Tony Abbott's department spent more than $2.5 million on advertising, media training and consultancies in four months.
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet spent $244,000 on advertising between November and February.
The campaigns covered remote school attendance, the rollout of low aromatic fuel, indigenous jobs, staff recruitment and a state memorial service.
Five consultancies or reviews initiated by the department have cost $2.3 million so far, but the final bills have yet to come in.
They include a yet-to-be-determined amount for the federation white paper, $1.2 million for the renewable energy target review and $300,000 for the review of Indigenous Business Australia and the Indigenous Land Corporation.
There was also $620,000 for the "industry investment and competitiveness agenda" and an internal budget item for the report by the Interdepartmental Committee on Intercountry Adoption, information from the department released through senate estimates shows.
Media monitoring in the period from December to the end of February cost just under $50,000, with one contract - for checking news reports on indigenous issues - costing $5000 a month.
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