Office of Parliamentary Counsel Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 29 October 2026

Total expenses: $36 million
Ongoing staff: 142
Non-ongoing staff: 12
Consultancy contracts: $280.5 million; 7 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $2.71 billion; 14 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $36 million (36,012 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $25.7 million (25,733 in $'000)
Suppliers: $7.5 million (7,531 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $26.1 million (26,072 in $'000)
Own-source income: $9.5 million (9,540 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 142 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 12 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: $280.5 million (280,519 in $'000)
Contracts: 7
New contracts: 6
Ongoing contracts: 1

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $2.71 billion (2,705,766 in $'000)
Contracts: 14
New contracts: 9
Ongoing contracts: 5

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

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	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Meredith Leigh	First Parliamentary Counsel	539,602	1,820	82,536	35,606	659,564
Bronwyn LivermoreAs published, the parts do not add up to the total.	Second Parliamentary Counsel	469,269	1,820	65,734	62,365	474,458
Rebecca Considine	Second Parliamentary Counsel	452,639	1,820	64,825	30,109	549,393
Aasha Swift	General Manager Publishing	238,230	36,889	50,705	17,625	343,449
Christopher Price	Chief Operating Officer	220,967	28,911	35,964	4,157	289,999
Karyn MacMullin	Senior Executive Drafter	135,084	20,543	29,196	5,425	190,248
Samara Zeitsch	Senior Executive Drafter	115,894	16,906	25,402	4,809	163,011

Information about remuneration for senior executives8 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 total
0 - 220000	9	87,672	16,419	18,545	12,133	134,769
220001 - 245000	1	169,382	36,889	36,011	1,783	244,064
245001 - 270000	2	172,269	36,714	41,641	17,046	267,669
270001 - 295000	5	195,878	36,889	34,423	13,612	280,802
295001 - 320000	4	214,602	39,501	38,455	18,631	311,188
320001 - 345000	2	233,415	36,889	45,186	17,858	333,347
345001 - 370000	3	253,204	36,889	41,803	19,439	351,334
395001 - 420000	1	273,313	36,889	52,331	37,032	399,565

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)4 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
SolsticeIT Pty LtdABN 67664669532	117,930
Bellchambers BarrettABN 14942509138	97,512
Ackama AustraliaABN 68606545902	38,445
Slalom Australia Pty LtdABN 71635861004	26,632

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

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Chalfont ConsultingABN 79648842111	643,199
Relatbl Recruiting Pty LtdABN 28632957478	503,446
Hi-Tech Group AustraliaABN 41062067878	421,556
MJR Tech Pty LtdABN 85650339049	330,726
Peoplebank Australia LtdABN 42003995748	283,430