Australian Bureau of Statistics Annual Report 2023-24

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 4 March 2025

Total expenses: $526.7 million
Ongoing staff: 3,375
Non-ongoing staff: 288
Consultancy contracts: $1.3 million; 33 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $95.7 million; 427 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $526.7 million (526,664 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $374.2 million (374,164 in $'000)
Suppliers: $107.5 million (107,467 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $416.6 million (416,609 in $'000)
Own-source income: $74.1 million (74,099 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 3,375 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 288 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: $1.3 million (1,291 in $'000)
Contracts: 33
New contracts: 20
Ongoing contracts: 13

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $95.7 million (95,729 in $'000)
Contracts: 427
New contracts: 191
Ongoing contracts: 236

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel5 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	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
David Gruen	Australian Statistician	733,931	4,911	104,552	23,285	866,679
Jenet Connell	Deputy Australian Statistician	345,358	4,534	68,740	1,940	420,572
Teresa Dickinson	Deputy Australian Statistician	384,960	4,911	72,713	11,910	474,494
Brenton Goldsworthy	Deputy Australian Statistician	348,730	4,911	61,680	18,525	433,846
Kylie Bryant	Deputy Australian Statistician	18,361	189	3,733	27,412	49,695

Information about remuneration for senior executives7 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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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 termination	Average total
0 - 220000	10	98,484	3,038	19,991	12,678	21,382	155,573
220001 - 245000	7	186,266	4,935	29,879	9,519	0	230,599
245001 - 270000	11	211,441	5,010	36,239	6,497	0	259,187
295001 - 320000	12	230,919	4,991	42,484	6,914	0	285,308
320001 - 345000	4	252,573	4,887	39,020	8,859	0	305,339
345001 - 370000	6	263,771	10,366	47,320	10,431	0	331,888
370001 - 395000	3	291,936	4,935	45,290	11,500	0	353,661

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

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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	2	196,551	0	46,435	31,988	4,683	0	0	279,657
295001 - 320000	1	116,982	0	0	21,345	1,600	0	166,105	306,032

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
ORIMA Research Pty LtdABN 77076347914	253
BDO Services Pty LtdABN 45134242434	141
KPMGABN 51194660183	62
WingArc AustraliaABN 98006559191	43
Group 10 Consulting Pty LtdABN 36163479883	42

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)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 (2023-24) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Slalom Australia Pty LtdABN 71635861004	4,650
Accenture Australia Pty LtdABN 49096776895	3,025
WYWM Pty LtdABN 70615621577	1,781
Chalfont Consulting Pty LtdABN 79648842111	1,256
Amazon Web Services Australia Pty LtdABN 63605345891	1,245