IP Australia Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 7 November 2025

Total expenses: $262.9 million
Ongoing staff: 1,184
Non-ongoing staff: 13
Consultancy contracts: $1.3 million; 13 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $84.3 million; 302 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $262.9 million (262,902 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $160.8 million (160,848 in $'000)
Suppliers: $64.6 million (64,552 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $380,000 (380 in $'000)
Own-source income: $276.9 million (276,936 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,184 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 13 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: $1.3 million (1,315 in $'000)
Contracts: 13
New contracts: 6
Ongoing contracts: 7

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $84.3 million (84,272 in $'000)
Contracts: 302
New contracts: 133
Ongoing contracts: 169

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel2 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	Bonuses	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Other long term	Termination	Total
Michael Schwager	Director General	433,448	0	4,667	81,224	15,574	0	0	534,913
Margaret Tregurtha	Deputy Director General	321,566	0	4,667	62,844	19,240	0	0	408,317

Information about remuneration for senior executives8 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 band	People	Average base salary	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
0 – 220 000	3	112,002	4,282	14,720	2,290	133,294
220001 - 245000	1	179,512	4,040	22,853	21,582	227,987
245001 - 270000	1	191,874	12,360	37,068	7,355	248,657
270001 - 295000	1	238,280	4,667	37,068	7,210	287,225
295001 - 320000	2	251,956	4,667	35,597	10,478	302,698
320001 - 345000	1	259,317	4,667	58,021	10,871	332,876
345001 - 370000	1	287,255	4,667	77,964	-1,687	368,199
370001 - 395000	1	276,726	4,667	79,708	9,546	370,647

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
Bevington Consulting Pty LtdABN 12080534005	502
KPMG Australia Pty LtdABN 51194660183	297
Strategic Project Partners Pty LtdABN 78458653161	187
Orima Research Pty LtdABN 77076347914	64
Circle T Industries Pty LtdABN 22136426992	57

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
Jones Lang Lasalle Pty LtdABN 69008585260	17,526
Amazon Web Services Australia Pty LtdABN 63605345891	4,127
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	3,237
MTP Services Pty LtdABN 61610143863	2,530
Ignite LimitedABN 43002724334	2,236