Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2024-25

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

Total expenses: $296.4 million
Ongoing staff: 1,335
Non-ongoing staff: 32
Consultancy contracts: $1.7 million; 24 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $118.6 million; 679 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $296.4 million (296,387 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $196.2 million (196,168 in $'000)
Suppliers: $78.2 million (78,218 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $230.6 million (230,590 in $'000)
Own-source income: $52.9 million (52,931 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,335 people
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Non-ongoing staff: 32 people
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Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.

Consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $1.7 million (1,668 in $'000)
Contracts: 24
New contracts: 14
Ongoing contracts: 10

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $118.6 million (118,592 in $'000)
Contracts: 679
New contracts: 368
Ongoing contracts: 311

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Published disclosure tables 4

Table 3.21: Information about remuneration for key management personnel, 2024-2512 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	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Steven Kennedy	Secretary	38,604	0	5,490	2,198	46,292
Glyn Davis	Secretary	897,339	27,232	28,010	45,392	997,973
Blair Exell	Deputy Secretary	168,074	339	29,994	3,478	201,885
Liz Hefren-Webb	Deputy Secretary	227,824	585	43,031	14,066	285,506
Nadine Williams	Deputy Secretary	441,202	1,001	67,571	18,829	528,603
Graham Fletcher	Deputy Secretary	402,667	1,001	74,936	46,395	524,999
Martin Hehir	Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer	510,159	12,602	81,058	25,317	629,136
Padma Raman	Executive Director - Office for Women	438,631	40,733	62,079	6,957	548,400
David Shankey	Chief Executive Officer – Net Zero Economy Agency	13,304	0	3,179	152	16,635
Trevor Power	Chief Executive Officer – Net Zero Economy Agency (acting)	141,787	591	20,835	3,606	166,819
Iain Ross	Chair of the Net Zero Economy Agency	72,876	0	10,439	0	83,315
Total	-	3,352,467	84,084	426,622	166,390	4,029,563

Table 3.22: Information about remuneration for senior executives, 2024-2511 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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Pay band	People	Average base salary	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
0 - 220000	59	85,384	701	14,562	3,217	103,864
220001 - 245000	7	183,451	979	37,609	9,414	231,453
245001 - 270000	10	207,242	3,434	35,559	9,266	255,501
270001 - 295000	19	229,912	953	40,163	10,526	281,554
295001 - 320000	7	246,719	5,803	43,742	11,207	307,471
320001 - 345000	11	263,373	8,862	46,109	14,287	332,631
345001 - 370000	2	289,089	961	55,038	16,500	361,588
370001 - 395000	5	306,704	1,001	58,612	17,430	383,747
395001 - 420000	0	0	0	0	0	0
420001 - 445000	1	325,364	28,711	60,857	13,270	428,202
445001 - 470000	1	383,655	1,001	53,754	9,961	448,371

Table 3.28: Organisations receiving the largest shares of reportable consultancy contract expenditure, 2024–256 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Baringa Partners LLPABN 39674522397	361
Lazard Australia Pty LtdABN 18649846328	308
1 and One Pty LtdABN 13637567947	150
Thom,Vivienne JoyceABN 73422163798	117
Deloitte Touche TohmatsuABN 74490121060	113
Indigenous Professional Services Pty LtdABN 32608918252	101

Table 3.30: Organisations receiving the largest shares of reportable non-consultancy contract expenditure, 2024–255 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
ISPT Pty LtdABN 15421756611	12,183
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	6,204
Ignite LimitedABN 43002724334	5,961
Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty LimitedABN 69008585260	4,434
Servicenow Australia Pty LtdABN 88149683312	3,364