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SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD

Company

Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary
Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD.

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 · 21 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 · 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 SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD 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 Apr 2016
Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

First recorded 1 May 2010Latest activity 9y ago (11 May 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 Finance96 May 201011 May 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

3 agencies · $123,699 in total contract value across AusTender records.

AgencyContractsTotal valueLatest contract
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity
4$112,55511 May 2018
Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations
1$11,14416 Aug 2010
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
4$010 Apr 2015

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth
Verified · Official publisher
Contracts
9
Amendments
0
Total value
$123,699
Largest
$31,699
Jurisdictions
1
Agencies
3
Standing Offers
0
Panels
0
Coverage
6 May 2010 – 11 May 2018
JurisdictionPublishedContractAgencyValueAmendmentSource
Commonwealth11 May 2018
<p>FWO - Subscription</p>
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$31,699—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth10 Apr 2015
<p>Subscription</p>
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth7 Apr 2014
Workplace Express subscription
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$29,820—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth12 June 2013
<p>Subscription.</p>
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth22 May 2012
<P>Annual subscription.</P>
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth30 Aug 2011
<P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P>
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth11 Apr 2011
<P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P>
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$30,294—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth16 Aug 2010
Procurement of Reference Publications and other such resources
Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations$11,144—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 May 2010
Workplace Express yearly subscription.
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$20,743—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 SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD.

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 SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD 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 SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD 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

21 events

Relationship Network

7 verified relationships

Official sources

1

verified publisher

Relationships

7

verified relationships

Timeline

21

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 SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD, grouped by dataset.

21 of 21 events

  1. 10 Apr 2015

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Subscription</p>

    Contract from Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 7 Apr 2014

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Workplace Express subscription

    Contract from Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 12 June 2013

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <p>Subscription.</p>

    Contract from Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 22 May 2012

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    <P>Annual subscription.</P>

    Contract from Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 16 Aug 2010

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Procurement of Reference Publications and other such resources

    Contract from Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 6 May 2010

    AusTender
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract awarded

    Workplace Express yearly subscription.

    Contract from Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  1. 24 Apr 2016

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>Subscription</p>

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  2. 30 June 2015

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: Workplace Express subscription

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  3. 25 Apr 2015

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <p>Subscription</p>

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  4. 17 Mar 2014

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: Workplace Express subscription

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  5. 30 June 2013

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <p>Subscription.</p>

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  6. 13 May 2013

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <p>Subscription.</p>

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  7. 30 Mar 2013

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <P>Annual subscription.</P>

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  8. 27 Apr 2012

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract commenced

    Commenced: <P>Annual subscription.</P>

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  9. 24 Apr 2012

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract completed

    Completed: <P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P>

    Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source

  10. 30 Aug 2011

    Official record
    AusTender (Department of Finance)
    contract amended

    Amendment #1: <P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P>

    Amendment from Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

    Source-backedView original source
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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

9 contracts · $123,699
PublishedTitleAgencyValueSource
11 May 2018<p>FWO - Subscription</p>Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$31,699AusTender
10 Apr 2015<p>Subscription</p>Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman—AusTender
7 Apr 2014Workplace Express subscriptionFair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$29,820AusTender
12 June 2013<p>Subscription.</p>Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman—AusTender
22 May 2012<P>Annual subscription.</P>Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman—AusTender
30 Aug 2011<P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P>Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman—AusTender
11 Apr 2011<P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P>Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$30,294AusTender
16 Aug 2010Procurement of Reference Publications and other such resourcesDepartment of Education Employment and Workplace Relations$11,144AusTender
6 May 2010Workplace Express yearly subscription.Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity$20,743AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD 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 SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD 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 SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD 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 — procurement11 May 2018<p>FWO - Subscription</p> — Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity ↔ Specialist News PTY LTD (AUD 31699)open source
contractAusTender — procurement10 Apr 2015<p>Subscription</p> — Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman ↔ SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTDopen source
contractAusTender — procurement7 Apr 2014Workplace Express subscription — Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity ↔ SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD (AUD 29819.9)open source
contractAusTender — procurement12 June 2013<p>Subscription.</p> — Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman ↔ Specialist News Pty Ltdopen source
contractAusTender — procurement22 May 2012<P>Annual subscription.</P> — Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman ↔ Specialist News Pty Ltdopen source
contractAusTender — procurement30 Aug 2011<P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P> — Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman ↔ Specialist News Pty Ltdopen source
contractAusTender — procurement11 Apr 2011<P>Annual subscription to Workplace Express.</P> — Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity ↔ Specialist News Pty Ltd (AUD 30294)open source
contractAusTender — procurement16 Aug 2010Procurement of Reference Publications and other such resources — Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations ↔ Specialist News Pty Ltd (AUD 11143.55)open source
contractAusTender — procurement6 May 2010Workplace Express yearly subscription. — Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity ↔ Specialist News Pty Ltd (AUD 20742.59)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

SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTD

Type

Company

Jurisdiction

AU

Source datasets

1

Connected records

9

Timeline events

21

Contracts recorded

$123,699

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