Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 11 November 2025

Total expenses: $12 million
Ongoing staff: 57
Non-ongoing staff: 12
Consultancy contracts: $706,000; 19 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $1.7 million; 31 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $12 million (12,021 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $8.6 million (8,612 in $'000)
Suppliers: $2.8 million (2,845 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $18.4 million (18,399 in $'000)
Own-source income: $1.6 million (1,633 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 57 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 12 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: $706,000 (706 in $'000)
Contracts: 19
New contracts: 16
Ongoing contracts: 3

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $1.7 million (1,678 in $'000)
Contracts: 31
New contracts: 18
Ongoing contracts: 13

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel2 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for key management personnel · 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.

Name	Position	Base salary	Bonuses	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Other long term	Termination	Total
Leonie McGregor	Chief Executive Officer	424,320	0	1,466	57,559	10,315	0	0	493,660
Kathryn Wandmaker	Deputy Chief Executive Officer	308,133	0	625	44,132	13,415	0	0	366,305

Information about remuneration for senior executives2 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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Senior executive and other highly paid staff rows are bands with a count and averages, not individuals. Never multiply or add averages across bands, bodies or years.

Pay band	People	Average base salary	Average bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
0 - 220000	3	113,436	0	0	18,736	3,075	0	0	135,247
295001 - 320000	1	255,172	0	640	37,229	5,524	0	0	298,565

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Ashurst AustraliaABN 75304286095	197
Charterpoint Pty LtdABN 17160453994	123
Clayton UtzABN 35740217343	83
Minter EllisonABN 91556716819	67
Parbery Consulting Pty LtdABN 40620308027	49

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Marsh Pty LtdABN 86004651512	681
OPC Pty LtdABN 29008657618	141
Acorn PLMS Pty LtdABN 47600787139	136
Australian National UniversityABN 52234063906	111
Davidson Executive and BoardABN 89167748816	106