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Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary
Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to Questacon.

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

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  • 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 · 9 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 · 9 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 Questacon combines information only from verified Australian Government transparency registers. Every claim below links back to an original source document.

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 24 Dec 2015
Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

Questacon currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

First recorded 31 Jan 2008Latest activity 11y ago (12 Jan 2016)
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 Finance915 Feb 200812 Jan 2016
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

5 agencies · $2,912,400 in total contract value across AusTender records.

AgencyContractsTotal valueLatest contract
National Water Commission
1$2,750,0006 Mar 2009
Attorney-General's Department
2$147,4003 Feb 2009
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
1$15,00019 June 2014
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
4$012 Jan 2016
Department of Defence
1$011 June 2013

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth
Verified · Official publisher
Contracts
9
Amendments
0
Total value
$2,912,400
Largest
$2,750,000
Jurisdictions
1
Agencies
5
Standing Offers
0
Panels
0
Coverage
15 Feb 2008 – 12 Jan 2016
JurisdictionPublishedContractAgencyValueAmendmentSource
Commonwealth12 Jan 2016
<p>Provision of "Trickledown" show at Questacon</p>
Murray-Darling Basin Authority——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth5 Jan 2015
<p>Use of the Questacon Schmidt digital studio and a MacBook Pro for delivery of the Basin Champions program 2015</p>
Murray-Darling Basin Authority——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth19 June 2014
<p>Garma Festival Youth Forum 2014</p>
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet$15,000—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth14 June 2013
<p>Murray-Darling Basin Science Show Development and Delivery</p>
Murray-Darling Basin Authority——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth11 June 2013
Science and Engineering Education Sponsorship
Department of Defence——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth5 June 2012
<P>MDBA Champion schools program</P>
Murray-Darling Basin Authority——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 Mar 2009
<p>National Water Education - partnership with Questacon</p>
National Water Commission$2,750,000—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth3 Feb 2009
Questacon Tsunami Educational Exhibit
Attorney-General's Department$75,900—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 Feb 2008
Development & delivery of Tsunami Awareness Show
Attorney-General's Department$71,500—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 Questacon.

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 Questacon 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 Questacon connect to other entities on the public record?

0 verified connections

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

9

Contracts

Public Profile

Public Records

9 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

11 Aug 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 Questacon, grouped by dataset.

24 of 24 events

  1. 5 Jan 2015

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Use of the Questacon Schmidt digital studio and a MacBook Pro for delivery of the Basin Champions program 2015</p>

    Contract from Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 19 June 2014

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Garma Festival Youth Forum 2014</p>

    Contract from Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 14 June 2013

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Murray-Darling Basin Science Show Development and Delivery</p>

    Contract from Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 11 June 2013

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Science and Engineering Education Sponsorship

    Contract from Department of Defence

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 5 June 2012

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <P>MDBA Champion schools program</P>

    Contract from Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 6 Mar 2009

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>National Water Education - partnership with Questacon</p>

    Contract from National Water Commission

    Source-backedView original source

  7. 3 Feb 2009

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Questacon Tsunami Educational Exhibit

    Contract from Attorney-General's Department

    Source-backedView original source

  8. 15 Feb 2008

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Development & delivery of Tsunami Awareness Show

    Contract from Attorney-General's Department

    Source-backedView original source

  1. 24 Dec 2015

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>Use of the Questacon Schmidt digital studio and a MacBook Pro for delivery of the Basin Champions program 2015</p>

    Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 27 Jan 2015

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <p>Use of the Questacon Schmidt digital studio and a MacBook Pro for delivery of the Basin Champions program 2015</p>

    Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 30 Sept 2014

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>Garma Festival Youth Forum 2014</p>

    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 30 June 2014

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>Murray-Darling Basin Science Show Development and Delivery</p>

    Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 4 June 2014

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <p>Garma Festival Youth Forum 2014</p>

    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 28 June 2013

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: Science and Engineering Education Sponsorship

    Department of Defence

    Source-backedView original source

  7. 11 June 2013

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <p>Murray-Darling Basin Science Show Development and Delivery</p>

    Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  8. 28 May 2013

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: Science and Engineering Education Sponsorship

    Department of Defence

    Source-backedView original source

  9. 20 Dec 2012

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <P>MDBA Champion schools program</P>

    Murray-Darling Basin Authority

    Source-backedView original source

  10. 7 June 2012

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>National Water Education - partnership with Questacon</p>

    National Water Commission

    Source-backedView original source
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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

9 contracts · $2,912,400
PublishedTitleAgencyValueSource
12 Jan 2016<p>Provision of "Trickledown" show at Questacon</p>Murray-Darling Basin Authority—AusTender
5 Jan 2015<p>Use of the Questacon Schmidt digital studio and a MacBook Pro for delivery of the Basin Champions program 2015</p>Murray-Darling Basin Authority—AusTender
19 June 2014<p>Garma Festival Youth Forum 2014</p>Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet$15,000AusTender
14 June 2013<p>Murray-Darling Basin Science Show Development and Delivery</p>Murray-Darling Basin Authority—AusTender
11 June 2013Science and Engineering Education SponsorshipDepartment of Defence—AusTender
5 June 2012<P>MDBA Champion schools program</P>Murray-Darling Basin Authority—AusTender
6 Mar 2009<p>National Water Education - partnership with Questacon</p>National Water Commission$2,750,000AusTender
3 Feb 2009Questacon Tsunami Educational ExhibitAttorney-General's Department$75,900AusTender
15 Feb 2008Development & delivery of Tsunami Awareness ShowAttorney-General's Department$71,500AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention Questacon?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

Questacon 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 Questacon 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 Questacon 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 — procurement12 Jan 2016<p>Provision of "Trickledown" show at Questacon</p> — Murray-Darling Basin Authority ↔ Questaconopen source
contractAusTender — procurement5 Jan 2015<p>Use of the Questacon Schmidt digital studio and a MacBook Pro for delivery of the Basin Champions program 2015</p> — Murray-Darling Basin Authority ↔ Questaconopen source
contractAusTender — procurement19 June 2014<p>Garma Festival Youth Forum 2014</p> — Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ↔ Questacon (AUD 15000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement14 June 2013<p>Murray-Darling Basin Science Show Development and Delivery</p> — Murray-Darling Basin Authority ↔ Questaconopen source
contractAusTender — procurement11 June 2013Science and Engineering Education Sponsorship — Department of Defence ↔ QUESTACONopen source
contractAusTender — procurement5 June 2012<P>MDBA Champion schools program</P> — Murray-Darling Basin Authority ↔ Questaconopen source
contractAusTender — procurement6 Mar 2009<p>National Water Education - partnership with Questacon</p> — National Water Commission ↔ Questacon (AUD 2750000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement3 Feb 2009Questacon Tsunami Educational Exhibit — Attorney-General's Department ↔ QUESTACON (AUD 75900)open source
contractAusTender — procurement15 Feb 2008Development & delivery of Tsunami Awareness Show — Attorney-General's Department ↔ QUESTACON (AUD 71500)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

Questacon

Type

Other

Jurisdiction

AU

Source datasets

1

Connected records

9

Timeline events

24

Contracts recorded

$2,912,400

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