Australian Electoral Commission Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 30 October 2026

Total expenses: $393.1 million
Ongoing staff: 1,117
Non-ongoing staff: 53
Consultancy contracts: $8 million; 78 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $242.9 million; 1,173 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $393.1 million (393,122 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $153 million (153,029 in $'000)
Suppliers: $164.2 million (164,151 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $487.8 million (487,760 in $'000)
Own-source income: $27.2 million (27,218 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,117 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 53 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: $8 million (7,968 in $'000)
Contracts: 78
New contracts: 40
Ongoing contracts: 38

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $242.9 million (242,908 in $'000)
Contracts: 1,173
New contracts: 460
Ongoing contracts: 713

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

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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
Jeff Pope	Electoral Commissioner	562,730	0	62,907	18,788	644,425
Kathleen Gleeson	Deputy Electoral Commissioner	403,751	0	43,445	33,461	480,657
Rachel Houghton	Chief Operating Officer	351,693	1,181	61,349	14,661	428,884
Rachael Spalding	First Assistant Commissioner	71,341	436	12,877	1,555	86,208
Michael Lynch	First Assistant Commissioner	67,517	148	11,325	1,486	80,476
Thomas Ryan	First Assistant Commissioner	69,813	0	11,543	1,507	82,862
Angus Kirkwood	First Assistant Commissioner	76,169	305	13,962	2,067	92,503

Information about remuneration for senior executives8 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 total
0 - 220000	13	104,048	0	595	20,037	1,713	126,391
220001 - 245000	3	200,780	0	725	30,333	5,458	237,296
245001 - 270000	8	216,853	455	1,289	35,178	8,711	262,486
270001 - 295000	3	240,285	0	1,589	38,693	9,090	289,658
295001 - 320000	6	255,305	0	1,345	42,564	11,123	310,337
320001 - 345000	5	277,400	0	1,128	36,687	10,575	325,790
345001 - 370000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
370001 - 395000	2	321,297	0	898	54,761	8,368	385,324

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

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Gartner Australasia Pty LimitedABN 69003708601	1,284
Publicis Sapient Australia Pty LtdABN 80082145891	1,137
Sparke Helmore LawyersABN 78848387938	876
Terrace Services Pty LtdABN 44054453897	804
Axios Advisory Pty LtdABN 13096266358	626

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

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	10,348
Dell Australia Pty LimitedABN 46003855561	9,384
Australian Postal CorporationABN 28864970579	8,380
Accenture Australia Pty LtdABN 49096776895	8,038
Ernst & YoungABN 75288172749	4,903