Major Digital Projects Report 2026

Report overview

To be included in this report, a project must: 

• primarily rely on digital technologies to achieve its aims
• have been assigned a ‘tier’ rating, reflecting that it is a ‘major’ project sufficiently complex and strategically significant to require central oversight by the DTA. 

There are 3 possible tier ratings for digital projects, with higher tiered projects subject to increased levels of central monitoring and oversight:

• Tier 1 projects are the Australian Government’s most complex and strategically significant digital projects.
• Tier 2 projects are also complex and strategically significant, but with smaller scope, lower criticality and/or lower cost than Tier 1 projects.
• Tier 3 projects are significant investments that generally represent lower risk.

While this report includes most high-profile projects, it does not cover all projects. For example, some projects are not sufficiently complex or strategically significant to receive a tier rating. Others have only recently been funded and will feature in future reports. 

Projects are harnessing technology to provide essential digital capabilities and services

Projects are diverse and range in total budget from $2.5 million to more than $726.0 million, and in duration from 10 months to nearly 13 years. The average project has a total budget of $98.5 million and a duration of 3.8 years. Another perspective is looking at the midpoint of this range, with a median total budget of $32.7 million and a median duration of 3.3 years.

For the projects in this report, on average nearly three-quarters of the total project budget relates directly to digital technologies, with the remaining going to non-digital spending. This is consistent with project budgets in the Major Digital Projects Report 2025. The lowest percentage of digital spending by total budget is 7.2% and the highest is 100%.