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Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary
Source-backed

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

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

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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 · 10 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 · 18 records

    Publisher: Multiple government publishers

  • Relationship Network

    Connections established from official records, never from inference.

    Records available · 7 records

    Publisher: Derived from official records

  • Official Government Documents

    Every underlying document that supports this profile.

    Records available · 10 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 Optus Networks combines information only from verified Australian Government transparency registers. Every claim below links back to an original source document.

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 12 Oct 2012
Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

Optus Networks currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

First recorded 16 Dec 2004Latest activity 9y ago (5 Mar 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 Finance1027 Nov 20075 Mar 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

7 agencies · $144,824,727 in total contract value across AusTender records.

AgencyContractsTotal valueLatest contract
Department of Home Affairs
1$143,550,0002 June 2009
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
1$704,68627 Nov 2007
Comsuper
2$480,00015 July 2010
Digital Transformation Agency
2$47,8205 Mar 2018
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program
1$42,22113 Feb 2008
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
2$017 Oct 2011
Australian Bureau of Statistics
1$015 Feb 2016

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth
Verified · Official publisher
Contracts
10
Amendments
0
Total value
$144,824,727
Largest
$143,550,000
Jurisdictions
1
Agencies
7
Standing Offers
0
Panels
0
Coverage
27 Nov 2007 – 5 Mar 2018
JurisdictionPublishedContractAgencyValueAmendmentSource
Commonwealth5 Mar 2018
<p>IBNC094-Australian Organ Tissue Donation Authority<br />Provision of Internet Based Network Connections</p> <p>Previously DoF Contract CN1312381</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Digital Transformation Agency$20,494—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth11 Dec 2017
<p>IBNC094-Australian Organ Tissue Donation Authority<br />Provision of Internet Based Network Connections</p> <p>Previously DoF Contract CN1312381</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Digital Transformation Agency$27,326—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 Feb 2016
<p>Installation Services for SIP lines for Geelong Office</p>
Australian Bureau of Statistics——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth17 Oct 2011
<P>Upgrade secure internet gateway</P>
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth26 Sept 2011
<P>Supply of mobile voice and data services</P>
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 July 2010
Contract&nbsp;for Telecommunication Services
Comsuper——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth4 June 2009
Extension to current contract for the service of Telecommunication Services
Comsuper$480,000—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth2 June 2009
Telecommunications Services
Department of Home Affairs$143,550,000—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth13 Feb 2008
PROVISION OF INTERNET SERVICE
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program$42,221—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth27 Nov 2007
Vehicle satellite equipment and bandwidth
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission$704,686—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 Optus Networks.

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 Networks 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 Networks connect to other entities on the public record?

0 verified connections

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

10

Contracts

Public Profile

Public Records

10 verified records

Government Sources

1 official publisher

Timeline

18 events

Relationship Network

7 verified relationships

Official sources

1

verified publisher

Relationships

7

verified relationships

Timeline

18

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 Networks, grouped by dataset.

18 of 18 events

  1. 17 Oct 2011

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <P>Upgrade secure internet gateway</P>

    Contract from Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 26 Sept 2011

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <P>Supply of mobile voice and data services</P>

    Contract from Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 2 June 2009

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Telecommunications Services

    Contract from Department of Immigration and Border Protection

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 13 Feb 2008

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    PROVISION OF INTERNET SERVICE

    Contract from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 27 Nov 2007

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Vehicle satellite equipment and bandwidth

    Contract from Australian Crime Commission

    Source-backedView original source

  1. 12 Oct 2012

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <P>Upgrade secure internet gateway</P>

    Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 11 Aug 2012

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <P>Supply of mobile voice and data services</P>

    Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 30 June 2012

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: Telecommunications Services

    Department of Immigration and Border Protection

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 13 Oct 2011

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <P>Upgrade secure internet gateway</P>

    Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 12 Aug 2011

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <P>Supply of mobile voice and data services</P>

    Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 30 June 2011

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: Contract&nbsp;for Telecommunication Services

    Comsuper

    Source-backedView original source

  7. 15 July 2010

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract amended

    Amendment #4: Contract&nbsp;for Telecommunication Services

    Amendment from Comsuper

    Source-backedView original source

  8. 31 July 2008

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: Vehicle satellite equipment and bandwidth

    Australian Crime Commission

    Source-backedView original source

  9. 1 July 2008

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: Telecommunications Services

    Department of Immigration and Border Protection

    Source-backedView original source

  10. 30 June 2008

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: PROVISION OF INTERNET SERVICE

    Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program

    Source-backedView original source
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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

10 contracts · $144,824,727
PublishedTitleAgencyValueSource
5 Mar 2018<p>IBNC094-Australian Organ Tissue Donation Authority<br />Provision of Internet Based Network Connections</p> <p>Previously DoF Contract CN1312381</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>Digital Transformation Agency$20,494AusTender
11 Dec 2017<p>IBNC094-Australian Organ Tissue Donation Authority<br />Provision of Internet Based Network Connections</p> <p>Previously DoF Contract CN1312381</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>Digital Transformation Agency$27,326AusTender
15 Feb 2016<p>Installation Services for SIP lines for Geelong Office</p>Australian Bureau of Statistics—AusTender
17 Oct 2011<P>Upgrade secure internet gateway</P>Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman—AusTender
26 Sept 2011<P>Supply of mobile voice and data services</P>Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman—AusTender
15 July 2010Contract&nbsp;for Telecommunication ServicesComsuper—AusTender
4 June 2009Extension to current contract for the service of Telecommunication ServicesComsuper$480,000AusTender
2 June 2009Telecommunications ServicesDepartment of Home Affairs$143,550,000AusTender
13 Feb 2008PROVISION OF INTERNET SERVICEDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program$42,221AusTender
27 Nov 2007Vehicle satellite equipment and bandwidthAustralian Criminal Intelligence Commission$704,686AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention Optus Networks?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

Optus Networks 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 Optus Networks 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 Networks 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 — procurement5 Mar 2018<p>IBNC094-Australian Organ Tissue Donation Authority<br />Provision of Internet Based Network Connections</p> <p>Previously DoF Contract CN1312381</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> — Digital Transformation Agency ↔ Optus Networks (AUD 20494.32)open source
contractAusTender — procurement11 Dec 2017<p>IBNC094-Australian Organ Tissue Donation Authority<br />Provision of Internet Based Network Connections</p> <p>Previously DoF Contract CN1312381</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> — Digital Transformation Agency ↔ Optus Networks (AUD 27325.76)open source
contractAusTender — procurement15 Feb 2016<p>Installation Services for SIP lines for Geelong Office</p> — Australian Bureau of Statistics ↔ Optus Networksopen source
contractAusTender — procurement17 Oct 2011<P>Upgrade secure internet gateway</P> — Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman ↔ Optus Networksopen source
contractAusTender — procurement26 Sept 2011<P>Supply of mobile voice and data services</P> — Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman ↔ Optus Networksopen source
contractAusTender — procurement15 July 2010Contract&nbsp;for Telecommunication Services — Comsuper ↔ Optus Networksopen source
contractAusTender — procurement4 June 2009Extension to current contract for the service of Telecommunication Services — Comsuper ↔ Optus Networks (AUD 480000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement2 June 2009Telecommunications Services — Department of Home Affairs ↔ Optus Networks (AUD 143550000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement13 Feb 2008PROVISION OF INTERNET SERVICE — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program ↔ OPTUS NETWORKS (AUD 42221.11)open source
contractAusTender — procurement27 Nov 2007Vehicle satellite equipment and bandwidth — Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission ↔ Optus Networks (AUD 704686)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 Networks

Type

Other

Jurisdiction

AU

Source datasets

1

Connected records

10

Timeline events

18

Contracts recorded

$144,824,727

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