Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 6 November 2026

Total expenses: $233.7 million
Ongoing staff: 1,110
Non-ongoing staff: 94
Consultancy contracts: $536,000; 13 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $156 million; 618 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $233.7 million (233,729 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $137.3 million (137,314 in $'000)
Suppliers: $63.6 million (63,623 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $185.8 million (185,814 in $'000)
Own-source income: $26.1 million (26,106 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,110 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 94 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: $536,000 (536 in $'000)
Contracts: 13
New contracts: 5
Ongoing contracts: 8

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $156 million (155,969 in $'000)
Contracts: 618
New contracts: 324
Ongoing contracts: 294

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	Total
Jaala Hinchcliffe	Secretary	481,851	0	88,138	12,870	582,859
Nicola Hinder	Deputy Secretary	393,051	19,669	82,320	13,912	508,952
Mike Webb	Chief Information Officer	323,044	0	49,382	10,845	383,271
Yvette Sims	First Assistant Secretary, Finance and Property Services	313,267	3,627	49,592	7,952	374,438
Vance Khan	First Assistant Secretary, Security	305,237	0	48,886	9,995	364,118
Steven Fox	Parliamentary Librarian	287,980	8,343	53,690	9,019	359,032
Jason Lucas	First Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services	295,482	0	47,228	12,575	355,285
Thao Le	First Assistant Secretary, Finance Projects	215,770	0	67,708	11,595	295,073
Janelle Duke	Chief Financial Officer	162,147	0	24,340	8,264	194,751
James Lawson	Former Chief Information Officer	50,896	6,473	7,172	225	64,766
James Koulouris	Former First Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services	13,243	0	7,548	646	21,437
Dianne Heriot	Head of Design Integrity and Collections	4,455	0	460	-1,632	3,283

Information about remuneration for senior executives6 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	5	90,953	1,747	18,432	1,055	112,187
220001 - 245000	1	198,501	0	26,488	8,136	233,125
245001 - 270000	1	221,946	0	33,339	10,336	265,621
270001 - 295000	8	230,551	2,030	41,085	9,625	283,291
295001 - 320000	4	244,262	14,268	38,986	8,455	305,971
320001 - 345000	2	270,547	11,091	44,346	6,570	332,554

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff1 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	1	247,309	0	29,999	35,085	5,280	0	0	317,672

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
SolsticeIT Pty LtdABN 67664669532	159
Bellchambers Barrett Pty LtdABN 14942509138	157
Terrace Services Pty LtdABN 44054453897	131
Peppertree Cloud Consulting Pty LtdABN 70644370918	80
Jones Lang LaSalle AdvisoryABN 56003262600	77

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
Pacific Services Group HoldingsABN 80150022110	16,190
DIMEO Cleaning Services Pty LtdABN 42470275516	9,329
Manteena Security Aust Pty LtdABN 39135926046	9,250
Built Pty LtdABN 24083928045	8,677
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	7,827