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Australian Electoral Commission Annual Report 2018–19

Appendix H: Workforce statistics

Workforce statistics

Table 36: All ongoing employees by location - current reporting period (2018-19)

	Male			Female			*Total*
	Fulltime	Part Time	Total Male	Fulltime	Part Time	Total Female
NSW	35	2	37	79	34	113	150
Qld	20	2	22	65	10	75	97
SA	10	0	10	19	6	25	35
Tas	3	0	3	11	2	13	16
Vic	29	2	31	66	19	85	116
WA	6	0	6	36	12	48	54
ACT	103	5	108	135	26	161	269
NT	1	-	1	-	-	-	1
*TOTAL*	207	11	218	411	109	520	738

Table 37: All non-ongoing employees by location—current report period (2018–19)

	Male			Female			*Total*
	Full time	Part Time	*Total Male*	Full time	Part Time	*Total Female*
NSW	2	-	2	7	6	13	15
Qld	7	-	7	5	5	10	17
SA	1	-	1	5	-	5	6
Tas	-	-	-	2	-	2	2
Vic	2	2	4	3	12	15	19
WA	1	-	1	4	-	5	6
ACT	15	1	16	14	2	16	32
NT	2	-	2	3	-	3	5
*TOTAL*	30	3	33	43	26	69	102

Table 38: All ongoing employees by location—previous report period (2017–18)

	Male			Female			Total
	Full Time	Part Time	Total Male	Full Time	Part Time	Total Female
NSW	39	2	41	79	40	119	160
QLD	20		20	59	22	81	101
SA	7		7	21	1	22	29
TAS	5		5	12	2	14	19
VIC	25	2	27	66	27	93	120
WA	9		9	39	10	49	58
ACT	105	8	113	128	25	153	266
NT	2		2	2		2	4
TOTAL	212	12	224	406	127	533	757

Table 39: All non-ongoing employees by location—previous report period (2017–18)

	Male			Female			Total
	Full Time	Part Time	Total Male	Full Time	Part Time	Total Female
NSW	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
QLD	4	1	5	2	-	2	7
SA	3	1	4	3	3	6	10
TAS	-	-		2	-	2	2
VIC	-	-		2	1	3	3
WA	2	-	2	2	-	2	4
ACT	10	2	12	16	2	18	30
TOTAL	19	4	23	27	7	34	57

Table 40: APS Act* ongoing employees by classification—current report period (2018–19)

	Male			Female			Total
	Full time	Part Time	Total Male	Full time	Part Time	Total Female
SES 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SES 2	2		2				2
SES 1	3		3	5		5	8
EL 2	16		16	26	1	27	43
EL 1	53		53	53	5	58	111
APS 6	85	3	88	143	10	153	241
APS 5	14	1	15	36		36	51
APS 4	13		13	50	11	61	74
APS 3	20		20	89	3	92	112
APS 2	1	7	8	9	79	88	96
APS 1
Other
TOTAL	207	11	218	411	109	520	738

*Australian Public Service Act 1999

Table 41: APS Act* non-ongoing employees by classification—current report period (2018–19)

	Male		Male Total	Female		Female Total	Total
	Full Time	Part-Time		Full Time	Part-Time
SE1	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
EL2	3	-	3	-	-	-	3
EL1	3	-	3	2	-	2	5
APS6	10	-	10	7	-	7	17
APS5	7	-	7	6	-	6	13
APS4	3	-	3	10	1	11	14
APS3	3	-	3	5	-	5	8
APS2	1	3	4	12	25	37	41
TOTAL	30	3	33	43	26	69	102

* Australian Public Service Act 1999.

Table 42: APS Act* ongoing employees by classification—previous report period (2017–18)

	Male			Female			TOTAL
	Full Time	Part Time	Total Male	Full Time	Part Time	Total Female
SE2	2	-	2	-	-	-	2
SE1	4	-	4	5	-	5	9
EL2	14	1	15	25	-	25	40
EL1	50	2	52	60	8	68	120
APS6	69	2	71	114	10	124	195
APS5	36	-	36	56	2	58	94
APS4	14	2	16	40	11	51	67
APS3	21	-	21	84	13	97	118
APS2	2	5	7	22	83	105	112
TOTAL	212	12	224	406	127	533	757

* Australian Public Service Act 1999.

Table 43: APS Act* non-ongoing employees by classification—previous report period (2017–18)

	Male			Female			TOTAL
	Full Time	Part Time	Male Total	Full Time	Part Time	Total Female
EL2	1	-	1	1		1	2
EL1	4	-	4	4	-	4	8
APS6	3	2	5	4	1	5	10
APS5	5	1	6	4	1	5	11
APS4	-	-	-	6	1	7	7
APS3	5	-	5	7	-	7	12
APS2	1	1	2	1	4	5	7
TOTAL	19	4	23	27	7	34	57

* Australian Public Service Act 1999.

Table 44: APS Act* ongoing employees by classification—current report period (2018–19)

	Ongoing	Non-Ongoing	Total
NSW	150	15	165
Qld	97	17	114
SA	35	6	41
Tas	16	2	18
Vic	116	19	135
WA	54	6	60
ACT	269	32	301
NT	1	5	6
Total	738	102	840

*Australian Public Service Act 1999.

Table 45: APS Act* employment type (ongoing or non-ongoing) by location—previous report period (2017–18)

	Ongoing	Non-Ongoing	TOTAL
NSW	160	1	161
Qld	101	7	108
SA	29	10	39
Tas	19	2	21
Vic	120	3	123
WA	58	4	62
ACT	266	30	296
NT	4		4
TOTAL	757	57	814

* Australian Public Service Act 1999.

Indigenous employment

Table 46: APS Act* Indigenous employment—current report period (2018–19)

	TOTAL
Ongoing	12
Non-Ongoing	2
TOTAL	14

* Australian Public Service Act 1999.

Table 47: APS Act* Indigenous employment—previous report period (2017–18)

	TOTAL
Ongoing	13
Non-Ongoing	2
TOTAL	15

* Australian Public Service Act 1999.

Employment arrangements and salaries

Table 48: APS Act* employment arrangements—current report period (2018–19)

	SES	Non-SES	Total
EA	3	2243	2246
S24	8		8
Total	11	2243	2254
*Australian Public Service Act 1999

Table 49: APS Act* employment salary ranges by classification level—current report period (2018–19)

	Minimum Salary ($)	Maximum Salary ($)
SES 3	-	-
SES 2	269,662	275,909
SES 1	188,977	226,806
EL 2	118,493	218,581
EL 1	100,225	124,240
APS 6	80,255	96,655
APS 5	72,501	79,455
APS 4	65,004	77,142
APS 3	58,322	63,915
APS 2	51,203	56,782
APS 1	45,243	50,006
*Australian Public Service Act 1999

Statutory appointments

Table 50: Statutory appointments under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 as of 30 June 2019

Position	Legislative provision for existence of role	Current occupant	Current term
Electoral Commissioner Australian Electoral Commission	Subsection 18(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Tom Rogers	Five years from 15/12/2014
Deputy Electoral Commissioner	Subsection 19(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Jeff Pope APM	Five years from 19/12/2016
Australian Electoral Officer NSW	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Warwick Austin	Five years from 02/11/2017
Australian Electoral Officer Vic	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Steve Kennedy	Five years from 15/06/2017
Australian Electoral Officer Qld	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Thomas Ryan	Five years from 03/09/2015
Australian Electoral Officer WA	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Fleur Hill	Five years from 23/03/2017
Australian Electoral Officer SA	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Martyn Hagan	Five years from 8/12/2016
Australian Electoral Officer Tas	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	David Molnar	Five years from 8/12/2016
Australian Electoral Officer NT	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Vacant*	Vacant. Term not to exceed seven years
Chairperson Australian Electoral Commission	Subsection 6(2)(a) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	The Hon. Dennis Cowdroy OAM QC	Five years from 23/03/2015
Non-judicial member Australian Electoral Commission	Subsection 6(2)(c) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	David Kalisch	Five years from 30/04/2015

*These duties are being performed by Geoff Bloom in an acting capacity.

Key management remuneration

Table 51: Information about remuneration for key management personnel—current report period (2018–19)

Executive Remuneration Reporting (KMP)		Short-term benefits			Post-employment benefits	Other long-term benefits		Termination Benefits	Total remuneration
Name	Position title	Base salary $	Bonuses $	Other benefits and allowances $	Superannuation contributions ($)	Long service leave ($)	Other long-term benefits ($)
Tom Rogers	Electoral Commissioner	509,423	-	-	71,182	11,913	-	-	592,518
Jeff Pope	Deputy Electoral Commissioner	314,031	-	-	42,723	7,286	-	-	364,040
Andrew Gately	First Assistant Commissioner	278,796	-	-	50,043	6,599	-	-	335,438
Tim Courtney	First Assistant Commissioner	265,284	-	-	51,575	6,635	-	-	323,494
Total		1,367,534	-	-	215,523	32,434	-	-	1,615,491
* Due to the calculation methodology figures in the table above may not agree to those published for Statutory Appointments by the Remuneration Tribunal.

Table 52: Information about remuneration for senior executives—current report period (2018–19)

		Short-term benefits			Post-employment benefits	Other long-term benefits		Termination Benefits	Total Remuneration
Remuneration Band	Number of Senior Executives	Average Base salary ($)	Average Bonuses ($)	Average other benefits and allowances ($)	Average Superannuation contribution ($)	Average Long service leave ($)	Average other long-term benefit ($)	Averag Termination Benefit ($)	Average total Remuneration ($)
$0 - $220,000	6	$115,267	-	-	$20,740	$6,778	-	$9,565	$152,350
$220,001 - $245,000	4	$190,327	-	-	$31,460	$9,024	-	-	$230,811
$245,001 - $270,000	3	$206,689	-	-	$37,549	$13,584	-	-	$257,823
$270,001 - $295,000	4	$243,187	-	-	$34,129	$6,687	-	-	$284,002

Table 53: Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff—current report period (2018–19)

		Short-term benefits			Post-employment benefits	Other long-term benefits		Termination Benefits	Total Remuneration
Remuneration Band	Number of Senior Executives	Average Base salary ($)	Average Bonuses ($)	Average other benefits and allowance ($)	Average Superannuation contribution ($)	Average long service leave ($)	Average other long-term benefit ($)	Average Termination Benefit ($)	Average total Remuneration ($)
245,001–270,000	1	219,597.00	-	-	33,296.00	5,331.00	-	-	258,224.00

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