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Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published

Total expenses
$51.8 million
Ongoing staff
288
Non-ongoing staff
38
Consultancy contracts
$1.5 million
55 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts
$6.9 million
98 contracts

Official source

Transparency Portal data for this report (JSON)

transparency.gov.au

Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses
$51.8 million (51,809 in $'000)
Employee benefits
$37.2 million (37,152 in $'000)
Suppliers
$11.1 million (11,120 in $'000)
Revenue from government
$45.5 million (45,496 in $'000)
Own-source income
$0 (0 in $'000)

Unit: Portal template for this table type; the table item itself does not state a unit.

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.

Consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$1.5 million (1,515 in $'000)
Contracts
55
New contracts
16
Ongoing contracts
39

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$6.9 million (6,949 in $'000)
Contracts
98
New contracts
76
Ongoing contracts
22

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

Published disclosure tables 3

Information about remuneration for key management personnel14 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal · 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.

NamePositionBase salaryBonusesOther benefitsSuperannuationLong service leaveOther long termTerminationTotal
Iain AndersonCommonwealth Ombudsman482,48506,45682,07312,54400583,558
Penelope McKayDeputy Commonwealth Ombudsman319,78405,95549,30813,66700388,715
Sarah BendallFirst Assistant Ombudsman239,41609,40235,1864,08700288,091
Lisa CollettChief Operating Officer247,87006,45644,40018,02000316,746
Joanne MulderSenior Assistant Ombudsman218,28007,04544,57247,95300317,849
David FintanSenior Assistant Ombudsman259,243015,95935,9615,54900316,712
Julia GalluccioSenior Assistant Ombudsman268,23706,45645,1107,61000327,412
Katherine AndersonSenior Assistant Ombudsman193,421015,84722,9511,75200233,971
Katrina DwyerSenior Assistant Ombudsman62,78205009,42927,42400100,134
Justine WesterbeekSenior Assistant Ombudsman187,456018,05727,6002,43100235,543
Belinda MeekinActing Senior Assistant Ombudsman127,9680019,707000147,675
Frances JensenActing Chief Operating Officer81,9280013,76400095,692
Georgia RamsaySenior Assistant Ombudsman22,817003,83300026,650
Total02,711,687092,131433,894141,036003,378,748
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)6 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Total1,007
RSM Australia Pty LtdABN 31686884079239
EY SweeneyABN 75288172749239
Nous Group Pty LtdABN 66086210344202
Gartner Australasia Pty LtdABN 69003708601184
JWS ResearchABN 95147053683143
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)6 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Total4,402
Jones Lang LaSalleABN 490084762572,780
Solstice ITABN 67664669532580
NTT Australia Pty LtdABN 65003371239431
Hays Specialist Recruitment ServicesABN 47001407281375
Hudson Global Resources AustraliaABN 21002888762236

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