Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2023-24

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

Total expenses: $46.7 million
Ongoing staff: 248
Non-ongoing staff: 38
Consultancy contracts: $1.4 million; 59 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $6.8 million; 85 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $46.7 million (46,666 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $31.4 million (31,425 in $'000)
Suppliers: $10.9 million (10,919 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $42.1 million (42,143 in $'000)
Own-source income: $5.1 million (5,111 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 248 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 38 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: $1.4 million (1,394 in $'000)
Contracts: 59
New contracts: 31
Ongoing contracts: 28

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $6.8 million (6,750 in $'000)
Contracts: 85
New contracts: 53
Ongoing contracts: 32

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel8 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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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
Iain Anderson	Commonwealth Ombudsman	419,471	3,761	75,071	10,729	509,032
Penelope McKay	Deputy Ombudsman	313,709	3,761	48,028	9,689	375,186
Lisa Collett	Chief Operating Officer	219,592	25,016	42,447	6,139	293,193
Emma Cotterill	Senior Assistant Ombudsman	226,271	25,065	36,279	5,804	293,418
David Fintan	Senior Assistant Ombudsman	250,827	23,026	38,544	7,034	319,432
Julia Galluccio	Senior Assistant Ombudsman	242,073	3,943	43,402	7,558	296,976
Joanne Mulder	Senior Assistant Ombudsman	230,915	3,761	58,827	6,006	299,509
Katrina Dwyer	Acting Senior Assistant Ombudsman	29,844	567	4,696	994	36,101

Information about remuneration for senior executives13 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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Pay band	People	Average base salary	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
0 - 220000	1	29,844	567	4,696	994	36,101
220001 - 245000	0	0	0	0	0	0
245001 - 270000	0	0	0	0	0	0
270001 - 295000	2	222,931	25,040	39,363	5,971	293,306
295001 - 320000	3	241,272	10,243	46,924	6,866	305,306
320001 - 345000	0	0	0	0	0	0
345001 - 370000	0	0	0	0	0	0
370001 - 395000	1	313,709	3,761	48,028	9,689	375,186
395001 - 420000	0	0	0	0	0	0
420001 - 445000	0	0	0	0	0	0
445001 - 470000	0	0	0	0	0	0
470001 - 495000	0	0	0	0	0	0
495001 - 520000	1	419,471	3,761	75,071	10,729	509,032

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)9 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
HBA Consulting	15
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu	13
EY Sweeney	12
Jones Lang LaSalle	11
Synergy	11
McGrathNicol Advisory	8
Reason Group Pty Ltd	6
RSM Australia Pty Ltd	5
Cleared Security	5

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
Jones Lang LaSalle	23
Solstice IT	12
Resolve Software	11
Dell Australia	10
Iron Mountain Australia	5