Australian Electoral Commission Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 2 December 2025

Total expenses: $790.5 million
Ongoing staff: 1,176
Non-ongoing staff: 93
Consultancy contracts: $3.8 million; 24 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $376.9 million; 1,438 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $790.5 million (790,484 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $338.2 million (338,240 in $'000)
Suppliers: $355.5 million (355,522 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $737.1 million (737,054 in $'000)
Own-source income: $20.2 million (20,200 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,176 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 93 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: $3.8 million (3,753 in $'000)
Contracts: 24
New contracts: 13
Ongoing contracts: 11

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $376.9 million (376,922 in $'000)
Contracts: 1,438
New contracts: 864
Ongoing contracts: 574

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel7 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
Tom Rogers	Electoral Commissioner	242,532	0	34,504	20,590	297,626
Jeff Pope	Acting Electoral Commissioner	498,962	0	49,604	11,749	560,315
Kathleen Gleeson	Acting Deputy Electoral Commissioner	306,388	566	42,477	11,612	361,043
Thomas Ryan	First Assistant Commissioner	300,347	124	53,888	13,834	368,193
Michael Lynch	First Assistant Commissioner	288,418	0	53,255	17,138	358,811
Rachael Spalding	First Assistant Commissioner	316,407	628	60,911	16,138	394,084
Angus Kirkwood	First Assistant Commissioner	184,255	319	30,383	4,768	219,725

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 total
$0 – $220,000	6	96,324	372	15,607	2,909	115,212
$220,001 – $245,000	2	202,238	0	21,697	7,909	231,844
$245,001 – $270,000	7	215,971	2,932	31,881	6,873	257,657
$270,001 – $295,000	5	232,079	1,419	39,282	8,885	281,665
$295,001 – $320,000	5	256,513	226	38,742	11,483	306,964
$320,001 – $345,000	1	288,059	0	28,649	17,000	333,708
$345,001 - $370,000	3	288,903	439	49,421	13,208	351,971

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Axios Advisory Pty LtdABN 13096266358	700
Wallis Consulting Group Pty LtdABN 76105146174	515
Deloitte Touche TohmatsuABN 74490121060	478
Compas Pty LtdABN 90008615745	433
Gartner Australasia Pty LimitedABN 69003708601	354

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)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 (2024-25) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
FUJIFILM Data Management Solutions Australia Pty LtdABN 94137933905	27,792
Universal McCannABN 19002966001	20,048
Australia PostABN 28864970579	18,280
Dell Australia Pty LimitedABN 46003855561	12,310
Data #3ABN 31010545267	10,727