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  • Introduction
  • Portfolio Budget Statements
  • Legal services expenditure

 

Introduction

The Fair Work Commission is required to provide detailed financial information each year in its annual report tabled in the Australian Parliament.

The first financial reporting period for the Commission (formerly Fair Work Australia) was 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Annual reports of the Commission and its predecessors (Fair Work Australia, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and the Australian Industrial Registry) are available in the Annual reports section of this website.

Portfolio Budget Statements

Read the details of the Commission's Portfolio Budget Statements on the Department of Jobs and Small Business website:

  • 2020-21 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
  • 2020-21 Portfolio Budget Statements
  • 2019‑20 Portfolio Budget Statements

Legal services expenditure

Expenditure for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020

The tables below are the statement of legal services expenditure for the 2019–20 financial year, published in compliance with paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017. In compliance with requirements for 2019–20, expenditure is reported on a GST exclusive basis.

Total legal services expenditure

Total legal services expenditure $1,180,739
Total internal legal services expenditure $933,810
Total external legal services expenditure $246,929

External legal services expenditure

Professional fees $205,131
Counsel $39,176
Disbursements $2,622
Total external legal expenditure $246,929

Counsel

Total number of briefs to counsel 4
Male counsel (junior and senior) all briefs 1
Female counsel (junior and senior) all briefs 3
Gender X counsel (junior and senior) all briefs 0
Of all briefs, those that were direct briefs 4
Male counsel (junior and senior) that were direct briefed 1
Female counsel (junior and senior) that were direct briefed 3
Gender X counsel (junior and senior) that were direct briefed 0

Gender equitable briefing

  Female counsel Male counsel Gender X counsel
  Junior Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior
Number of briefs (per cent by gender) 1 (100%) 2 (66.7%) 0 (0%) 1 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Value of female and male briefs $33,176 $6,000 $0
Value of all briefs $39,176

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23 February 2021

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