Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Annual Report 2025-26

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

Total expenses: $25.9 million
Ongoing staff: 107
Non-ongoing staff: 16
Consultancy contracts: $1.6 million; 17 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $6.9 million; 97 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $25.9 million (25,884 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $16.6 million (16,553 in $'000)
Suppliers: $7.8 million (7,816 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $22.6 million (22,587 in $'000)
Own-source income: $1 million (1,005 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 107 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 16 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: $1.6 million (1,650 in $'000)
Contracts: 17
New contracts: 13
Ongoing contracts: 4

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $6.9 million (6,947 in $'000)
Contracts: 97
New contracts: 58
Ongoing contracts: 39

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel5 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	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Kerri-Lee Krause	Chief Commissioner	125,805	15,125	0	140,930
Adrienne Niewenhuis	Commissioner	63,267	7,606	0	70,873
Stephen Somogyi	Commissioner	53,332	6,410	0	59,742
Elizabeth More	Commissioner	59,477	7,152	0	66,629
Mary Russell	Chief Executive Officer	383,608	43,744	9,645	436,997

Information about remuneration for senior executives1 row · 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
470001 - 495000	1	243,572	0	0	235,719	7,965	0	0	487,256

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
Mediamonks Australia Pty LtdABN 86636603015	683
Lynelle Jann BriggsABN 13196112715	220
Synergy Group OpCo Pty LtdABN 86693296632	144
Margaret Ivy FixterABN 81667726038	122
Catalyst CyberABN 24682157606	106

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
Deka Australia Management Two Pty LtdABN 22612336984	1,209
Data#3 LimitedABN 31010545267	925
Randstad Pty LtdABN 28080275378	463
HP PPS Australia Pty LtdABN 16603480628	367
Mowla Pty Ltd trading as Sofitel Melbourne on CollinsABN 73005133835	343