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. It requires agencies to make publically available records of legal services expenditure for the previous financial year.
Our 2023–24 legal services expenditure report
Total (external + internal) expenditure
Item | Value (all dollar amounts are GST exclusive, rounded to nearest dollar) |
|---|---|
| Total internal legal services expenditure | $11,393,761 |
| Total external legal services expenditure | $8,068,870 |
| Total (external + internal) expenditure | $19,462,631 |
External legal services expenditure
Item | Value (all dollar amounts are GST exclusive, rounded to nearest dollar) |
|---|---|
| Total value of briefs to counsel | $209,115 |
| Total value of disbursements (excluding counsel) | $143,836 |
| Total value of professional fees paid | $9,611,377 |
| Total external legal services expenditure | $7,715,919 |
Counsel
Item | Value (all dollar amounts are GST exclusive, rounded to nearest dollar) |
|---|---|
| Number of direct briefs to male counsel | 2 |
| Number of direct briefs to female counsel | 2 |
| Number of direct briefs to gender x | 0 |
| Total number of direct briefs to counsel | 4 |
| Number of indirect briefs to male counsel | 10 |
| Number of indirect briefs to female counsel | 7 |
| Number of indirect briefs to gender x | 0 |
| Total number of indirect briefs to counsel | 17 |
| Total value of direct briefs to male counsel | $46,875 |
| Total value of direct briefs to female counsel | $16,766 |
| Number of indirect briefs to gender x | $0 |
| Total value of direct briefs to counsel | $63,641 |
| Total value of indirect briefs to male counsel | $46,927 |
| Total value of indirect briefs to female counsel | $98,547 |
| Number of indirect briefs to gender x | $0 |
| Total value of indirect briefs to counsel | $145,474 |
The department met the target in Appendix D of the Legal Services Directions for briefing senior and junior female barristers.
Previous reports
Our previous legal expenditure reports are available on the National Library's Australian Government Web Archive.
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