Reckoner has found $17.2 billion of your taxes wasted, misspent, or handed out without proper process across 12 separate findings. Every claim is sourced to official ANAO audit reports or AusTender contract records.
The three biggest findings account for $12.9 billion. The NDIS fraud gap — where $3.3 billion in suspicious claims went undetected — is the single largest fraud finding. The government's $21.4 billion consulting bill, with $7.8 billion producing no lasting skills, is the biggest waste finding. And $2.1 billion in contracts handed out without competitive tender is the standout process failure.
A pattern runs through multiple findings: limited tender, no competitive bids, no price discipline. Defence, Home Affairs, and Services Australia all awarded major contracts to single firms — and all of them blew their budgets by between 47% and 165%. This isn't a run of bad luck. It's what happens when accountability is optional.
All figures are sourced and linked. Reckoner will keep monitoring new ANAO reports and AusTender records as they're published.