Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2024-25

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

Total expenses: $220.6 million
Ongoing staff: 1,117
Non-ongoing staff: 125
Consultancy contracts: $1.5 million; 19 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $146.4 million; 731 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $220.6 million (220,612 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $129.5 million (129,469 in $'000)
Suppliers: $63.3 million (63,254 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $178 million (178,006 in $'000)
Own-source income: $19.6 million (19,559 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,117 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 125 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: $1.5 million (1,480 in $'000)
Contracts: 19
New contracts: 10
Ongoing contracts: 9

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $146.4 million (146,449 in $'000)
Contracts: 731
New contracts: 364
Ongoing contracts: 367

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel12 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	Termination	Total
Jaala Hinchcliffe	Secretary	451,093	0	79,217	19,340	0	549,650
Robert Stefanic	Former Secretary	222,954	0	23,438	11,612	141,220	399,224
Nicola Hinder	Deputy Secretary	289,618	962	60,273	5,015	0	355,868
Steven Fox	Parliamentary Librarian	291,185	0	52,252	4,713	0	348,150
Dianne Heriot	Head of Design Integrity and Collections	328,556	0	57,032	70,038	0	455,626
James Lawson	Chief Information Officer	305,443	17,247	55,537	15,142	0	393,369
Mike Webb	Acting Chief Information Officer	78,156	0	8,516	2,052	0	88,724
Thao Le	First Assistant Secretary, Finance and Property Services Division	346,730	0	40,284	13,941	0	400,955
James Koulouris	First Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services Division	309,564	10,305	59,271	5,520	0	384,660
Jason Lucas	Acting First Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services Division	215,204	0	29,517	3,571	0	248,292
Vance Khan	First Assistant Secretary, Security Division	291,689	0	42,803	7,520	0	342,012
Leanne Tunningley	Former Acting First Assistant Secretary Security	19,028	0	3,592	2,389	0	25,009

Information about remuneration for senior executives13 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	12	80,861	0	17,109	153	98,123
220001 - 245000	1	210,868	0	35,056	-11,291	234,633
245001 - 270000	3	221,205	3,208	35,853	3,290	263,556
270001 - 295000	4	238,073	0	40,039	10,360	288,472
295001 - 320000	3	240,242	4,563	37,748	17,832	300,385
320001 - 345000	2	264,184	0	52,520	12,291	328,995
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
470001 - 495000	0	0	0	0	0	0
495001 - 520000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff3 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 total
260000 - 270000	0	0	0	0	0
270001 - 295000	1	231,857	34,215	7,693	273,765
295001 - 320000	1	261,253	37,778	5,521	304,552

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Synergy Group Australia Pty LtdABN 65119369827	274
Terrace Services Pty LtdABN 44054453897	262
Guida Moseley Brown ArchitectsABN 34101197246	233
Grosvenor Performance Group P/LABN 47105237590	218
Horizon One Recruitment Pty LtdABN 98129885838	207

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)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 (2024-25) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
The Trustee for OPP West Block TrustABN 56912586198	14,198
DIMEO Cleaning Services Pty LtdABN 42470275516	9,133
Pacific Services GroupABN 80150022110	8,196
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	7,393
ActewAGL RetailABN 46221314841	6,929