Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Annual Report 2023-24

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · No report date recorded

Total expenses: $43.8 million
Ongoing staff: 195
Non-ongoing staff: 24
Consultancy contracts: $1.1 million; 6 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $1.1 million; 6 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $43.8 million (43,765 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $27.4 million (27,398 in $'000)
Suppliers: $14.6 million (14,602 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $47.9 million (47,907 in $'000)
Own-source income: $363,000 (363 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 195 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 24 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: $1.1 million (1,093 in $'000)
Contracts: 6
New contracts: 5
Ongoing contracts: 1

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $1.1 million (1,093 in $'000)
Contracts: 6
New contracts: 5
Ongoing contracts: 1

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel6 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
Angelene Falk	Information Commissioner	502,675	48,540	24,959	576,174
Elizabeth Hampton	Deputy Commissioner	309,173	55,113	15,805	380,091
Melanie Drayton	Acting Deputy Commissioner	172,258	29,636	7,020	208,914
Elizabeth Tydd	Freedom of Information Commissioner	110,133	7,358	6,199	123,690
Carly Kind	Privacy Commissioner	100,923	6,776	1,671	109,370
Total	Not applicable	1,195,162	147,423	55,654	1,398,239

Information about remuneration for senior executives9 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 superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
$0–$220,000	10	67,335	10,091	2,863	80,290
$220,001–$245,000	1	185,095	26,846	15,183	227,124
$245,001–$270,000	1	211,409	32,620	8,506	252,535
$270,001–$295,000	2	234,311	35,527	14,323	284,161
$295,001–$320,000	1	215,736	45,570	34,955	296,261
$320,001–$345,000	0	0	0	0	0
$345,001–$370,000	0	0	0	0	0
$370,001–$395,000	0	0	0	0	0
$395,001–$420,000	0	0	0	0	0

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff9 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 superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
$0–$220,000	10	67,335	10,091	2,863	80,290
$220,001–$245,000	1	185,095	26,846	15,183	227,124
$245,001–$270,000	1	211,409	32,620	8,506	252,535
$270,001–$295,000	2	234,311	35,527	14,323	284,161
$295,001–$320,000	1	215,736	45,570	34,955	296,261
$320,001–$345,000	0	0	0	0	0
$345,001–$370,000	0	0	0	0	0
$370,001–$395,000	0	0	0	0	0
$395,001–$420,000	0	0	0	0	0

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

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Nous Group Pty LtdABN 66086210344	941
Orima Research Pty LtdABN 77076347914	100
Lonergan Research Pty LtdABN 34138789401	52

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Department of Employment and Workplace RelationsABN 96584957427	1,368
Department of FinanceABN 61970632495	736
Resolve Software Group Pty LtdABN 87063320696	328
Ventia Property Pty LtdABN 16618028676	323
HWL Ebsworth LawyersABN 37246549189	206