The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia is one of the biggest providers of official development assistance in the Asia-Pacific region, and much of its development funding has been allocated via contracts.
Over the course of the five years to the end of June 2022, DFAT spent a total of 8 billion Australian dollars on 7,333 contracts.
However, that total includes both the contracts that were meant for DFAT’s institutional purposes and those for the department’s Australian aid program, which is dedicated to the development sector and is linked to Australia’s total ODA spending.