Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Renewal window
- AI roles, 12 months
- 0
- Data roles, 12 months
- 0
- Planned procurements
- 0
- AI contracts ending, 18 months
- 4
Signals
- 4 AI or AI-adjacent contracts ending within 12 months (A$1.6m)
- Paid AI seat numbers on the public record
- Chief AI Officer named in AI transparency statement
Stage is a rule of thumb from the signals below, not a prediction. Every line links to its public source.
Back-test 2022 to 2024 across 145 agencies: quarters after AI or data hiring saw an AI or AI-adjacent contract over A$1m 17% of the time, against 3% otherwise. But shuffling the hiring dates gives 17%, so the signal mostly tells you which agencies buy, not when.
AI and data hiring
| Advertised | Role title | Level | Type | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 2021 | Data Analyst | APS Level 4;APS Level 5 | Data | Gazette VN-0696819 |
| 3 November 2021 | Data Analyst | APS Level 6 | Data | Gazette VN-0696838 |
| 3 November 2021 | Data Analyst | Executive Level 1 | Data | Gazette VN-0696840 |
Role titles from the APS Public Service Gazette. Classified by title, so standard "AI tools in your application" wording is ignored. Contact details are never shown.
Annual Procurement Plan
No planned procurements captured for this agency yet. Spendari reads APPs for a growing list of agencies.
AI transparency statement
- Statement
- Agency AI transparency statement
- Last updated (per statement)
- 3 June 2026
- Usage patterns named
- analytics for insights, workplace productivity, image processing
- Tools and roles named
- Copilot (named in DFAT privacy page), Chief AI Officer
- How we read it
- Read via search index on 18 October 2026. The agency site refused our crawler, so changes are not yet tracked automatically.
| Date | Change the agency recorded |
|---|---|
| 29 November 2024 | Accountable officials designated |
| 6 February 2025 | Statement completed (policy v1.1) |
| 3 December 2025 | Statement update |
| 3 June 2026 | Updated for appointment of a Chief AI Officer |
Paid AI seats
| Product | Seats | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 Copilot (paid) | 7,000+ | AUNS ยท iTnews |
From answers to Senate Estimates questions on notice (2026), as reported. Numbers only; see the Parliament's questions on notice for the answers.
AI and AI-adjacent contracts ending
| Ends | Contract | Supplier | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 December 2026 | Internet Services | Individual or unnamed supplier (hidden) | A$14k | CN4247989 |
| 31 December 2026 | AI Masterclass Names AI | AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE | A$55k | CN4280177 |
| 2 May 2027 | Temporary Personnel Services | One Bright Cloud Pty Ltd | A$1.2m | CN4049061 |
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