The Legal Services Directions 2017, made under section 55ZF of the Judiciary Act 1903, require that Australian Government agencies make publicly available (on the website or Annual Report) by 30 October each year details of expenditure on legal services in the previous financial year. For more information on legal services expenditure and other financial years see the annual reports.

The statement of legal services expenditure by the National Archives of Australia for 2019-20 is published here in compliance with paragraph 11.1 (ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017.

Legal Services Expenditure Report 2019-20 

• Total external legal services expenditure: $709,034
• Total internal legal services expenditure: $0
• Total (external and internal) Expenditure: $709,034

All figures are exclusive of GST and rounded to the nearest dollar.