Legal Services Expenditure 2022 - 2023

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This FOI release is a legal services expenditure table for the Australian Public Service Commission covering 2022-2023, most figures redacted under section 22. It reports total legal services expenditure of $867,260, comprising $520,746 internal and $346,514 external. External spending included professional fees of $327,521 and disbursements of $207. Individual firm totals were Australian Government Solicitor $175,339, Ashurst $55,909, MinterEllison $23,703, Norton Rose Fulbright $23,115, Mills Oakley $9,393 and Maddocks $3,046. The Office of Parliamentary Counsel accounted for $37,016. No briefs to counsel were recorded. The document contains no Code of Conduct findings, inquiry reports or correspondence.