Public Digital Projects Pulse #1: What the first Pulse shows

Queensland and Victoria both publish public data on digital projects. The first Public Digital Projects Pulse brings those datasets into one dated, repeatable baseline.

The Pulse is intended as a reporting baseline. It brings together source-reported project entries from public datasets, keeps their limits visible and records the position at a point in time so later editions can compare what changes in the public record.

This first Pulse covers 433 source-reported project entries, including 149 from Queensland and 284 from Victoria. A project appears here because it was reported in a public dataset and could be normalised into the Pulse. The report is useful for seeing what work is visible in those datasets and where reported spend is concentrated, but it is not a project-health assessment or an execution leaderboard.

Most entries were reported as Green. Of the 433 entries, 288 were Green, 76 were Amber, 29 were Red and 40 were Unknown. Health had the largest visible count by sector, with 184 entries, followed by Environment and water at 71, Transport at 34 and Digital government at 30.

More source-reported projects did not always mean a larger share of reported spend. Health had both the largest project count and the largest reported approved expenditure, with 184 entries and about $1.96bn, or 32.3% of the reported total. Transport had far fewer projects, at 34, but accounted for about $1.43bn, or 23.6% of reported approved expenditure. Its median approved expenditure was about $8.6m, compared with about $3.6m for Health.

Ten source-reported projects at $100m or more accounted for about $2.75bn, or 45.1% of reported approved expenditure. In Transport, two projects at $100m or more accounted for about $1.09bn of the sector's $1.43bn total. By comparison, the 215 projects in the $1m to $5m range accounted for about $571.7m, or 9.4%.

Queensland projects accounted for about $2.65bn, or 43.5% of reported approved expenditure, and Victoria projects accounted for about $3.44bn, or 56.5%. Projects at $100m or more accounted for about 46.0% of Queensland reported approved expenditure and about 44.5% of Victoria reported approved expenditure.

This first Pulse is a baseline. From the next edition, changes in the source-reported portfolio, reported approved expenditure and source coverage can be compared over time. One test will be whether projects at $100m or more continue to account for close to half of reported approved expenditure.

About the data

The Pulse is based on source-reported project entries in public datasets. It is not an independent census of every digital project underway, and status definitions may differ between sources.

Reporting dates also differ. Queensland entries drew on sources dated from May to July 2026. Victorian entries drew on a public resource whose latest edition covered Q2 2025-26. A value that appears higher or lower across jurisdictions may reflect source timing, source coverage or field definitions rather than a difference in delivery.

Unknown means no status was published in the source and none was inferred. Missing approved expenditure remains blank rather than estimated. Seven Queensland source streams returned no counted entries after normalisation.

The Public Digital Projects Pulse data view is available at reportinglines.com/projects.