Productivity Commission
Productivity Commission
Treasury portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 361
- Contract value (all years): 46,048,599 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 2,567,422 AUD
- APS headcount: 162
- Budget 2026-27: 39,423 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 738,753 AUD
- Directory roles: 25
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (40)
- 2026-04-15 — Productivity Commission calls for accelerated heavy EV agreements
- 2025-10-02 — Productivity Commission steps into GST fairness fight
- 2025-08-20 — Western Australia to establish Productivity Commission
- 2025-04-29 — Queensland Productivity Commission launches first inquiry
- 2025-03-07 — Coalition promises Productivity Commission more regulatory homework
- 2025-03-03 — Angela Jackson takes social policy mantle at Productivity Commission
- 2024-12-03 — Why the Productivity Commission is kidding itself on childcare
- 2024-11-11 — Productivity Commission recommends government fund Australia Post losses
- 2024-09-22 — Productivity Commission wants kids to get three days a week of childcare
- 2024-05-22 — Productivity Commission: Wealth equality improved during pandemic
- 2024-05-08 — Productivity Commission puts its finger on Digital Health dividends
- 2024-02-29 — Murray Darling Basin Plan: Productivity Commission backs water buybacks
- 2024-02-07 — More community buy in needed to close the gap, says Productivity Commission
- 2023-12-17 — New Productivity Commission boss shares mission to keep advice ‘impactful and relevant’
- 2023-11-13 — All eyes on Danielle Wood as Chalmers brings Productivity Commission to heel
- 2023-10-31 — Productivity Commission uses interim report to suggest new Murray-Darling Basin entity
- 2023-10-06 — ‘Blokey’ culture revealed in Productivity Commission’s Canberra office
- 2023-09-07 — Why did the Productivity Commission boss decide to hang up his hat after one term?
- 2023-09-06 — First female Productivity Commission chair as Barrett to take reins of Victorian Treasury
- 2023-08-24 — Productivity Commission boss offers cure for APS ‘system inertia’
- 2023-07-25 — Can the Productivity Commission’s fresh chair take on Labor’s new protectionism?
- 2023-07-24 — New Productivity Commission chair given the job of firing up growth
- 2023-04-12 — Workplace capability will determine Australia’s economic future: Productivity Commission
- 2022-11-16 — Productivity Commission willing to contribute to aviation sector white paper — if asked to
- 2022-09-14 — Productivity Commission calls for improved intergovernmental approach to education
- 2022-06-06 — Productivity Commission says more social housing to be owned by community orgs
- 2022-04-07 — Movers & Shakers: AGD’s new assistant secretary, water pundit joins Productivity Commission
- 2022-02-07 — Productivity Commission tasked with review to find gains as economy emerges from pandemic
- 2021-12-14 — Higher peak fares and shorter peak periods: Productivity Commission wants ‘rethink’ of public transport
- 2021-12-06 — Productivity Commission: Rising house prices bump value of inherited assets
- 2021-12-01 — Regulating emerging technologies — NSW Productivity Commission
- 2021-10-31 — Productivity Commission calls for alternative policies as prisoners reach ‘historic highs’
- 2021-10-28 — Movers & Shakers: Productivity Commission appointment, department promotions, ARC’s new faces
- 2021-08-18 — Foreign-owned water register should continue, despite ‘small’ role, Productivity Commission finds
- 2021-08-15 — Productivity Commission: Australia’s supply chains ‘generally resilient’ in response to COVID-19
- 2021-07-29 — Key Closing the Gap targets not on track, Productivity Commission finds
- 2021-06-24 — Productivity Commission launches dashboard for measuring Closing the Gap targets
- 2021-06-08 — Productivity Commission chair urges government to avoid dismantling good policy architecture
- 2021-05-31 — NSW Productivity Commission outlines reforms to ‘reboot’ economy
- 2021-04-14 — Productivity Commission: rise of the service sector poses policy challenges
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-30 — Go west, young (wo)man. Or go consulting. Otherwise, you’re wasting your time
- 2026-08-27 — Movers & Shakers: Changes at the top across the nation
- 2026-08-26 — Rare, practical guide for public servants partnering with academics
- 2026-08-26 — ‘Bridge too far’: Commissioner calls out WA GST attack
- 2026-08-25 — Set the Standard team to lead Western Power culture probe
- 2026-08-24 — MPs failing their constituents over WA’s sweetheart GST deal
- 2026-08-24 — Monday Briefing: NDIS
- 2026-08-17 — Recommendations to change GST distribution hang in the balance
- 2026-08-03 — Ben Carroll names fresh head of state’s public service
- 2026-07-19 — Education ministers to ‘explore’ national childcare commission
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 15 | $4,151,869 |
| Consultancy | 14 | $733,373 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated | 28004582423 | $1,634,518 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Knight Frank Australia Pty Ltd | 17004973864 | $1,472,777 | 2024-25 |
| HP PPS Australia Pty Ltd | 16603480628 | $642,470 | 2024-25 |
| Today Strategic Design Pty Ltd | 69154560657 | $551,316 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Technology One Ltd | 84010487180 | $201,136 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Squiz Australia Pty Ltd | 53131581247 | $196,653 | 2024-25 |
| Bellchambers Barrett Pty Ltd | 14942509138 | $107,914 | 2024-25 |
| Peter Berry Consulting | 77007400606 | $28,567 | 2024-25 |
| Agilient Pty Ltd | 37157911441 | $22,810 | 2024-25 |
| Christopher Murphy | 97392194495 | $22,000 | 2024-25 |
| Knight Frank Australia Pty Ltd | 17004973684 | $2,774 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Pro AV Solutions (NSW) | 45069960569 | $775 | 2023-24 |
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
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 22.4% | at this date |
| % Female | 60.5% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 8.6% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 47.5% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 4.9% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 12.3% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 42.9% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 83.3% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 4.9% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 27.8% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 162 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 39.8 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 5.9 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 21.0% | 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
| Measure | 2010-11 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 203 | 196 | 170 | 168 | 172 | 172 | 167 | 174 | 173 | 166 | 183 | 190 | 194 | 193 | 177 | |
| SES | 33 | 26 | 26 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Contracts | 58 | 57 | 35 | 50 | 53 | 46 | 54 | 8 | ||||||||
| Contract value | $2,918,360 | $22,552,255 | $3,087,777 | $3,719,487 | $4,629,921 | $4,319,433 | $2,943,363 | $1,878,004 | ||||||||
| Budget ($000) | 39,456 | 39,423 | ||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||
| Top total pay | $500,059 | $618,809 | $618,290 | $637,360 | $645,831 | $577,328 | $738,753 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero.
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.
° 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.
