⚙️ Political Gadgets News | Saturday, 25 April 2026
Today’s Political Gadgets digest covers: Federal contracts: $266,241,487 awarded; largest to TOLL REMOTE LOGISTICS PTY LTD ($150,991,435); Parliament: not sitting; Political donations: $126,205 from Matthew Hughes; MP expenses: Murray Watt (Queensland, Lab) — $1,333,456 over 4 quarters.
Today’s digest includes:
- Federal contracts: $266,241,487 awarded; largest to TOLL REMOTE LOGISTICS PTY LTD ($150,991,435)
- Parliament: not sitting
- Political donations: $126,205 from Matthew Hughes
- MP expenses: Murray Watt (Queensland, Lab) — $1,333,456 over 4 quarters
- Political advertising: Google $17,400 (YTD $1,451,100); Facebook $93,552 (YTD $642,607)
Register of Interests Update — Patrick Gorman
Perth, Western Australia
Additions
| Person | Item | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Self | 12. Travel Or Hospitality | I accepted two tickets to the West Coast Eagles vs Fremantle Dockers AFL game on Sunday 19 April 2026 from WA Football. |
Deletions
None
Donations Data Has Changed — +1 rows in 2024-25 – Interest update
Donations Data Has Changed — +1 rows in 2024-25 [link]
Toll Remote Logistics Wins $151m Marine Supply Contract for Indian Ocean Territories
Toll Remote Logistics has secured a four-year contract worth $151 million to provide marine logistics goods and services to Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The contract, awarded by the Department of Home Affairs, runs from June 2026 to June 2030 and represents the company's largest single award in a day that saw total government procurement reach $266 million.
Toll Remote Logistics operates as the government and defence division of Toll Group, an Australian freight company founded in 1888 and now owned by Japan Post. The division specialises in supporting military, naval and peacekeeping forces as well as organisations in remote locations. Toll already operates Christmas Island Airport under contract and manages fuel supply to Norfolk Island. The company was named 15th in the 2024 Top 40 Prime Defence Contractors Survey and won Prime Contractor of the Year at the 2023 Australian Defence Industry Awards.
Marine logistics services for remote islands typically encompass vessel operations, stevedoring, freight coordination, warehousing and supply chain management linking isolated territories to mainland Australia. Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located in the Indian Ocean northwest of Perth, rely heavily on sea freight from Fremantle every four to six weeks, supplemented by fortnightly air cargo. The islands house immigration facilities and are administered by the Department of Infrastructure alongside Home Affairs responsibilities for border operations.
Sources: tollgroup.com; army-technology.com; australiandefence.com.au; infrastructure.gov.au; wikipedia.org [link]
All tenders
Fed govt contracts given today came to $266,241,487. The winner is TOLL REMOTE LOGISTICS PTY LTD ($150,991,435) [link]
Consultant Tenders
$95,168,212 in Federal contracts to the big consultants in 2026. $745,378 yesterday. – PWC: $487,378 – EY: $258,000 {1044} [link]
What’s Parliament doing
Parliament… is not sitting today. There are no committees today. {25} [link]
Flights
The VIP fleet flew at least 2,122 km in the last few days. That’s 1 plane doing 3 flights over 3 hrs and 06 mins and costing around $14,141. [link]
How does the tender money flow…
YTD tenders for Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority: $10,000 {886} [link]
Politician Expenses
Murray Watt (Sen, Queensland, Lab) claimed $1,333,456 in expenses over the last 4 reported quarters for major categories such as travel, offices and cars. That is $549,236 more than the average. #auspol [link]
Double Donors
Customer Owned Banking Association donated $70,049 in 2023-24. That was $34,599 to Labor and $35,450 to the Coalition. {7427} #auspol [link]
Parliamentary attendance
Kerrynne Liddle (senate, SA, Liberal Party) attended 60.8% of possible votes. [link]
Political advertising on Google
Political advertising spend with Google in last 24 hours: $17,400. (YTD: $1,451,100) [link]
Political advertising on Facebook
Political advertising on Facebook yesterday: $93,552. (YTD: $642,607) [link]
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