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Safe Work Australia Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published

Total expenses
$28.7 million
Ongoing staff
119
Non-ongoing staff
11
Consultancy contracts
$2.5 million
28 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts
$5 million
71 contracts

Official source

Transparency Portal data for this report (JSON)

transparency.gov.au

Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses
$28.7 million (28,673 in $'000)
Employee benefits
$18.9 million (18,930 in $'000)
Suppliers
$8 million (8,024 in $'000)
Revenue from government
$12.7 million (12,670 in $'000)
Own-source income
$13.1 million (13,085 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
$2.5 million (2,531 in $'000)
Contracts
28
New contracts
17
Ongoing contracts
11

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure
$5 million (4,962 in $'000)
Contracts
71
New contracts
35
Ongoing contracts
36

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Table 11: Information about remuneration for key management personnel5 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Table 11: 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.

NamePositionBase salaryBonusesOther benefitsSuperannuationLong service leaveOther long termTerminationTotal
Marie BolandChief Executive Officer428,41402,73630,0017,98600469,136
Duncan CambrayGroup Manager93,742099620,0911,715035,816152,359
Angela WallbankGroup Manager318,344021,01358,07113,88100411,309
Elmer WiegoldChief Operating Officer65,07207689,7287230076,292
Leanne LaajokiChief Operating Officer38,82204685,1666700045,126
Table 12: Information about remuneration for senior executives3 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Table 12: Information about remuneration for senior executives · Licence CC BY 4.0

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 bandPeopleAverage base salaryAverage bonusesAverage other benefitsAverage superannuationAverage long service leaveAverage other long termAverage terminationAverage total
0 - 220000394,00101,42417,0452,12300114,593
220001 - 2450001197,25102,48433,2284,20900237,172
270001 - 2950001230,71202,73630,34021,07300284,861
Table 15: 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: Table 15: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
The Social Research Centre Pty LtdABN 91096153212975
Monash UniversityABN 12377614012300
Wallis Consulting Group Pty LtdABN 76105146174204
Gartner Australasia Pty Ltd CEB Global LtdABN 69003708601134
Ernst & YoungABN 75288172749116
Table 17: 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: Table 17: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

OrganisationExpenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Cushman & Wakefield Pty LtdABN 770741969911,526
Australian Institute Health WelfareABN 16515245497727
Babylon Data Pty LtdABN 87655901723351
KPMG Australia Technology SolutionABN 29606612962307
Monash UniversityABN 12377614012273