Administrative Review Tribunal Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 4 November 2026

Total expenses: $296.9 million
Ongoing staff: 1,126
Non-ongoing staff: 72
Consultancy contracts: $49.1 million; 370 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $49.1 million; 370 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $296.9 million (296,885 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $219.6 million (219,587 in $'000)
Suppliers: $46.2 million (46,177 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $330.5 million (330,487 in $'000)
Own-source income: $2.5 million (2,526 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,126 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 72 people
Non-ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.

Consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $49.1 million (49,098 in $'000)
Contracts: 370
New contracts: 181
Ongoing contracts: 189

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $49.1 million (49,098 in $'000)
Contracts: 370
New contracts: 181
Ongoing contracts: 189

Non-consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel3 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for key management personnel · Licence CC BY 4.0

Key management personnel remuneration is reported on an accrual basis for the period each person held the role, so part-year amounts are not annual salaries.

Name	Position	Base salary	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Michael Hawkins	Chief Excecutive Officer and Principal Registrar	462,625	29,999	10,805	503,429
Jamie Crew	Chief Operating Officer	332,376	61,884	8,415	402,675
Kelvin Zhu	Chief Data and AI Officer	300,833	49,850	7,797	358,480

Information about remuneration for senior executives9 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for senior executives · Licence CC BY 4.0

Senior executive and other highly paid staff rows are bands with a count and averages, not individuals. Never multiply or add averages across bands, bodies or years.

Pay band	People	Average base salary	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
0 - 220000	3	87,003	0	11,447	0	-8,514	1,467	91,404
220001 - 245000	1	204,670	4,108	32,324	5,019	0	0	246,121
245001 - 270000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
270001 - 295000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
295001 - 320000	3	266,590	0	43,589	315	0	0	310,494
320001 - 345000	1	272,502	3,681	49,433	-3,467	0	0	322,149
345001 - 370000	1	287,250	0	51,237	6,880	0	0	345,367
370001 - 395000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
395001 - 420000	1	147,284	0	30,151	-20,891	0	241,896	398,440

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff2 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff · Licence CC BY 4.0

Senior executive and other highly paid staff rows are bands with a count and averages, not individuals. Never multiply or add averages across bands, bodies or years.

Pay band	People	Average base salary	Average bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
270001 - 295000	1	4,285	0	0	1,303	50	0	287,071	292,709
345001 - 370000	1	292,930	0	0	44,303	7,029	0	22,000	366,262

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
KPMGABN 51194660183	204
Portable Australia PLABN 82118683828	177
Orima ResearchABN 77076347914	75
Synergy Group Australia Pty LtdABN 65119369827	71
Scyne Advisory Pty LtdABN 20607773295	55

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
DATA #3 LIMITEDABN 31010545267	6,425
Translationz Pty LtdABN 64103334523	5,057
Randstad Pty LtdABN 28080275378	2,112
HaysABN 47001407281	1,908
ComcareABN 41640788304	1,773