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Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published

Total expenses
$54.9 million
Ongoing staff
331
Non-ongoing staff
12
Consultancy contracts
$576,000
51 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts
$7 million
114 contracts

Official source

Transparency Portal data for this report (JSON)

transparency.gov.au

Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses
$54.9 million (54,949 in $'000)
Employee benefits
$41.6 million (41,597 in $'000)
Suppliers
$10.3 million (10,334 in $'000)
Revenue from government
$47.8 million (47,751 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
$576,000 (576 in $'000)
Contracts
51
New contracts
7
Ongoing contracts
44

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$7 million (7,013 in $'000)
Contracts
114
New contracts
52
Ongoing contracts
62

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

Published disclosure tables 3

Information about remuneration for key management personnel13 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 Ombudsman496,43405,23772,52712,78900586,987
Julie O’BrienDeputy Commonwealth Ombudsman216,860013,04433,9972,53400266,435
Sarah BendallFirst Assistant Ombudsman306,807011,17942,63612,09800372,720
Lisa CollettChief Operating Officer200,390010,14139,4656,66400256,660
Joanne MulderSenior Assistant Ombudsman314,16605,23745,9487,08200372,433
Katrina DwyerSenior Assistant Ombudsman230,92505,53630,5846,89400273,939
Julia GalluccioSenior Assistant Ombudsman270,60805,23745,93610,74500332,526
Justine WesterbeekSenior Assistant Ombudsman236,874011,17933,5414,49300286,087
Jacqueline HannaSenior Assistant Ombudsman116,07305,11717,7611,44800140,399
Katherine AndersonSenior Assistant Ombudsman201,16205,95017,3871,96800226,467
Carmen MiragayaActing Senior Assistant Ombudsman49,5920797,8581,4160058,945
Belinda MeekinActing Senior Assistant Ombudsman72,36601119,0324,2560085,765
Jillian CravenActing First Assistant Ombudsman71,44301128,9922,5730083,120
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Lonergan ResearchABN 34138789401123
EY SweeneyABN 75288172749103
Bellchambers BarrettABN 1494250913856
RSM AustraliaABN 6531938247955
Virtuoso ConsultingABN 5461992019743
Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Cushman & WakefieldABN 770741969912,515
Factor Tech Pty LtdABN 396447247011,211
SolsticeITABN 67664669532408
Data#3ABN 31010545267336
Human SolutionsABN 79009569082217

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