Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 27 October 2026

Total expenses: $19.3 million
Ongoing staff: 85
Non-ongoing staff: 36
Consultancy contracts: $287,000; 15 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $6.1 million; 156 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $19.3 million (19,315 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $12.6 million (12,603 in $'000)
Suppliers: $6.2 million (6,191 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $20.2 million (20,169 in $'000)
Own-source income: $354,000 (354 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 85 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 36 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: $287,000 (287 in $'000)
Contracts: 15
New contracts: 5
Ongoing contracts: 10

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $6.1 million (6,092 in $'000)
Contracts: 156
New contracts: 83
Ongoing contracts: 73

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

Published disclosure tables 3

Information about remuneration for key management personnel2 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
Gerard Martin	Official Secretary to the Governor-General	372,758	0	0	57,725	31,520	0	0	462,003
Jeffrey Barnes	Deputy Official Secretary to the Governor-General	247,500	0	65	35,584	9,800	0	0	292,949

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
GML Heritage Pty LtdABN 60001179362	139
Jones Lang LaSalle Public Sector Valuations Pty LtdABN 56003262600	56
Lander & RogersABN 58207240529	51
MBMPL Pty LtdABN 74099962231	24
Eric Martin and Associates ArchitectsABN 31790687011	11

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Cushman & Wakefield Pty LtdABN 77074196991	1,694
T&S Signcraft Pty LtdABN 29003712098	1,423
Data#3 GroupABN 31010545267	1,286
Department of Parliamentary ServicesABN 52997141147	408
Macquarie Technology Operations Pty LtdABN 21082930916	344