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Australian infrastructure department

The Australian infrastructure department is the government commissioner and publisher of the 2024–25 age-assurance trial in these records. The abbreviated name refers to the relevant departmental role at the time, including procurement of technical-trial and separate consumer-research work.

Procurement and publication

A departmental briefing identifies the ACCS trial award of 8 November 2024, contract CN4111198, at A$3,830,277; the inspected briefing does not settle its tax basis. A separate order executed on 28 August 2024 records A$278,293.40 including GST for Social Research Centre consumer research. Both are procurement values. The department published the trial's completed final report on 31 August 2025.

Australian department: final report announcement ↗Australian department: trial tender award ↗Retained DIGI April16 letter and departmental acknowledgment ↗Official departmental briefing confirming trial procurement value ↗

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Australian infrastructure department → ACCS · historical brand / scheme umbrella

Awarded trial procurement

2024-11-15 announcement

Departmental tender announcement and original September24,2025 briefing identify ACCS's November8,2024 award CN4111198 at A$3,830,277. This is contract value, not payments received; complete contract and tax schedule unrecovered. Financial details: value: 3,830,277; currency: AUD; kind: contract value; period: Awarded November8,2024; June30,2025 end appears in indexed register; tax basis: Not specified in inspected briefing; GST-inclusive header only indexed in FOI26-176

Australian department: trial tender award ↗Official departmental briefing confirming trial procurement value ↗

Australian infrastructure department → Social Research Centre

A$278,293.40 consumer research order

2024-08-28

FOI25-409 PDF p32 records an order executed 28 August 2024 for consumer research, A$278,293.40 including GST. Contract/order value, not proof all cash was received.

Retained DIGI April16 letter and departmental acknowledgment ↗

Australian infrastructure department → Australian age-assurance trial

Commissioned / published study

2024–25

Government commissioned the contractor-run trial and published its completed final report on 31 August 2025.

Australian department: trial tender award ↗Australian department: final report announcement ↗

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Australian infrastructure department → Awarded trial procurement → ACCS · historical brand / scheme umbrella

2024-11-15 announcement

Financial details: value: 3,830,277; currency: AUD; kind: contract value; period: Awarded November8,2024; June30,2025 end appears in indexed register; tax basis: Not specified in inspected briefing; GST-inclusive header only indexed in FOI26-176

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Australian department: trial tender award Official departmental briefing confirming trial procurement value

Australian infrastructure department → Commissioned / published study → Australian age-assurance trial