Legal services expenditure

Read our department’s legal expenditure records.

We publish all our legal services expenditure records from each financial year. This is a reporting obligation under the Legal Service Directions 2017. 

We publish our internal and external records before 30 October. The figures cover the period of 1 July to 30 June of each financial year (exclusive of GST). 

2023-2024 financial year

Category Total cost
Internal legal services expenditure $10,099,218
External legal services expenditure $12,500,945
Total legal services expenditure $22,600,163

2022-2023 financial year

Category Total cost
Internal legal services expenditure $7,225,813
External legal services expenditure $13,380,482
Total legal services expenditure $20,606,295

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