This is a statement of legal services expenditure for 2025-26.

We’ve published this in accordance with section 109(1)(d) of the Legal Services Directions 2025, which requires that by 30 October each year, agencies make publicly available legal services expenditure for the previous financial year.

• Our total legal expenditure for 2025-26 was $2,053,212* (GST exclusive)
• Internal $1,406,939* (GST exclusive)
• External $646,272* (GST exclusive)

• Our total legal expenditure for 2024-25 was $1,645,257* (GST exclusive)
• Internal $1,262,340* (GST exclusive)
• External $382,917* (GST exclusive)

• Our total legal services expenditure for 2023-24 was $1,737,642* (GST exclusive)
• Internal $1,259,379* (GST exclusive)
• External $478,263* (GST exclusive)

• Our total legal services expenditure for 2022-23 was $1,514,211* (GST exclusive)
• Internal $1,111,626* (GST exclusive)
• External $402,585* (GST exclusive)

• Our total legal services expenditure for 2021-22 was $1,413,417* (GST exclusive)
• Internal $1,020,380* (GST exclusive)
• External $393,037* (GST exclusive)

* All figures are rounded to the nearest dollar