Department of Transport and Planning 2025-26 annual report
- Total revenue and income from transactions
- $10.09 billion
- Printed as $10,091,552 thousand · Report, page 70
Summary
The report's own summary: SECRETARY’S FOREWORD, page 7
Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.
The Department of Transport and Planning’s 2025–26 report covers transport services and planning for Victoria’s housing, employment and communities.
The department reported the opening of the Metro Tunnel and West Gate Tunnel at the end of 2025, along with new free travel measures from January 2026.
It reported work on planning controls for 60 train and tram zones, with more than 27,000 Victorians contributing to the final plans.
The department and the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority together had more than 7,000 staff across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
In the body's own words
- Finding
Metro Tunnel has created capacity for hundreds of thousands of additional passenger trips each week, improving access to key education, health and employment precincts.
Finances 4
Total revenue and income from transactions
$10,091,552 thousand
Printed as
Total revenue and income from transactions 10,091,552 9,277,569
Total expenses from transactions
$(10,937,672) thousand
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Total expenses from transactions (10,937,672) (9,719,878)
Employee benefits expense
$(852,127) thousand
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Employee benefits expense 3.1.1 (852,127) (931,821)
Net result
$(832,464) thousand
Printed as
Net result (832,464) (558,946)
Staff 2
Total employees(vi)
4,816 people
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Total employees(vi) 4,816 4,694 3,950 372 4,226 494 468
Total employees(vi)
4,694 FTE
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Total employees(vi) 4,816 4,694 3,950 372 4,226 494 468
Executives and remuneration 9
Remuneration received or receivable by the accountable officer
$740,000 - $750,000
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Remuneration received or receivable by the accountable officer in connection with the management of the Department during the reporting period was in the range of $740,000 - $750,000
Total remuneration(i)(ii)
$137,841 thousand
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Total remuneration(i)(ii) 137,841 141,224
Total number of executives (ii)
469
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Total number of executives (ii) 469 497
Total compensation (ii)
$5,590 thousand
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Total compensation (ii) 5,590 6,139 3,927 4,421
Total compensation (ii)
$3,927 thousand
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Total compensation (ii) 5,590 6,139 3,927 4,421
Total(iii)
180
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Total(iii) 180 (22) 91 (18) 89 (4) 0 0
SES3
8
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SES3 8 (1) 5 (2) 3 1 0 0
SES2
68
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SES2 68 (11) 35 (7) 33 (4) 0 0
SES1
104
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SES1 104 (10) 51 (9) 53 (1) 0 0
Consultancies 1
The total expenditure incurred during 2025–26 in relation to these consultancies
$35,613,298
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In 2025–26, 152 consultancies were engaged for which total fees payable were $10,000 or greater. The total expenditure incurred during 2025–26 in relation to these consultancies was $35,613,298 (excluding GST).
About the document
- Edition
- Current edition
- Reading status
- Read by OPAX
- Pages
- 289
- Figures not found in the report
- Consultancy; Executive average remuneration; Investigations commenced; Investigations finalised; Matters received; Public hearings; Recommendations made; Referrals to prosecution