Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 2 November 2026

Total expenses: $14.6 million
Ongoing staff: 67
Non-ongoing staff: 6
Consultancy contracts: $1.9 million; 23 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $1.8 million; 39 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $14.6 million (14,621 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $10 million (10,020 in $'000)
Suppliers: $4 million (3,986 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $17.1 million (17,057 in $'000)
Own-source income: $70,000 (70 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 67 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 6 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: $1.9 million (1,857 in $'000)
Contracts: 23
New contracts: 15
Ongoing contracts: 8

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $1.8 million (1,802 in $'000)
Contracts: 39
New contracts: 23
Ongoing contracts: 16

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	392,990	0	1,710	64,734	15,781	0	0	475,215
Kathryn Wandmaker	Deputy Chief Executive Officer	297,391	0	2,719	51,066	12,298	0	0	363,474

Information about remuneration for senior executives3 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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
2195001 - 2220000	1	21,214	281	5,101	813	27,410
2445001 - 2470000	1	210,359	3,981	34,469	9,430	258,239
270001 - 295000	1	242,205	2,719	37,886	9,751	292,561

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
Marsh Pty LtdABN 86004651512	1,211,395
Charterpoint Pty LtdABN 17160453994	230,894
McGrathNicol AdvisoryABN 34824776937	99,298
MaddocksABN 63478951337	59,830
Thomson GeerABN 21442367363	54,332

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
HorizonOne RecruitmentABN 98129885838	208,778
Acorn PLMS Pty PtdABN 47600787139	174,482
Morpht Pty LtdABN 51156310922	162,074
Limber Pty LtdABN 90642321622	143,165
People Measures Pty LtdABN 28119083224	138,203