Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 10 October 2025

Total expenses: $21.7 million
Ongoing staff: 98
Non-ongoing staff: 23
Consultancy contracts: $67,000; 3 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $5.4 million; 87 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $21.7 million (21,658 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $14.9 million (14,901 in $'000)
Suppliers: $5.3 million (5,268 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $24.7 million (24,722 in $'000)
Own-source income: $742,000 (742 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 98 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 23 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: $67,000 (67 in $'000)
Contracts: 3
New contracts: 3
Ongoing contracts: 0

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $5.4 million (5,416 in $'000)
Contracts: 87
New contracts: 53
Ongoing contracts: 34

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel6 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	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Joan Cooper	Commissioner	7,956	727	0	8,683
Adrienne Nieuwenhuis	Commissioner	102,095	11,376	0	113,471
Stephen Somogyi	Commissioner	54,712	6,292	0	61,004
Kerri-Lee Krause	Chief Commissioner	35,632	4,097	0	39,729
Elizabeth More	Commissioner	27,382	3,149	0	30,531
Mary Russell	CEO	353,409	53,429	8,373	415,211

Information about remuneration for senior executives13 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 superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
$0-$220,000	0	0	0	0	0
$220,001-$245,000	0	0	0	0	0
$245,001-$270,000	2	107,750	16,452	11,123	135,325
$270,001 - $295,000	0	0	0	0	0
$295,001 - $320,000	0	0	0	0	0
$320,001 - $345,000	0	0	0	0	0
$345,001 - $370,000	0	0	0	0	0
$370,001 - $395,000	0	0	0	0	0
$395,001 - $420,000	0	0	0	0	0
$420,001 - $445,000	0	0	0	0	0
$445,001 - $470,000	0	0	0	0	0
$470,001 - $495,000	0	0	0	0	0
$495,001 - $520,000	0	0	0	0	0

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Neoteric Group Pty LtdABN 44671094769	25
The University of Western AustraliaABN 37882817280	23
Samantha YoungABN 62603708240	19

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

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Deka Australia Management Two Pty LtdABN 22612336984	1,168
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	610
Australian Government SolicitorABN 69405937639	424
ASN Events Pty LtdABN 22007439714	328
Corporate Travel Management Group Pty LtdABN 52005000895	209