As a non-corporate Commonwealth entity, we're required to make records of our annual legal expenditure public. This is required under Legal Services Directions 2017 (clause 11.1 (ba)).
Each October (before the 30th), we must publish records for the previous financial year.
Australian Federal Police Report on Legal Services Expenditure for FY2024-25
This report lists the Australian Federal Police’s legal services expenditure for the 2024-25 financial year, and is published in compliance with 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017.
Total legal services expenditure
| Internal legal services expenditure (FTE and on-costs) | $ 35 109 151 |
| External legal services expenditure | $ 13 559 439 |
| TOTAL | $48 668 590 |
Breakdown of external legal services expenditure
| Total value of briefs to Counsel | $3 558 096 |
| Total value of disbursements (excluding Counsel) | $539 761 |
| Total value of professional fees paid | $9 461 582 |
| TOTAL | $13 151 765 |
Total value of professional fees paid
| Sum of professional fees spent on legal services from AGS | $5 385 896 |
| Sum spent on legal services from private firms | $4 075 686 |
| Sum spent on legal services from other sources | $0 |
| TOTAL | $9 461 582 |