Commonwealth Grants Commission Annual Report 2025-26

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

Total expenses: $9.4 million
Ongoing staff: 33
Non-ongoing staff: 4
Consultancy contracts: $244,000; 2 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $658,000; 8 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $9.4 million (9,409 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $6.9 million (6,853 in $'000)
Suppliers: $1.8 million (1,827 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $8.3 million (8,341 in $'000)
Own-source income: $89,000 (89 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 33 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 4 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: $244,000 (244 in $'000)
Contracts: 2
New contracts: 2
Ongoing contracts: 0

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $658,000 (658 in $'000)
Contracts: 8
New contracts: 1
Ongoing contracts: 7

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel2 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	Bonuses	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Other long term	Termination	Total
Nathan Williamson	Secretary	415,271	0	1,629	72,101	19,363	0	0	508,364
Jonathan Rollings	Secretary	83,910	0	158	44,564	243,148	0	0	371,780

Information about remuneration for senior executives1 row · 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
295001 - 320000	2	237,774	0	1,696	42,653	22,445	0	0	304,568

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
Frontier Economics Pty LtdABN 13087553124	205
Sententia Consulting Pty LtdABN 85639580662	39

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

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Jones Lang Lasalle (ACT) Pty LtdABN 69008585260	334
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	90
Technology One LimitedABN 84010487180	61
Meltwater Australia Pty LtdABN 91121849769	55
Fair Choice Pty LtdABN 81643886604	45
Aurion Corporation Pty LtdABN 63050431868	33