Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 21 May 2026

Total expenses: $2.7 million
Ongoing staff: 9
Non-ongoing staff: 0
Consultancy contracts: $0; 0 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $33 million; 3 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $2.7 million (2,686 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $1.6 million (1,635 in $'000)
Suppliers: $327,000 (327 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $4 million (3,976 in $'000)
Own-source income: $0 (0 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 9 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 0 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: $33 million (33,003 in $'000)
Contracts: 3
New contracts: 2
Ongoing contracts: 1

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel2 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	Bonuses	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Other long term	Termination	Total
Douglas Niven	Chair	242,747	0	0	26,554	5,773	0	0	275,074
Anne Waters	Director – National	196,869	0	0	23,375	4,836	0	0	225,080

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 - $220	1	169	0	1	19	6	0	0	195

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff3 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 - $220,000	1	170,699	895	19,596	4,816	196,007
$220,001 - $245,000	3	174,008	895	10,461	4,629	189,994
$245,001 - $270,000	2	33,368	895	3,829	2,368	40,461

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)2 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Blank	0
Blank	0

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
International Federation of Accountants	19,188
Dexus PlaceABN 41649120196	9,821
Corporate Travel Management GroupABN 52005000895	3,994