Legal services expenditure

Find details of our legal services expenditure for previous financial years.

Why we publish our expenditure

This is a statement of legal services expenditure in accordance with paragraph 11.1(b) of the Legal Services Directions 2017(Opens external website). It requires agencies to make publically available records of legal services expenditure for the previous financial year.

Our 2024–25 legal services expenditure report

Total (external + internal) expenditure

ItemValue
(all dollar amounts are GST exclusive, rounded to nearest dollar)
Total internal legal services expenditure$12,377,056
Total external legal services expenditure$10,055,398
Total (external + internal) expenditure$22,432,454

External legal services expenditure


Item
Value
(all dollar amounts are GST exclusive, rounded to nearest dollar)
Total value of briefs to counsel$71,181
Total value of disbursements (excluding counsel)$39,117
Total value of professional fees paid$9,945,100
Total external legal services expenditure$10,055,398

Counsel


Item
Value
(all dollar amounts are GST exclusive, rounded to nearest dollar)
Number of direct briefs to male counsel2
Number of direct briefs to female counsel1
Number of direct briefs to gender x0
Total number of direct briefs to counsel3
Number of indirect briefs to male counsel2
Number of indirect briefs to female counsel3
Number of indirect briefs to gender x0
Total number of indirect briefs to counsel5
Total value of direct briefs to male counsel$21,535
Total value of direct briefs to female counsel$24,886
Number of indirect briefs to gender x$0
Total value of direct briefs to counsel$46,421
Total value of indirect briefs to male counsel$9,443
Total value of indirect briefs to female counsel$15,317
Number of indirect briefs to gender x$0
Total value of indirect briefs to counsel$24,760

The expenditure outlined above includes the provision of legal services provided to the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission (DFSVC) and the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People (NCATSICYP).

Previous reports

Our previous legal expenditure reports are available on the National Library's Australian Government Web Archive(Opens external website).

 

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