Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2022-23
- Total expenses
- $46.9 million
- Ongoing staff
- 216
- Non-ongoing staff
- 57
- Consultancy contracts
- $762,000
- 30 contracts
- Non-consultancy contracts
- $9.5 million
- 179 contracts
Official source
Published headline figures
Income statement extract
- Total expenses
- $46.9 million (46,853 in $'000)
- Employee benefits
- $32 million (32,029 in $'000)
- Suppliers
- $10.2 million (10,207 in $'000)
- Revenue from government
- $39.5 million (39,450 in $'000)
- Own-source income
- $4.4 million (4,416 in $'000)
Staff
- Ongoing staff
- 216 people
- Non-ongoing staff
- 57 people
Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.
Consultancy contracts
- Expenditure
- $762,000 (762 in $'000)
- Contracts
- 30
- New contracts
- 24
- Ongoing contracts
- 6
Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-consultancy contracts
- Expenditure
- $9.5 million (9,454 in $'000)
- Contracts
- 179
- New contracts
- 93
- Ongoing contracts
- 86
Non-consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Published disclosure tables 3
Information about remuneration for key management personnel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iain Anderson | Commonwealth Ombudsman | 410,492 | 0 | 2,645 | 69,426 | 11,966 | 0 | 0 | 494,530 |
| Penelope McKay | Deputy Ombudsman | 299,651 | 0 | 2,899 | 46,365 | 9,330 | 0 | 0 | 358,246 |
| Louise MacLeod | Acting Deputy Ombudsman | 25,581 | 0 | 3,136 | 1,970 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 31,198 |
| Rebecca Vonthethoff | Senior Assistant Ombudsman / Acting Deputy Ombudsman | 140,183 | 0 | 20,780 | 22,141 | 4,271 | 0 | 0 | 187,374 |
| Lisa Collett | Chief Operating Officer | 197,161 | 0 | 27,589 | 34,013 | 4,979 | 0 | 0 | 263,742 |
| Emma Cotterill | Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 193,705 | 0 | 27,887 | 37,618 | 4,890 | 0 | 0 | 264,100 |
| David Fintan | Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 248,420 | 0 | 25,327 | 38,692 | 7,838 | 0 | 0 | 320,278 |
| Julia Galluccio | Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 76,820 | 0 | 866 | 14,174 | 2,170 | 0 | 0 | 94,030 |
| Joanne Mulder | Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 144,734 | 0 | 1,811 | 11,527 | 4,457 | 0 | 0 | 162,529 |
| Julia Taylor | Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 16,740 | 0 | 3,136 | 1,914 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 22,277 |
| Katrina Dwyer | Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 75,195 | 0 | 818 | 9,050 | 2,223 | 0 | 0 | 87,286 |
| Fran Jensen | Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 19,559 | 0 | 421 | 3,147 | 566 | 0 | 0 | 23,693 |
| David McGregor | Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 23,417 | 0 | 561 | 3,881 | 586 | 0 | 0 | 28,445 |
| Carmen Miragaya | Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 51,245 | 0 | 887 | 9,764 | 1,644 | 0 | 0 | 63,541 |
| Susan Penn-Turrall | Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 23,374 | 0 | 1,570 | 3,002 | 676 | 0 | 0 | 28,622 |
| Hannah Walsh | Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman | 29,757 | 0 | 445 | 5,801 | 965 | 0 | 0 | 36,968 |
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2022-23)
Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2022-23) · Licence CC BY 4.0
| Organisation | Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive |
|---|---|
| ChartertechABN 30617464990 | 226 |
| EY SweeneyABN 75288172749 | 101 |
| CRE8IVE Australasia Pty LtdABN 32100650039 | 69 |
| Queensland University of TechnologyABN 83791724622 | 60 |
| IA Group Pty LtdABN 29075871813 | 57 |
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2022-23)
Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2022-23) · Licence CC BY 4.0
| Organisation | Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive |
|---|---|
| Childers Nominees Pty LtdABN 93098083526 | 1,294 |
| Hays Personnel Services AustraliaABN 47001407281 | 1,251 |
| Randstad Pty LtdABN 28080275378 | 680 |
| GPT Property Management Pty LtdABN 29116099631 | 422 |
| Hudson Global Resources Pty LtdABN 21002888762 | 405 |