Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 27 October 2026

Total expenses: $106.3 million
Ongoing staff: 438
Non-ongoing staff: 3
Consultancy contracts: $800,000; 18 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $34.6 million; 191 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $106.3 million (106,285 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $70 million (70,030 in $'000)
Suppliers: $32 million (32,034 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $99.2 million (99,209 in $'000)
Own-source income: $6.3 million (6,308 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 438 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 3 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: $800,000 (800 in $'000)
Contracts: 18
New contracts: 7
Ongoing contracts: 11

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $34.6 million (34,554 in $'000)
Contracts: 191
New contracts: 42
Ongoing contracts: 149

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel14 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
Dr Caralee McLiesh PSM	Auditor-General	833,481	0	30,000	20,403	883,884
Rona Mellor PSM	Deputy Auditor-General	452,535	0	68,022	25,234	545,791
Carla Jago	Deputy Auditor-General (Acting)	326,783	26,246	65,345	17,226	435,600
Jane Meade	Group Executive Director	214,209	19,398	31,700	9,270	274,577
George Sotiropoulos	Group Executive Director	338,716	0	62,420	10,923	412,059
Sue Goodear	Chief Operating Officer	279,392	0	50,652	17,797	347,841
Lesa Craswell	Group Executive Director	259,803	26,016	50,184	10,416	346,419
Ian Goodwin	Group Executive Director	334,801	0	49,894	8,260	392,955
Peta Lane	Group Executive Director	305,307	0	59,803	14,627	379,737
Corinne Horton	Group Executive Director (Acting)	21,631	2,376	3,550	426	27,983
Sean Benfield	Group Executive Director (Acting)	31,724	3,268	4,032	865	39,889
Alison Garth	Chief Finance Officer	188,612	12,812	27,197	6,620	235,241
Jacqueline Walton	Chief Operating Officer (Acting)	22,453	1,917	3,964	0	28,334
Michelle Page	Group Executive Director (Acting)	63,321	6,926	12,076	1,347	83,670

Information about remuneration for senior executives6 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 - 220000	10	70,650	14,749	17,558	4,570	107,527
220001 - 245000	3	166,717	25,007	33,363	6,137	231,224
245001 - 270000	4	188,874	36,476	32,653	7,886	265,889
270001 - 295000	13	211,493	25,308	36,054	11,124	283,979
320001 - 345000	1	251,295	23,099	46,463	11,494	332,351
345001 - 370000	1	174,569	138,260	32,986	6,996	352,811

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	154,952	0	104,883	24,153	6,601	0	0	290,589
445001 - 470000	1	191,761	0	234,443	27,313	7,390	0	0	460,907

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)6 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Ernst and YoungABN 75288172749	150
Finity Consulting Pty LtdABN 89111470270	130
RSM Australia Ptty Ltd atf the Birdanco Practice TrustABN 65319382479	103
The Social Research CentreABN 91096153212	85
ORIMA ResearchABN 77076347914	85
Acumentis Pty LtdABN 30109670671	77

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)8 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
xAmplify Services Pty LtdABN 74632045080	4,668
Ernst and YoungABN 75288172749	4,552
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD PTY LTDABN 77074196991	3,912
Pricewaterhouse CoopersABN 52780433757	3,754
Deloitte Touche TohmatsuABN 74490121060	2,430
Crowe Audit AustraliaABN 13969921386	2,118
Macquarie Technology Operations Pty LimitedABN 21082930916	1,946
KPMGABN 51194660183	1,724