Report on Legal Services Expenditure 2024-25

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Report on Legal Services Expenditure 2024-25

This is a statement of legal services expenditure by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for the 2024-25 financial year, published in accordance with paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017. All figures are GST exclusive.

Total legal services expenditure was $2,128,175 (excluding GST). This comprised:

Total legal services expenditure$2,128,175
Total internal legal services expenditure$565,668
Total professional fees$1,483,912
Total value of briefs to counsel$71,443
Total value of disbursements (excluding counsel)$7,152

Explanatory Notes

  • ‘Legal services expenditure’ means expenditure on legal services accrued by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet during the 2024-25 financial year.
  • The 2024-25 PM&C legal services expenditure report includes expenditure by PM&C ($1,268,537), the Office of Township Leasing (OTL) ($135,914) and the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) ($723,724). In previous years, the expenditure for OTL and ORIC were reported by the National Indigenous Australians Agency.