Australian Public Service Commission Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 28 October 2026

Total expenses: $97.3 million
Ongoing staff: 347
Non-ongoing staff: 50
Consultancy contracts: $223,000; 4 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $20.6 million; 210 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $97.3 million (97,318 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $65.2 million (65,218 in $'000)
Suppliers: $28.3 million (28,306 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $58.8 million (58,788 in $'000)
Own-source income: $37 million (36,982 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 347 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 50 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: $223,000 (223 in $'000)
Contracts: 4
New contracts: 3
Ongoing contracts: 1

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $20.6 million (20,634 in $'000)
Contracts: 210
New contracts: 83
Ongoing contracts: 127

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

Published disclosure tables 5

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	Termination	Total
Gordon De Brouwer	Australian Public Service Commissioner	522,827	2,260	19,848	40,166	0	585,101
Jacqui Curtis	Australian Public Service Commissioner	46,726	223	6,752	1,927	0	55,628
Rachel Bacon	Deputy Australian Public Service Commissioner	407,593	3,425	74,880	24,780	432,549	943,227
Subhasis Banerjee	Deputy Australian Public Service Commissioner	542,669	3,648	72,375	9,455	0	628,147
Joanne TalbotAs published: Joanne Talbot 2	First Assistant Commissioner	321,335	11,768	57,761	12,715	0	403,579
Jamie Lowe	Merit Protection Commissioner	306,114	3,648	60,931	10,187	0	380,880
Justine Curnow	Acting First Assistant Commissioner	84,587	973	13,622	-17,383	281,366	363,165

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 - 220000	7	54,025	2,919	9,258	2,735	68,937
220001 - 245000	0	0	0	0	0	0
245001 - 270000	1	223,816	2,969	33,308	4,813	264,906
270001 - 295000	3	233,230	3,648	39,450	9,416	285,744
295001 - 320000	3	248,327	2,432	43,323	9,048	303,130
320001 - 345000	3	264,433	8,858	46,301	10,400	329,992
345001 - 370000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff9 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 superannuation	Average long service leave	Average termination	Average total
260000 - 270000	0	0	0	0	0	0
270001 - 295000	3	95,206	20,707	16,747	148,426	281,086
295001 - 320000	1	121,988	24,512	3,122	168,716	318,338
320001 - 345000	0	0	0	0	0	0
345001 - 370000	0	0	0	0	0	0
370001 - 395000	0	0	0	0	0	0
395001 - 420000	0	0	0	0	0	0
420001 - 445000	0	0	0	0	0	0
445001 - 470000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)2 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Bellchambers BarrettABN 14942509138	205
Centium Pty LtdABN 30646309015	18

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
Deloitte Touche TohmatsuABN 74490121060	3,453
Cahoot LearningABN 27131637468	1,889
Egon Zehnder International Pty LtdABN 67098985409	1,237
People Measures Pty LtdABN 28119083224	1,158
Ethos CRS Consulting Pty LtdABN 94116209235	1,128