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The State of Business, Power and Money in Australia
Snapshot figures are cached so the report opens instantly; source tables refresh through the data pipeline. 591,761 resolved entities. 1,526,943 cross-system relationships. 64,988 charities. ~491,000 ASIC company records. 7,369 ORIC corporations. ~796,701 government contracts. 26,241 tax transparency records.
April 2026 data snapshot · checked 29 April 2026 · large graph tables use cached catalog statistics where exact scans exceed runtime limits
Why This Exists
Australia is one of the most economically concentrated democracies in the developed world. The ASX top 100 commands 47% of GDP. Two supermarket chains control 65% of grocery spending. Yet no public tool exists that lets ordinary Australians trace how money moves through the economy.
The data to build that tool already exists. It sits in government databases, published under open licences, updated weekly. What doesn't exist — and what has never existed — is the connective tissue. CivicGraph is building that connective tissue.
What We've Mapped — Current Snapshot
The Five Layers
Entity Registry
Resolved entities across business, charity, Indigenous corporation, foundation, ASX, and related registers. Connected by ABN where available.
Government Procurement
Federal contracts from AusTender. Who wins government money, and how much.
Tax Transparency
ATO data for corporations earning $100M+. Who pays tax and who doesn't.
Grants & Philanthropy
Government grants and philanthropic foundations. Where funding flows.
Beneficial Ownership
Parliament passed the register legislation in Nov 2025. When it goes live, we integrate it.
Questions That Become Answerable
- → Show every dollar that flowed from BHP → BHP Foundation → grants → which communities
- → What % of federal procurement goes to Indigenous-owned businesses?
- → Which suburbs receive the most government spending per capita? Which receive the least?
- → How has Big 4 consulting spend changed over 10 years vs community organisation funding?
- → Which organisations receive both government grants AND procurement contracts?
- → What is the geographic distribution of philanthropic funding relative to disadvantage?
The Thesis
Making money flows transparent is not a technical project. It is a redistribution of informational power.
Currently, detailed knowledge of how money moves through Australia is asymmetric. Large corporations, consulting firms, and lobbyists understand the procurement landscape. Community organisations, small businesses, journalists, and ordinary citizens do not.
An open, queryable platform that connects entity registrations to government contracts to grants to tax data inverts this dynamic. The data already exists. The connections don't. We're building the connections.
SNAPSHOT STATUS ├── Label April 2026 data snapshot ├── Checked 29 April 2026 └── Runtime note large graph counts are cached so the report opens instantly GRAPH SCALE ├── Resolved entities 591,761 └── Cross-system relationships 1,526,943 SOURCE TABLES ├── Charities (ACNC) 64,988 ├── Companies (ASIC index) ~491,000 ├── Foundations 10,918 ├── Indigenous Corps (ORIC) 7,369 (3,366 registered) ├── ASX Listed 1,976 ├── Grant Opportunities 32,018 ├── Source Frontier Pages ~53,431 ├── Govt Contracts ~796,701 └── Tax Transparency 26,241 CROSS-REFERENCES ├── ORIC ↔ ACNC matched 1,510 └── Foundation Programs 3,296