Optus Direct Credits

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Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary

Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to Optus Direct Credits.

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.

Parliamentary InterestsNone currently linked
Political DonationsNone currently linked
Government Procurement26 records
Government GrantsPending ingestion
Lobbying RegistrationsNone currently linked
Timeline63 records
Relationship Network21 records
Official Government Documents26 records

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 · 26 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 · 63 records
Publisher: Multiple government publishers
Relationship Network
Connections established from official records, never from inference.
Records available · 21 records
Publisher: Derived from official records
Official Government Documents
Every underlying document that supports this profile.
Records available · 26 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

Government Procurement

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

Australian Electoral Commission
No records currently indexed
AusTender
84 source-backed records
Federal Register of Lobbyists
No records currently indexed
Parliament of Australia
No records currently indexed

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 30 Sept 2011

Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

Optus Direct Credits currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

26 government contracts

First recorded 9 Aug 2007Latest activity 15y ago (30 Sept 2011)

Coverage Matrix

Dataset coverage

Present in 1 of 7 supported Australian transparency datasets.

Dataset	Publisher	Records	First	Latest
AEC Transparency Register	Australian Electoral Commission	—	Not present	Not present
AusTender Contract Notices (Commonwealth)	Department of Finance	26	30 Nov 2007	29 Aug 2011
State & Territory Procurement	State/Territory procurement publishers	—	Not present	Not present
GrantConnect — Australian Government Grants	Department of Finance	—	Not present	Not present
Federal Lobbyist Register	Attorney-General's Department	—	Not present	Not present
House of Representatives Register of Interests	Parliament of Australia	—	Not present	Not present
Senate Register of Interests	Parliament of Australia	—	Not present	Not 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

2 agencies · $21,546,342 in total contract value across AusTender records.

Agency	Contracts	Total value	Latest contract
Department of Finance	20	$21,443,327	29 Aug 2011
Department of Finance and Administration	6	$103,015	8 Jan 2008

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth

Verified · Official publisher

Contracts: 26
Amendments: 0
Total value: $21,546,342
Largest: $8,181,818
Jurisdictions: 1
Agencies: 2
Standing Offers: 0
Panels: 0
Coverage: 30 Nov 2007 – 29 Aug 2011

Jurisdiction	Published	Contract	Agency	Value	Amendment	Source
Commonwealth	29 Aug 2011	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	29 July 2011	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	1 Oct 2010	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices	Department of Finance	$8,040,481	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	23 Sept 2009	Voice and Data services	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	23 Sept 2009	ICT Charges	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	23 Sept 2009	Payment for lines and switches for Nov 08	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	5 Aug 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	4 Aug 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	4 Aug 2009	Lines and switches for Dec 08	Department of Finance	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	29 June 2009	Voice and Data services	Department of Finance	$8,181,818	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	8 May 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	$1,909,091	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	27 Feb 2009	Lines and switches for Dec 08	Department of Finance	$446,581	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	27 Feb 2009	Payment for lines and switches for Nov 08	Department of Finance	$509,653	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	23 Dec 2008	Data lines for Oct 08	Department of Finance	$564,291	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	5 Dec 2008	Phone services for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	$549,481	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	19 Nov 2008	ICT Charges	Department of Finance	$546,053	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	19 Nov 2008	Mobile broadband cards	Department of Finance	$100,226	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	19 Nov 2008	ICT services for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	$562,989	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	25 Sept 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs	Department of Finance	$12,401	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	19 May 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs	Department of Finance	$20,262	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	8 Jan 2008	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	8 Jan 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$24,414	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	—	AusTender ↗

Showing 25 of 26 procurement records. Every row links to its original AusTender source.

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 Optus Direct Credits.

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 Optus Direct Credits 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 Optus Direct Credits connect to other entities on the public record?

0 verified connections

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

Contracts

Public Profile

Public Records

26 verified records

Government Sources

1 official publisher

Timeline

63 events

Relationship Network

21 verified relationships

Official sources

verified publisher

Relationships

verified relationships

Timeline

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

31 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 Optus Direct Credits, grouped by dataset.

63 of 63 events

29 Aug 2011
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
29 July 2011
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
1 Oct 2010
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
23 Dec 2008
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Data lines for Oct 08
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
5 Dec 2008
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Phone services for Senators and Members
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
19 Nov 2008
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
ICT services for Senators and Members
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
19 Nov 2008
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Mobile broadband cards
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
25 Sept 2008
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
IT Maintenance & Support Costs
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
19 May 2008
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
IT Maintenance & Support Costs
Contract from Department of Finance
Source-backedView original source
8 Jan 2008
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Communication Costs
Contract from Department of Finance and Administration
Source-backedView original source

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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

26 contracts · $21,546,342

Published	Title	Agency	Value	Source
29 Aug 2011	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
29 July 2011	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
1 Oct 2010	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices	Department of Finance	$8,040,481	AusTender
23 Sept 2009	Voice and Data services	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
23 Sept 2009	ICT Charges	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
23 Sept 2009	Payment for lines and switches for Nov 08	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
5 Aug 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
4 Aug 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
4 Aug 2009	Lines and switches for Dec 08	Department of Finance	—	AusTender
29 June 2009	Voice and Data services	Department of Finance	$8,181,818	AusTender
8 May 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	$1,909,091	AusTender
27 Feb 2009	Lines and switches for Dec 08	Department of Finance	$446,581	AusTender
27 Feb 2009	Payment for lines and switches for Nov 08	Department of Finance	$509,653	AusTender
23 Dec 2008	Data lines for Oct 08	Department of Finance	$564,291	AusTender
5 Dec 2008	Phone services for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	$549,481	AusTender
19 Nov 2008	ICT Charges	Department of Finance	$546,053	AusTender
19 Nov 2008	Mobile broadband cards	Department of Finance	$100,226	AusTender
19 Nov 2008	ICT services for Senators and Members	Department of Finance	$562,989	AusTender
25 Sept 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs	Department of Finance	$12,401	AusTender
19 May 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs	Department of Finance	$20,262	AusTender
8 Jan 2008	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	AusTender
8 Jan 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$24,414	AusTender
30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	AusTender
30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	AusTender
30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs	Department of Finance and Administration	$15,720	AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention Optus Direct Credits?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

Optus Direct Credits has 0 verified relationships across 0 official datasets.

Organisations

People

Agencies

Political parties

Contract links

Lobbyist links

Connected Organisations

Which organisations, agencies or parties appear alongside Optus Direct Credits 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 Optus Direct Credits 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.

Kind	Dataset	Date	Description	Verify
contract	AusTender — procurement	29 Aug 2011	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices — Department of Finance ↔ Optus Direct Credits	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	29 July 2011	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices — Department of Finance ↔ Optus Direct Credits	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	1 Oct 2010	Telecommunication Services for Electorate Offices — Department of Finance ↔ Optus Direct Credits (AUD 8040480.97)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	23 Sept 2009	Payment for lines and switches for Nov 08 — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	23 Sept 2009	Voice and Data services — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	23 Sept 2009	ICT Charges — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	5 Aug 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	4 Aug 2009	Lines and switches for Dec 08 — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	4 Aug 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	29 June 2009	Voice and Data services — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 8181818.18)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	8 May 2009	ICT Hardware for Senators and Members — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 1909090.91)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	27 Feb 2009	Lines and switches for Dec 08 — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 446580.59)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	27 Feb 2009	Payment for lines and switches for Nov 08 — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 509653.31)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	23 Dec 2008	Data lines for Oct 08 — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 564291.32)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	5 Dec 2008	Phone services for Senators and Members — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 549481.02)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	19 Nov 2008	ICT services for Senators and Members — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 562989.08)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	19 Nov 2008	Mobile broadband cards — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 100225.81)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	19 Nov 2008	ICT Charges — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 546053.02)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	25 Sept 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 12401.04)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	19 May 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs — Department of Finance ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 20262)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	8 Jan 2008	IT Maintenance & Support Costs — Department of Finance and Administration ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 24414.34)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	8 Jan 2008	Communication Costs — Department of Finance and Administration ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 15720.1)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs — Department of Finance and Administration ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 15720.1)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs — Department of Finance and Administration ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 15720.1)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs — Department of Finance and Administration ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 15720.1)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	30 Nov 2007	Communication Costs — Department of Finance and Administration ↔ OPTUS DIRECT CREDITS (AUD 15720.1)	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

Optus Direct Credits

Type

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Contracts recorded

$21,546,342

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