Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Annual Report 2023-24

Annual report 2023-24 · Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) · Commonwealth · Published 11 May 2025

Total expenses: $2.6 million
Ongoing staff: 8
Non-ongoing staff: 1
Consultancy contracts: $0; 0 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $155,000; 4 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $2.6 million (2,619 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $0 (0 in $'000)
Suppliers: $397,000 (397 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $2.9 million (2,892 in $'000)
Own-source income: $0 (0 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 8 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 1 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: $0 (0 in $'000)
Contracts: 0
New contracts: 0
Ongoing contracts: 0

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $155,000 (155 in $'000)
Contracts: 4
New contracts: 3
Ongoing contracts: 1

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

Published disclosure tables 5

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.

Name	Position	Base salary	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Douglas Niven	Chair (from 31 July 2023; full-time 0.6 equivalent)	221,343	22,619	5,602	249,564
Matthew Zappulla	Technical Director (to 31 May 2024)	206,977	23,392	5,316	235,685
Anne Waters	Director – National (from 1 June 2024)	17,489	1,784	369	19,642

Information about remuneration for senior executives1 row · 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 bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
0 - 220000	2	165,868	0	895	17,910	6,506	0	0	191,179

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff1 row · 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 bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
$0 - $220,000	2	165,868	0	895	17,910	6,506	0	0	191,179

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)1 row · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
0	0

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
EYABN 75288172749	120
International Federation of Accountants	18
Dexus PlaceABN 41649120196	15