Notifiable invoices register, ACT Government
liveThe register the ACT Government publishes under the Government Procurement Act 2001 of notifiable invoices, those of 25,000 dollars or more for goods, services or works paid by the Territory or a Territory entity. Each row carries the supplier name and ABN, the reporting entity, the description of the invoice, the date it was received (from July 2017), the payment date, the payment amount and the contract number where the publisher gives one.
Also called: ACT Government invoices over 25000 dollars, ACT Government supplier payments, Notifiable Invoices Register.
Part of ACT Government contracts and invoices, 2 tables the publisher releases together: Contracts register, ACT Government, to 2017.
- What is in each row?
- One invoice of 25,000 dollars or more paid by an ACT Government entity, with the supplier's name and ABN, the entity that reported it, a description of the goods, services or works, the date the invoice was received, the payment date, the amount and the contract number where there is one.
- Why is the date received blank in older rows?
- The publisher began recording the date an invoice was received for reporting from 1 July 2017, so most earlier invoices have none.
- How current is it?
- The publisher adds each month's invoices within 21 days of the end of the month in which they were paid. This site checks the register weekly and adds a dated version when it changes.
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Connect your AI agent
Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 8 fields, count and filter across all 126,332 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Procurement ACT's attribution. No key.
Then ask it: What does Notifiable invoices register, ACT Government hold, and what changed in the newest version?
claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcpOne command. No key, no account, no sign-up.
Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste https://publicdata.au/mcp.
On the web and in the desktop app.
https://publicdata.au/mcpStreamable HTTP. Cursor, VS Code or any client that connects to a remote MCP server.
Using https://publicdata.au/llms.txt, how many people died on Queensland roads in 2025, by month?For an assistant that reads the web and has no connector.
The dashboard above, live. Click to filter, add panels, share a link or embed a frame.
Query APIFilter and count from a URLaggregate?group=reporting_entity&metric=sum.payment_amount
Dollars paid on notifiable invoices by reporting entity: 2,343,854,479 TCCS, 2,029,781,455 MPC, 1,978,143,247 AHD, 1,930,112,270 CHS.
Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 6 more formats
Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.
In your own tools
Use it in Excel, R, Python and more
Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.
The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/latest/ redirects to the newest version.
https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/latest/data.csvIn Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.
https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/latest/data.csvIn Power BI Desktop choose Get data, then Web, paste this address and choose Anonymous when asked how to sign in. A scheduled refresh reads the same address, so the report follows each new version.
library(publicdataau)
df <- pd_read("act-notifiable-invoices")
pd_attribution(df)install.packages("publicdataau"). pd_read() fetches the version's Parquet file; pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() ask the query API instead, and pd_connect() attaches the DuckDB file.
import publicdata_au as pd_au
df = pd_au.read("act-notifiable-invoices")
df.attrs["publicdata"]["attribution"]pip install "publicdata-au[pandas]". read() fetches the version's Parquet file; rows() and aggregate() ask the query API, and connect() attaches the DuckDB file.
INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
ATTACH 'https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/v/2026-09-18/data.duckdb' AS act_notifiable_invoices (READ_ONLY);
SELECT supplier_name, count(*) FROM act_notifiable_invoices.records GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS and only the blocks a query touches are read. Parquet works the same way: FROM read_parquet(url).
const res = await fetch("https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-notifiable-invoices/aggregate?group=reporting_entity&metric=sum.payment_amount");
const { rows, publicdata } = await res.json();
console.log(rows, publicdata.attribution);The query API answers a page on any site as well as Node, with no key. It returns the rows and the attribution the licence asks for.
What is in it
Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised. Cells were typed and headers were made snake_case. The publisher's header is kept beside every field in schema.json. Rows were left alone.
| Field | Type | Publisher's header | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier_name | string | Supplier Name | |
| supplier_abn | string | Supplier ABN | |
| reporting_entity | string | Reporting Entity | |
| publish_description | string | Publish Description | |
| date_invoice_received | date | Date Invoice Received | |
| payment_date | date | Payment Date | |
| payment_amount | number | Payment Amount | |
| contract_number | string | Contract Number |
Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json.
A sample of 10 rows
From the latest version, newest first by invoice received, each reporting entity in turn, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.
| supplier_name | supplier_abn | reporting_entity | publish_description | date_invoice_received | payment_date | payment_amount | contract_number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINTER ELLISON LAWYERS | 91 556 716 819 | CRA | LEGAL SERVICES | 2026-08-27 | 2026-08-27 | 59653.88 | Service Order Issued under Territory Legal Services Panel Deed |
| GOLD LEAF TREE SERVICES PTY LTD | 12 149 800 868 | SLA | CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - RAILWAY PRECINCT URBAN RENEWAL | 2026-08-27 | 2026-08-27 | 90200 | PISL0012136 |
| LENOVO (AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND) PTY. LTD. | 70 112 394 411 | DCBR | ICT-HARDWARE EXPENDITURE | 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-27 | 27799.79 | SSICT034 |
| CANBERRA AIRPORT PTY LTD | 14 080 361 548 | iCBR | RENTAL LEASE PAYMENT EXPENDITURE | 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-27 | 47783.92 | null |
| ABBOTT AUSTRALASIA PTY LTD | 95 000 180 389 | CHS | MEDICAL, SURGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SUPPLIES | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-27 | 33424.91 | 29271.11 |
| THE TRUSTEE FOR PULLMAN LEARNING GROUP | 25 154 228 630 | CIT | EV TRAINING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-27 | 63562.9 | PICI0000550 |
| BRUCE'S BOBCATS AND LANDSCAPING | 76 089 104 594 | ETD | WEETANGERA PRIMARY SCHOOL - NEW PLAYGROUND & LANDSCAPING WORKS - PROGRESS PAYMENT | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 | 38324 | PO_08809 |
| PROGRAMMED FACILITY MANAGEMENT | 23 001 382 010 | HCS-Housing | TOTAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 | 31483.32 | 28556.210 |
| PROGRAMMED SKILLED WORKFORCE LIMITED | 66 005 585 811 | CED-C | LABOUR HIRE STAFF | 2026-08-24 | 2026-08-27 | 65314.38 | null |
| CARE INC | 45 037 269 595 | MAI | PROVISION OF INFORMATION SERVICES ON DEFINED BENEFITS UNDER THE MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES SCHEME FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 3… | 2026-08-24 | 2026-08-28 | 91021.43 | PIMI0007248 |
The first row as JSON
As it appears in data.json.
GET https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/latest/data.json
{
"supplier_name": "MARSH PTY LTD",
"supplier_abn": "86 004 651 512",
"reporting_entity": "ACTIA",
"publish_description": "INSURANCE BROKERAGE SERVICES",
"date_invoice_received": "2019-06-25",
"payment_date": "2019-07-19",
"payment_amount": 88000.0,
"contract_number": null
}
Query it without downloading
The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.
How filters work
Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.
| Operator | What it matches |
|---|---|
| eq.value | Equal to the value. |
| neq.value | Not equal to the value. A blank cell does not match. |
| gt.value | Greater than the value. |
| gte.value | Greater than or equal to the value. |
| lt.value | Less than the value. |
| lte.value | Less than or equal to the value. |
| like.*text* | Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive. |
| ilike.*text* | The same as like, ignoring case. |
| in.(a,b,c) | Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma. |
| is.null | Blank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher. |
| Parameter | What it does |
|---|---|
| select | Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. |
| order | field.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. |
| limit | Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. |
| offset | Rows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you. |
| group | On aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated. |
| metric | On aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent. |
| format | json, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. |
Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.
The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a Retry-After header, a RateLimit-Policy header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same RateLimit-Policy. A client should wait the Retry-After seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. openapi.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.
https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.
What changed
One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.
- 2026-09-18 126,332 rows8 fieldsutf-8-sig9392e4a95df1
versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (2.5 MB, every version's Parquet and manifest)
Questions
How do I download Notifiable invoices register as a CSV file?
Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/v/2026-09-18/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.
Can I open Notifiable invoices register in Excel?
Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/v/2026-09-18/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 126,332 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/v/2026-09-18/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.
What years does Notifiable invoices register cover?
The current version covers 2015 to 2025. Each release from Procurement ACT becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.
How often is Notifiable invoices register updated?
Procurement ACT releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.
Can I use Notifiable invoices register commercially?
Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.
Is this the official source for Notifiable invoices register?
No. The publisher is Procurement ACT, Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/kzmf-7uhp. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.
What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.csv so the change can be checked.
ACT Government contracts and invoices is 2 tables here, and each takes its version date from its own file.