Office of Parliamentary Counsel Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 21 October 2025

Total expenses: $33 million
Ongoing staff: 0
Non-ongoing staff: 2
Consultancy contracts: $206,000; 5 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $2.5 million; 25 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $33 million (32,992 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $22.9 million (22,889 in $'000)
Suppliers: $7.4 million (7,394 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $23.2 million (23,194 in $'000)
Own-source income: $9.1 million (9,062 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 0 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 2 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: $206,000 (206 in $'000)
Contracts: 5
New contracts: 2
Ongoing contracts: 3

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $2.5 million (2,463 in $'000)
Contracts: 25
New contracts: 17
Ongoing contracts: 8

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

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	Total
Meredith Leigh	First Parliamentary Counsel	521,592	1,820	80,423	30,468	634,302
Bronwyn Livermore	Second Parliamentary Counsel	463,760	1,820	63,922	94,814	624,316
Rebecca Considine	Second Parliamentary Counsel	392,525	1,820	62,999	2,161	459,504
Aasha Swift	General Manager Publishing	285,315	36,097	48,852	-10,622	359,642
Stephen Campbell	General Manager Corporate	198,659	34,455	43,082	-10,825	265,372
Karyn MacMullin	Senior Executive Drafter	203,197	32,968	36,035	7,417	279,617
Samara Zeitsch	Senior Executive Drafter	50,837	8,961	10,774	3,150	73,723

Information about remuneration for senior executives8 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	10	56,582	13,759	16,681	-21,379	65,643
220001 - 245000	4	160,377	33,587	31,081	14,224	239,269
245001 - 270000	3	165,793	36,634	36,882	18,027	257,336
270001 - 295000	3	211,709	35,936	38,485	-751	285,379
295001 - 320000	4	209,884	35,833	41,076	14,750	301,543
320001 - 345000	1	223,165	35,846	48,801	25,668	333,479
345001 - 370000	1	268,434	36,156	40,219	20,452	365,262
370001 - 395000	1	240,490	35,846	45,120	51,613	373,068

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)4 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Bellchambers BarrettABN 14942509138	119
Bespoke Change Pty LtdABN 72653610970	44
Vision AustraliaABN 67108391831	41
MSDC ConsultingABN 61123239903	3

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Relatbl Recruiting Pty LtdABN 28632957478	702
Infront Systems Pty LtdABN 72084698699	399
KRIS Security Ptd LtdABN 77658037275	310
Hi-Tech Group AustraliaABN 41062067878	295
Peoplebank Australia LtdABN 42003995748	271