Fair Work Commission Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 5 November 2025

Total expenses: $116.4 million
Ongoing staff: 359
Non-ongoing staff: 35
Consultancy contracts: $400,000; 9 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $27.1 million; 359 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $116.4 million (116,447 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $72 million (71,993 in $'000)
Suppliers: $28.5 million (28,475 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $111 million (111,036 in $'000)
Own-source income: $345,000 (345 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 359 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 35 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: $400,000 (400 in $'000)
Contracts: 9
New contracts: 4
Ongoing contracts: 5

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $27.1 million (27,139 in $'000)
Contracts: 359
New contracts: 228
Ongoing contracts: 131

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Table C20 – Information about remuneration for key management personnel3 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Table C20 – 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
Justice Adam Hatcher	President	569,590	34,625	0	56,959	661,174
Murray Furlong	General Manager	401,295	13,555	51,686	10,155	476,691
Toal	-	970,885	48,180	51,686	67,114	1,137,865

Table C21 - Information about remuneration for senior executives5 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	3	124,065	0	18,110	3,240	145,415
245001 - 270000	1	225,105	0	37,447	5,632	268,184
270001 - 295000	1	237,795	0	38,528	5,967	282,290
320001 - 345000	1	280,112	0	40,672	6,661	327,445
345001 - 370000	1	285,420	18,486	45,059	6,997	355,962

Table C22 - Other highly paid employees1 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
260000 - 270000	1	225,452	0	0	31,287	5,773	0	0	262,512

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

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Thales Cyber Services Australia Pty LtdABN 52632539167	188
O'Connor Marsden & Associates Pty LimitedABN 94135783792	145
Van Rooden, MarionABN 56216636461	16
Altius Group Holdings Pty LtdABN 99603911020	16
Sheehan Solutions Pty LtdABN 84079193481	11

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
Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty LimitedABN 21002888762	6,757
Exco Partners Pty LtdABN 20634654701	4,421
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	1,784
McGirr Information Technology Pty LimitedABN 96001280315	1,490
Jones Lang Lasalle (ACT) Pty LimitedABN 69008585260	1,004