NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 2 November 2026

Total expenses: $188.1 million
Ongoing staff: 951
Non-ongoing staff: 34
Consultancy contracts: $2.3 million; 13 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $73.8 million; 290 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $188.1 million (188,106 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $128.8 million (128,766 in $'000)
Suppliers: $49.3 million (49,254 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $176.9 million (176,892 in $'000)
Own-source income: $557,000 (557 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 951 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 34 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: $2.3 million (2,317 in $'000)
Contracts: 13
New contracts: 5
Ongoing contracts: 8

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $73.8 million (73,801 in $'000)
Contracts: 290
New contracts: 113
Ongoing contracts: 177

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel8 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	Total
Louise Glanville	NDIS Commissioner	510,135	0	30,189	8,939	549,263
Natalie Anne Wade	Associate Commissioner and Chief Legal Counsel	418,500	0	62,858	7,400	488,758
Sian Mary Leatham	Deputy Commissioner, Complaints and Engagement	307,907	926	68,050	20,822	397,705
Catherine Anne Myers	Deputy Commissioner, Regulatory Operations	357,078	2,000	54,878	7,696	421,652
Rodney Paul Carracher	Deputy Commissioner, Intake Assessment and Practice Quality	337,576	16	50,333	6,521	394,446
Alisa Bianca Chambers	Deputy Commissioner, Regulatory Strategy and Sector Capability	340,639	0	51,273	7,190	399,102
Tina Louise Daisley	Deputy Commissioner, People, Culture and Communication	331,047	1,075	50,970	5,818	388,910
Laura Sham	Deputy Commissioner, DART and Enabling Services, and Chief Operating Officer	334,010	941	41,520	5,713	382,184

Information about remuneration for senior executives6 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 termination	Average total
$0 – $220,000	9	80,419	288	13,770	13,748	7,279	115,503
$220,001 – $245,000	2	185,303	1,616	33,909	4,015	0	224,842
$245,001 – $270,000	1	213,674	378	37,775	3,483	0	255,311
$270,001 – $295,000	3	235,241	1,719	36,250	10,714	0	283,925
$295,001 – $320,000	3	256,876	695	45,431	6,832	0	309,834
$320,001 – $420,000	1	97,302	718	25,903	142,537	144,338	410,798

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)7 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Scyne Advisory Pty LtdABN 20607773295	618
KPMGABN 51194660183	446
Mountainside Pty LtdABN 16636323709	389
Sententia Consulting Pty LtdABN 85639580662	177
Orima Research Pty LtdABN 77076347914	151
PulbeenaABN 69863935729	147
ARTD Pty LtdABN 75003701764	119

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Slalom Australia Pty LtdABN 71635861004	11,402
Capgemini Australia Pty LimitedABN 11092284314	10,609
ComcareABN 41640788304	5,632
SFDC Australia Pty LimitedABN 91109182989	4,195
CyberCX Pty LtdABN 90629363328	2,878