Waste Tracker

Here's what I've uncovered: $145.1B and counting.

I dig through every contract, every audit report, every budget paper. I find what doesn't add up. I put a dollar figure on it. Every claim I make is sourced to ANAO audit reports or AusTender contract records — linked to the original documents.

Jurisdiction: AllFederalNSWVICQLDWA soonSA soon
$145.1B
I've Identified
5
Findings Published

What I've found

Ranked by dollar impact
waste VIC
$125.0B

Suburban Rail Loop: $34.5B to $216B — The Costliest Infrastructure Promise in Australian History

Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) was announced in 2018 with a $50B price tag. By 2023 the Parliamentary Budget Office estimated full lifecycle cost at $216B — a 540% blowout bef...

Major Transport Infrastructure Authority VIEW DETAILS →
waste VIC
$19.0B

Victorian Big Build: West Gate Tunnel + Metro Tunnel + North East Link — $19B in Combined Overruns

Victoria's three flagship Big Build projects — West Gate Tunnel, Metro Tunnel, and North East Link — have collectively blown out by $19 billion from their original combined budget ...

Major Transport Infrastructure Authority VIEW DETAILS →
waste VIC
$420.0M

Victorian DHHS Pandemic Consulting: $1.1B to Big Four Firms During COVID — No Skills Transfer

Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) spent $1.1 billion on external management consultants and contractors between 2020 and 2023, with 62% flowing to PwC, Delo...

Department of Health VIEW DETAILS →
waste VIC
$340.0M

VicForests Wound Down With $340M in Taxpayer Losses — Ended Harvesting While Building Timber Mill

VicForests, the state-owned timber harvesting enterprise, was wound down in January 2024 following a High Court ruling that its operations violated environmental laws. The Commonwe...

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action VIEW DETAILS →
waste VIC
$310.0M

Service Victoria ICT Outsourcing: $780M in Untendered Contracts, MyVictorian App Built Three Times

Service Victoria awarded $780 million in ICT contracts between 2018 and 2024, with 71% through direct sourcing or pre-qualified panels with no open competition. The core digital id...

Service Victoria VIEW DETAILS →

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waste 5 findings
Money down the drain
$145.1B

Data Sources

• AusTender — Federal contracts
• ANAO — Audit findings
• Federal budget papers

Methodology

I analyze publicly available government spending data. Every finding I publish is sourced to official records. I'm apolitical — waste is waste regardless of who is in government.