Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 2023-24 Annual Report

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

Total expenses: $178.5 million
Ongoing staff: 950
Non-ongoing staff: 46
Consultancy contracts: $232,000; 6 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $34.7 million; 512 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $178.5 million (178,541 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $115.1 million (115,054 in $'000)
Suppliers: $36.5 million (36,533 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $167.7 million (167,672 in $'000)
Own-source income: $665,000 (665 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 950 people
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Non-ongoing staff: 46 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: $232,000 (232 in $'000)
Contracts: 6
New contracts: 5
Ongoing contracts: 1

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $34.7 million (34,743 in $'000)
Contracts: 512
New contracts: 193
Ongoing contracts: 320

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Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel7 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	Termination	Total
Anna Booth	Fair Work Ombudsman	382,911	263	22,762	3,652	0	409,588
Michel Campbell	Chief Operating Officer	318,004	24,985	55,303	20,843	0	419,135
Rachel Volzke	Chief Counsel	339,202	23,934	52,934	32,197	0	448,267
Mark Scully	Deputy Fair Work Ombudsman, Compliance & Enforcement	313,727	23,934	67,645	29,015	0	434,321
Michelle Carey	Deputy Fair Work Ombudsman - Large Corporates and Industrial Compliance Group	298,155	21,840	48,510	21,973	0	390,478
Sandra Parker	Fair Work Ombudsman	25,057	0	3,561	16,402	0	45,020
Kristen Hannah	Deputy Fair Work Ombudsman	187,827	23,511	34,652	4,966	174,945	425,901

Information about remuneration for senior executives6 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	1	36,929	5,762	9,483	0	52,174
245001 - 270000	5	1,003,161	85,516	161,367	42,328	1,292,372
295001 - 320000	1	236,221	22,394	38,052	7,869	304,536
320001 - 345000	5	1,261,545	111,999	207,668	121,158	1,702,370
345001 - 370000	3	800,513	68,613	130,890	75,479	1,075,495
370001 - 395000	1	275,604	22,489	50,229	32,909	381,231

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)4 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Behavioural Insights (Australia) Pty LtdABN 16613066541	142
Chartertech Pty LtdABN 30617464990	56
elevenM Consulting Pty LtdABN 77610787534	25
Ipsos Public Affairs Pty LtdABN 52070101352	6

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)143 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
SICARD PTY LTDABN 92102981500	4,485
Juilliard Corporation Pty LtdABN 77007226904	3,084
CLAYTON UTZABN 35740217343	2,590
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITORABN 69405937639	2,466
Cromwell Seven Hills Pty LimitedABN 61128764125	1,971
oobe Pty LtdABN 48123977846	1,400
TELSTRA LIMITEDABN 64086174781	1,090
NORTON ROSEABN 32720868049	972
TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITEDABN 33051775556	965
SG Fleet Australia Pty LtdABN 15003429356	800
MEDIABRANDS AUSTRALIA PTY LTDABN 19002966001	752
AKKODIS AUSTRALIA TALENT PTY LTD (FORMERLY AJILON)ABN 14007145637	710
Local Government Association of South AustraliaABN 83058386353	706
JONES LANG LASALLE (ACT) PTY LTDABN 69008585260	538
Department of Home AffairsABN 33380054835	537
Asia Property AU 2 Pty Ltd as trustee for Dragon Property TrustABN 24632894216	521
DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSUABN 74490121060	491
BT AUTOMATION PTY LTDABN 70619362104	459
Oracle Corporation Australia Pty LimitedABN 80003074468	431
THE ITSM HUB PTY LTDABN 89165912087	399
Landlease Real Estate Investments LimitedABN 46063427896	364
Aurec Pty LtdABN 60103121464	363
DATASTATS CONSULTANCY PTY LTDABN 23216616441	345
ANALYSIS PTY LTDABN 70609930912	332
COMPAS PTY LTDABN 90008615745	322
Adam Charles Nathanial Fisher as personal representative of Patricia Margaret Fisher, Roger William Jackman, Barry Darrel Hedley Fisher, Salamister Pty Ltd ACN 009 502 390	299
3THUB PTY LTDABN 38634249835	290
MASK CONSULTING PTY LTDABN 50638296287	286
EQUIFAX AUSTRALIA INFORMATION SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS PTY LTDABN 26000602862	271
GARTNER AUSTRALASIA PTY LTDABN 69003708601	252
K & L GATESABN 81310965026	242
Another Cyber Company Pty LtdABN 77643086220	212
Kinnink Pty Ltd ATF Dodds Family Super Fund ACN 070 336 319ABN 49070336319	182
CREATIVE VIRTUALABN 15165578003	179
INFO-TECH RESEARCH GROUP PTY LTDABN 86631171581	175
PRAGMA PARTNERS PTY LTDABN 61619379154	169
HWL EBSWORTHABN 37246549189	167
MINTER ELLISON LAWYERSABN 91556716819	160
ARQ GROUP ENTERPRISE PTY LTD T/A ARQ GROUP-PREVIOUSLY OUTWARE 92ABN 78626006111	144
LANDER & ROGERS LAWYERSABN 58207240529	142
PURSUIT TECHNOLOGY AUSTRALIAABN 47600787139	138
WILLIAM STRIGLOGIANNIS and CATHERINE BEATRICE STRIGLOGIANNISABN 51976290759	133
SYNERGY GROUP AUSTRALIA PTY LTDABN 65119369827	124
Sandran Pty LtdABN 95053945878	117
HORIZON ONE RECRUITMENT PTY LTDABN 98129885838	117
LIST G BARRISTERS LIST G BARRISTERS PTY LTDABN 91510719446	115
BPQ Pty LtdABN 25417482011	109
MUNDYMYERS HOLDINGSABN 34124257147	108
ARBY Info Systems Pty LtdABN 32631331729	107
BRID PTY LTD and GC Collett Superannuation FundABN 59470314343	106
AUSTRALIA POSTABN 28864970579	103
I. C. More Pty Ltd (ACN 113 934 599) as trustee of the I. C. More Property Trust (ABN 74 861 923 096)ABN 74861923096	103
THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) AUSTABN 64058914668	102
STAPLES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDABN 94000728398	100
YOUNG'S LISTABN 58153974184	99
OConnor Marsden & Associates Pty LimitedABN 94135783792	97
ZIRCODATA PTY LTDABN 67005944203	91
ASHURSTABN 75304286095	89
Streem Pty LtdABN 12600621672	87
MICHAEL SECKABN 16268569232	87
Smith Bors. (Investments) Pty LtdABN 65009801414	86
CRITICALARC PTY LTDABN 69154820603	79
QUALTRICS LLCABN 98616068823	77
MADDOCKS LAWYERSABN 63478951337	74
FOLEYS LIST PTY LTD OWEN DIXON CHAMBERSABN 19064152218	73
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITEDABN 47001407281	72
Callendale Investments Pty Ltd as the trustee for the Callendale TrustABN 84772381821	71
Acendre Pty LtdABN 26079099282	68
Gomlaw Pty LtdABN 89089025203	66
MACROVIEW BUSINESS TECHNOLOGYABN 29081117777	64
BRONWYN BYRNESABN 32662786341	64
BELLCHAMBERS BARRETTABN 14942509138	63
TELUS HEALTH (BG AUSTRALIA) PTY LTDABN 61003536472	63
JUSTIN ZEEMANABN 68767690477	62
SVENSON BARRISTERSABN 73794284495	61
VICTORIA BRIGDENABN 79646059490	50
ARRPWERE CONSULTING PTY LTDABN 84610023633	49
JEFF WHALAN LEARNING GROUP WHON PTY LTDABN 81138658429	48
ETRANSLATE LANGUAGE PARTNERS PTY LTDABN 56104043610	48
CATHERINE BEMBRICKABN 75418083023	47
LIST A BARRISTERSABN 25832335126	47
Michael WhitbreadABN 72820755361	47
Australian Centre for Financial and Environmental Compliance Pty LtdABN 86101845096	45
SPECIALIST NEWS PTY LTDABN 33093580413	43
CLEANING ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK INCABN 39608220652	42
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENTABN 92661124436	41
Services AustraliaABN 90794605008	39
LIBERATE LEARNING PTY LTDABN 93611619017	37
JACINTA GALLUZZO T/A JACINTA GALLUZZO CONSULTINGABN 69719253443	35
MORAY & AGNEWABN 76486092631	34
FAIRFAX MEDIA PUBLICATIONS PTY LIMITEDABN 33003357720	34
NEC AUSTRALIA PTY LTDABN 86001217527	32
VIQ Solutions Pty LimitedABN 37007916056	31
Wilson Parking Australia 1992 Pty LtdABN 67052475911	31
NICHOLAS HEALYABN 29116494295	28
BCI MEDIA GROUP PTY LTDABN 23098928959	26
CYBERCX PTY LTDABN 90629363328	24
JAMIE DARAMS BARRISTERABN 90998363958	23
MACQUARIE TELECOM PTY LIMITEDABN 21082930916	22
GILLIAN BEAUMONT RECRUITMENTABN 58107780683	19
PETA WILLOUGHBYABN 42122769256	18
KATE EASTMANABN 57227326241	16
EVOLVE FM PTY LTDABN 52605472580	16
RARELAND PTY LTDABN 97635704844	16
LAMOND, JEFFREY GEORGEABN 47603191306	16
2ENGAGE PTY LTD 2ENGAGE FAMILY TRUSTABN 74297535233	15
FACE 2 FACE RECRUITMENT PTY LTDABN 47112122504	15
MESSAGE4U PTY LTD T/A MESSAGENETABN 16095453062	14
OSHIE FAGIRABN 46692976443	14
DYNAMIC WEB TRAINING PTY LTDABN 97094737498	13
JAMES HARTLEYABN 59746070667	13
JENNIFER TAYLORABN 38272556069	13
VIQ SOLUTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTDABN 29008711877	12
GRACOSWAYABN 50082123822	12
MITCHELL ANDREW RAWLINGSABN 88221199151	12
CHICHEPORTICHE, CLAUDINE FRANCEABN 38770501156	11
TEAM GLOBAL EXPRESSABN 15084157666	11
Hendry Group Pty LtdABN 13006693232	11
LUCY GEDDESABN 15579155827	11
QIC Limited ACN 130 539 123 Canberra Centre Investments Pty Ltd ACN 067 682 893ABN 95942373762	11
VANJA BULUTABN 29257895056	11
BENJAMIN GOODYEARABN 17231416755	10
ASHSTRAT PTY. LTD.ABN 39109859010	10
MARC MCKECHNIEABN 59364182273	10
UAB Pty Ltd trading as Rainy Day RecruitmentABN 37643714238	8
BRONWYN DALE DAVIESABN 30552176760	8
AUSTRALIAN VACCINE SERVICES PTY LTDABN 16155058585	8
KIRSTY STEWARTABN 84474900675	7
YASEEN SHARIFF - BARRISTER AT LAWABN 63593621892	5
BAYLEY & ASSOCIATES PTY LTDABN 41262695229	5
DUNCAN MARCKWALDABN 97830477395	4
MATTHEW DEAN HARKER MATT HARKERABN 99110051092	4
TRISTAN CLEARYABN 76878809677	3
Dalla Costa Pty Ltd trading as MSDC ConsultingABN 61123239903	3
KING & WOOD MALLESONSABN 22041424954	3
BIANCA MENDELSONABN 75991805564	3
DANIEL KERROD FULLER T/A DAN FULLERABN 54584131276	2
ANDREW DENTONABN 36453268772	2
MCINNES WILSON LAWYERS PTY LTDABN 30137213015	2
ANDREW METCALFEABN 84977663912	1
A C WELLS HANSON CHAMBERSABN 18791313601	1
MR CHRISTOPHER J MURDOCHABN 81791146456	1
BERNICE NGABN 92262388452	0