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Australian National Audit Office

Australian National Audit Office

Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio

Verified figures

  • Contracts (all years): 902
  • Contract value (all years): 246,662,395 AUD
  • Contract value (2026): 16,010,758 AUD
  • APS headcount: 455
  • Budget 2026-27: 214,952 thousand AUD
  • Highest total remuneration: 810,132 AUD
  • Directory roles: 34

Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.

Coverage — named in the headline (40)

Passing mentions (10 shown)

Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.

Names over time

What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.

Reported asSourceYearsRows
ANAO ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2010-11 to 2016-171,406
ANAO ⚠️APSC agency metrics2010-11 to 2016-1745
Australian National Audit OfficeAPSC APS Employment Data2017-18 to 2025-261,593
Australian National Audit OfficeAPSC agency metrics2017-18 to 2025-26201
Australian National Audit OfficeAnnual report KMP disclosure2018-19 to 2024-25141
Australian National Audit OfficeAnnual report governance tables2018-19 to 2024-2571
Australian National Audit OfficeAusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract)2019-20 to 2026-27902
Australian National Audit OfficeAnnual report expenditure2019-20 to 2024-2537
Australian National Audit OfficePortfolio Budget Statements2024-25 to 2029-30180

⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as ANAO (2010-11 to 2016-17). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency

CategoryPaymentsTotal
Non-consultancy contracts15$14,715,034
Consultancy15$573,429
Advertising and campaigns7$165,330

Largest recipients across all reported years

OrganisationABNReported totalYears
PricewaterhouseCoopers—$4,883,0002021-22
Ernst & Young—$4,257,0002021-22
ASG Group—$3,968,0002021-22
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu74490121060$1,959,6442021-22, 2023-24, 2024-25
Orima Research (market research organisation)—$165,3302019-20, 2020-21
Orima Research (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)77076347914$140,2452021-22, 2023-24, 2024-25
RSM Bird Cameron—$48,0002021-22
Ernst and Young75288172749$8,9532023-24, 2024-25
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)52780433757$8,3072023-24, 2024-25
Evolve FM Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)52605472580$7,3102023-24, 2024-25
NRI Australia Limited57070045117$3,3352023-24
Macquarie Telecommunications Pty Ltd21082930916$2,0912024-25

From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.

Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31

MeasureValueBasis
% CALD33.4%at this date
% Female56.0%at this date
% Indigenous0.9%at this date
% at the APS classification level49.9%at this date
% non-ongoing2.4%at this date
% part-time (ongoing employees)8.1%at this date
% who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees)52.3%at this date
% with a bachelors degree or higher93.5%at this date
% with a disability5.5%at this date
Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees)11.9%Year ending December 2025
Headcount455at this date
Mean Age (years)39.3 yearsat this date
Median LOS in APS (years)5.9 yearsat this date
Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees)5.6%at this date

APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.

Year by year

Measure2010-112012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27
APS headcount360373372349342343349359359335373402448481474
SES4942444478
Contracts23715414911585985311
Contract value$56,288,871$45,739,800$20,662,023$22,715,064$31,322,698$49,897,327$11,238,315$8,798,298
Budget ($000)211,292214,952
KMP disclosed223322202618
Top total pay$714,186$779,590$773,407$810,132$661,633$662,108

An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as ANAO (2010-11 to 2016-17). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Sources — annual reports

Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.

YearReportTables
2024-25Annual report°Audit committee nce · Accountable authority nce · Remuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2023-24Annual reportAudit committee nce · Accountable authority nce · Remuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2022-23Annual reportRemuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2021-22Annual report°Board, council or committee · Executives by remuneration band · Executives by remuneration band · Executives by remuneration band · Named KMP remuneration · Named KMP remuneration
2019-20Annual reportTable 4.1: Membership of the Executive Board · Named KMP remuneration · Named KMP remuneration
2018-19Annual reportBoard, council or committee · Named KMP remuneration

° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.

Notes

Links to this page:

  1. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  2. Grant Hehir
  3. Jenet Connell
  4. Peter Quiggin
  5. Rona Mellor
  6. Prime Minister and Cabinet
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