Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2023-24

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

Total expenses: $18.6 million
Ongoing staff: 79
Non-ongoing staff: 11
Consultancy contracts: $353,000; 15 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $11.9 million; 205 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $18.6 million (18,643 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $10.5 million (10,456 in $'000)
Suppliers: $7.6 million (7,598 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $15.7 million (15,697 in $'000)
Own-source income: $498,000 (498 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 79 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 11 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: $353,000 (353 in $'000)
Contracts: 15
New contracts: 11
Ongoing contracts: 4

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $11.9 million (11,854 in $'000)
Contracts: 205
New contracts: 138
Ongoing contracts: 67

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

Published disclosure tables 3

Table E1: Remuneration for Key Management Personnel (2023-24)2 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	Bonuses	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Other long term	Termination	Total
Paul Singer	Official Secretary	314,935	0	60,724	43,324	-268	0	0	418,715
Jeff Barnes	Deputy Official Secretary	253,239	0	547	32,649	717	0	0	287,152

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

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
DJAS Architecture Pty LtdABN 83008620504	224
GML Heritage Pty LtdABN 60001179362	26
North Security.Digital Pty LtdABN 39613493584	17
Australian Government SolicitorABN 69405937639	16
ESBS ATF Sampath TrustABN 39512598639	15

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
Projex Building Group Pty Ltd (Previously FM Projects)ABN 77109570863	2,635
Signcraft Pty LtdABN 29003712098	2,140
Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty LtdABN 69008585260	869
Digital61 Pty LtdABN 42620189862	785
Strategic Reform Pty LtdABN 34146766707	340