educational services - Fair Work Act.</p>Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$330,000AusTender
9 Aug 2010Provision of Service delivery arrangement to IOTAttorney-General's Department$385,600AusTender
15 July 2010Austrade Sponsorship: WA Industry and Export Awards: 2010Austrade$16,500AusTender
9 July 2009Sponsorship: WA Industry and Export Awards: 2009Austrade$16,500AusTender
2 Dec 2008Provision of Fuel Quality sampling servicesDepartment of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts$113,696AusTender
2 Jan 2008Fuel samplingDepartment of the Environment and Water Resources$75,000AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 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 — procurement26 June 2018<p>Building Lease to CSIRO - Bentley, WA</p> — CSIRO ↔ WA Government (AUD 23288424)open source
contractAusTender — procurement1 Aug 2016Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean Territories 1/7/15-30/6/19 — Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development ↔ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEopen source
contractAusTender — procurement28 July 2015Provision of Services by Department of Commerce to Indian Ocean Territories — Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development ↔ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEopen source
contractAusTender — procurement11 Aug 2014Provision of Deptartment of Commerce Services to Indian Ocean Territories — Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities ↔ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (AUD 355844)open source
contractAusTender — procurement13 May 2014Sponsorship of the 2014 Western Australian Industry and Export Awards — Austrade ↔ Department of Commerce - Government of Western Australia (AUD 17050)open source
contractAusTender — procurement20 Aug 2013State government type service to the Indian Ocean Territories — Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport ↔ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEopen source
contractAusTender — procurement31 May 2013WA Export Awards sponsorship — Austrade ↔ Department of Commerceopen source
contractAusTender — procurement19 Feb 2013<p>Provision of educational services - Fair Work Act.</p> — Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman ↔ Dept. of Treasury & Financeopen source
contractAusTender — procurement19 Feb 2013<p>Created in error - refer CN370027</p> — Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman ↔ DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY & FINANCEopen source
contractAusTender — procurement19 Dec 2012<p>Created in error - refer CN370027</p> — Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity ↔ DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY & FINANCE (AUD 110000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement12 Nov 2012Provision of Service delivery arrangement to Indian Ocean Territory by Department of Commerce — Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport ↔ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEopen source
contractAusTender — procurement31 Aug 2012<P>Sponsorship - 2012 WA Industry and Export Awards</P> — Austrade ↔ Department of Commerce - Government of Western Australiaopen source
contractAusTender — procurement25 June 2012Joint Research Project with WA Govt - modularisation project — Department of Industry, Innovation and Science ↔ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEopen source
contractAusTender — procurement5 June 2012WA Industry and Export Awards — Department of Industry, Innovation and Science ↔ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEopen source
contractAusTender — procurement22 May 2012Sponsorship - 2012 WA Industry and Export Awards — Austrade ↔ Department of Commerce - Government of Western Australia (AUD 17050)open source
contractAusTender — procurement30 Aug 2011Austrade Sponsorship of Western Australian Industry and Export Awards 2011 — Austrade ↔ Department of Commerceopen source
contractAusTender — procurement4 Mar 2011<p>Provision of educational services - Fair Work Act.</p> — Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity ↔ Dept. of Treasury & Finance (AUD 330000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement9 Aug 2010Provision of Service delivery arrangement to IOT — Attorney-General's Department ↔ Department of Commerce (AUD 385600)open source
contractAusTender — procurement15 July 2010Austrade Sponsorship: WA Industry and Export Awards: 2010 — Austrade ↔ Department of Commerce (AUD 16500)open source
contractAusTender — procurement9 July 2009Sponsorship: WA Industry and Export Awards: 2009 — Austrade ↔ WA Industry and Export Awards, Department of Commerce (AUD 16500)open source
contractAusTender — procurement2 Dec 2008Provision of Fuel Quality sampling services — Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts ↔ Department of Consumer & Employment (AUD 113696)open source
contractAusTender — procurement2 Jan 2008Fuel sampling — Department of the Environment and Water Resources ↔ Department of Consumer and Employment (AUD 75000)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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Type

Government Agency

ABN

91329800417

Jurisdiction

AU

Source datasets

1

Connected records

22

Timeline events

66

Contracts recorded

$24,725,664

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