Legal services expenditure

Paragraph 11.1 (ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017 (Issued by the Attorney-General under section 55ZF of the Judiciary Act 1903) requires the Australian Bureau of Statistics to make publicly available records of its legal services expenditure for the previous financial year.

The following table outlines legal services expenditure by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the past four financial years.

 2020-212021-222022-232023-24
Total Legal Services Expenditure$232,037$347,602$830,388$1,257,993
Total Internal Legal Services Expenditure$0$195,170$413,875$447,726
Total External Legal Services Expenditure$232,037$152,432$416,513$810,267
Total Value of Briefs to Counsel$0$0$10,278$7,957
Total Value of Disbursements (excluding Counsel)$79$0$1,726$1,209
Total Value of Professional Fees$231,958$152,432$404,509$801,101
Total Number of Briefs to Counsel0011
Total Number of Direct Briefs to Counsel0000
Total Number of Indirect Briefs to Counsel0011
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