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Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published

Total expenses
$699 million
Ongoing staff
3,703
Non-ongoing staff
168
Consultancy contracts
$5.6 million
44 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts
$197.2 million
4,797 contracts

Official source

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses
$699 million (698,977 in $'000)
Employee benefits
$416.5 million (416,463 in $'000)
Suppliers
$187.8 million (187,829 in $'000)
Revenue from government
$593.3 million (593,261 in $'000)
Own-source income
$0 (0 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
$5.6 million (5,621 in $'000)
Contracts
44
New contracts
27
Ongoing contracts
17

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$197.2 million (197,209 in $'000)
Contracts
4,797
New contracts
1,959
Ongoing contracts
2,838

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel6 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
Alison FrameSecretary628,8340142,967103,66518,06100893,527
Teena BlewittDeputy Secretary346,312034,35480,49911,02400472,189
Andrew KeffordDeputy Secretary433,092036,54477,23711,75600558,628
Alison McLarenDeputy Secretary366,143031,10457,4539,93800464,638
Brenton PhilpDeputy Secretary120,64309,24521,9212,92300154,731
Total-1,895,0240254,214340,77553,702002,543,713
Information about remuneration for senior executives13 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 - 2200001666,13007,27014,5442,15507,01197,109
220001 - 2450005167,478016,52534,8125,52300224,338
245001 - 2700004200,384016,81735,9685,62000258,789
270001 - 29500016219,132017,55041,5055,84500283,577
295001 - 32000011231,845024,60545,0076,45100307,909
320001 - 3450006258,257021,43246,5017,16000333,350
345001 - 3700001279,112022,30943,2517,45600352,127
370001 - 3950002300,237023,84655,4277,96900387,479
395001 - 4200001292,504044,22669,6788,09200414,500
445001 - 4700001367,677029,73656,7209,93800464,071
470001 - 4950001361,662032,99580,49911,02700486,183
520001 - 5450001414,583034,87370,06111,65500531,172
545001 - 5700001434,852035,18577,23711,75900559,032
Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff6 rows · 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
270001 - 2950001253,5620040,284000293,846
295001 - 3200002282,3030030,426000312,729
345001 - 3700001317,3980043,188000360,585
395001 - 4200001353,8820054,802000408,684
445001 - 4700001270,3900178,77817,4312,88600469,486
470001 - 4950001299,0830151,95325,3064,30700480,650
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable 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 Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25) · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
AUSTRALIAN INST OF HEALTH and WELFAREABN 165152454971,700
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDEABN 61249878937348
LA TROBE UNIVERSITYABN 64804735113330
BOND UNIVERSITYABN 88010694121325
NOUS GROUPABN 66086210344307
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

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
BUPA HEALTH SERVICES PTY LTDABN 5000309865543,125
JONES LANG LASALLE (ACT) PTY LTDABN 6900858526041,292
FDC CONSTRUCTION and FITOUT (ACT) PTY LTDABN 636086093929,054
SYNERGY GROUP AUSTRALIA PTY LTDABN 651193698278,208
DFP RECRUITMENTABN 663947494474,541