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IP Australia Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published

Total expenses
$274.1 million
Ongoing staff
0
Non-ongoing staff
11
Consultancy contracts
$1.6 million
19 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts
$83 million
304 contracts

Official source

Transparency Portal data for this report (JSON)

transparency.gov.au

Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses
$274.1 million (274,054 in $'000)
Employee benefits
$166.6 million (166,638 in $'000)
Suppliers
$70.5 million (70,542 in $'000)
Revenue from government
$160,000 (160 in $'000)
Own-source income
$293.5 million (293,496 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
$1.6 million (1,628 in $'000)
Contracts
19
New contracts
9
Ongoing contracts
10

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$83 million (83,041 in $'000)
Contracts
304
New contracts
129
Ongoing contracts
175

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel3 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
Michael SchwagerDirector General259,22203,52359,52511,25800333,528
Margaret TregurthaActing Deputy Director General328,84204,87199,74215,83000449,285
Kelly SimsActing Deputy Director General125,71401,89520,555-5,72200142,442
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 bandPeopleAverage base salaryAverage bonusesAverage other benefitsAverage superannuationAverage long service leaveAverage other long termAverage terminationAverage total
0 - 2200003112,00204,28214,7202,29000133,294
220001 - 2450001179,51204,04022,85321,58200227,987
245001 - 2700001191,874012,36037,0687,35500248,657
270001 - 2950001238,28004,66737,0687,21000287,225
295001 - 3200002251,95604,66735,59710,47800302,698
320001 - 3450001259,31704,66758,02110,87100332,876
345001 - 3700001287,25504,66777,964-1,68700368,199
345001 - 3700001276,72604,66779,7089,54600370,647
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)7 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Deloitte Touche TohmatsuABN 74490121060416
Allen and Clarke Consulting Pty LtdABN 66632186059186
Strategic Partners Australia Pty LtdABN 86649727542169
KomplyAi Pty LtdABN 21659725032153
MOTU140
1 and One Pty LtdABN 13637567947124
AVEC Global Pty LtdABN 5516616628592
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)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 (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Jones Lang Lasalle (ACT) Pty LtdABN 6900858526018,047
Amazon Web Services Australia Pty LtdABN 636053458914,582
Data#3 LimitedABN 310105452672,710
Clarivate Analytics (UK) Ltd2,172
A23 Pty LtdABN 816123297812,128