Australian Signals Directorate Annual Report 2023-24

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 28 April 2025

Total expenses: $1.58 billion
Ongoing staff: 3,650
Non-ongoing staff: 99
Consultancy contracts: $1.1 million; 4 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $882.6 million; 1,959 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $1.58 billion (1,581,942 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $529.6 million (529,634 in $'000)
Suppliers: $1.05 billion (1,052,308 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $1.73 billion (1,732,225 in $'000)
Own-source income: $3.9 million (3,915 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 3,650 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 99 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: $1.1 million (1,124 in $'000)
Contracts: 4
New contracts: 2
Ongoing contracts: 2

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $882.6 million (882,639 in $'000)
Contracts: 1,959
New contracts: 1,093
Ongoing contracts: 866

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel6 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	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Rachel Noble	Director-General ASD	692,158	92,933	17,754	802,845
Dale Furse	Chief Operating Officer Group	473,635	80,563	12,406	566,604
Cameron Ashe	Deputy Director-General Signals Intelligence and Effects	457,119	81,018	12,447	550,584
Abi Bradshaw	Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre	453,877	66,636	12,406	532,919
Ben Staughton	Deputy Director-General General Capability Transformation	288,747	80,325	12,447	381,519
Sarah Collins	Deputy Director-General Capability Transformation	149,492	17,498	4,189	171,179

Information about remuneration for senior executives10 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 termination	Average total
0 - 220000	16	73,495	123	8,161	12,460	2,362	0	96,601
220001 - 245000	5	174,656	590	18,045	35,004	5,947	0	234,243
245001 - 270000	7	176,179	0	31,840	31,387	5,469	16,412	261,287
270001 - 295000	23	210,363	0	29,100	35,459	5,854	0	280,775
295001 - 320000	5	250,957	0	15,431	40,168	6,987	0	313,543
320001 - 345000	4	274,935	0	6,165	41,432	7,347	0	329,878
345001 - 370000	3	291,873	0	17,591	45,546	7,181	0	362,191
370001 - 395000	2	285,771	0	35,469	45,721	8,377	0	375,337
395001 - 420000	4	342,366	0	2,692	52,835	8,574	0	406,467
420001 - 445000	1	365,309	0	6,905	58,363	9,474	0	440,051

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff6 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
250000 - 270000	66	164,734	2,589	54,707	32,044	5,317	259,390
270001 - 295000	41	164,513	3,106	73,686	35,530	5,698	282,533
295001 - 320000	3	187,218	2,737	79,967	33,995	5,179	309,095
320001 - 345000	3	146,047	1,962	141,190	29,223	4,656	323,078
345001 - 370000	3	184,699	3,828	121,007	37,427	5,890	352,852
370001 - 395000	1	168,124	3,426	159,998	33,180	5,956	370,684

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Microsoft Pty LtdABN 29002589460	1,035
Yardstick Advisory Pty LtdABN 38158309150	76
SargassoABN 28108460803	13

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)10 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Data 3 GroupABN 31010545267	57,411
DXC Technology Australia Pty LimitedABN 18008476944	49,919
Boeing Defence Australia LtdABN 64006678119	48,231
Hitachi Data Systems Australia Pty LtdABN 65005610079	32,727
Whizdom Pty LtdABN 52119884945	31,497
Keane Consulting Pty LtdABN 74082835185	30,418
Red Hat Asia-Pacific Pty LtdABN 35090438485	27,819
Leidos Australia Pty LimitedABN 79612590155	25,013
Splunk Services Singapore Pty LtdABN 48001503233	19,399
Remote Pty LtdABN 21086319146	18,837