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Department of Finance Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published

Total expenses
$2.94 billion
Ongoing staff
1,921
Non-ongoing staff
363
Consultancy contracts
$12.9 million
242 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts
$149.3 million
675 contracts

Official source

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses
$2.94 billion (2,938,332 in $'000)
Employee benefits
$273.6 million (273,631 in $'000)
Suppliers
$232.3 million (232,324 in $'000)
Revenue from government
$586.9 million (586,930 in $'000)
Own-source income
$474.8 million (474,835 in $'000)

Unit: Portal template for this table type; the table item itself does not state a unit.

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.

Consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$12.9 million (12,902 in $'000)
Contracts
242
New contracts
236
Ongoing contracts
6

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$149.3 million (149,254 in $'000)
Contracts
675
New contracts
466
Ongoing contracts
209

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel9 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.

NamePositionBase salaryBonusesOther benefitsSuperannuationLong service leaveOther long termTerminationTotal
Matt YannopoulosSecretary636,2650081,33929,87800747,481
Richard WindeyerDeputy Secretary527,9210080,79321,23600629,951
Nathan WilliamsonDeputy Secretary53,713006,8899670061,570
Simon NewnhamDeputy Secretary469,2070081,10623,19200573,504
Cath PattersonDeputy Secretary197,0820034,0194,84000235,941
Anna HarmerDeputy Secretary365,2890057,24910,34600432,884
Marisa Purvis-SmithDeputy Secretary182,0020031,05910,40500223,465
Stephen SorbelloActing Deputy Secretary52,518007,6391,8330061,990
Andrew DanksActing Deputy Secretary146,2000019,3545,65200171,206
Information about remuneration for senior executives10 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for senior executives · Licence CC BY 4.0

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 bandPeopleAverage base salaryAverage bonusesAverage other benefitsAverage superannuationAverage long service leaveAverage other long termAverage terminationAverage total
0 - 2200002073,1440015,04413,60100101,788
220001 - 2450002192,871078929,2449,28100232,185
245001 - 2700006213,7340035,0488,06300256,846
270001 - 29500014233,47103240,33011,44800285,280
295001 - 32000020247,4600043,28517,35800308,103
320001 - 34500013270,38504047,07117,63700335,134
345001 - 3700006295,48808151,88616,80500364,259
370001 - 3950003276,0450050,13631,224029,654387,059
395001 - 4200003323,3190060,86123,61800407,798
420001 - 4450002348,8850057,30316,33100422,520
Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff1 row · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff · Licence CC BY 4.0

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 bandPeopleAverage base salaryAverage bonusesAverage other benefitsAverage superannuationAverage long service leaveAverage other long termAverage terminationAverage total
320001 - 3450001119,44301,00019,12212,6980169,090321,353
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
GHD Pty LtdABN 390084883732,370
KPMG AustraliaABN 511946601831,642
MARSH PTY LTDABN 860046515121,086
AXIOM ASSOCIATES (AUST) PTY LTDABN 97604318569916
NOUS GROUP PTY LTDABN 66086210344557
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Hunter Mason (VIC) Pty LtdABN 5463972470815,429
Gruden Pty LtdABN 5760239665413,417
Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) P/LABN 6900858526012,301
Data#3ABN 3101054526712,280
Salsa DigitalABN 8567674232811,870