Australian Centre for Disease Control Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 8 November 2026

Total expenses: $25.8 million
Ongoing staff: 262
Non-ongoing staff: 15
Consultancy contracts: $951,000; 18 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $35.3 million; 125 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $25.8 million (25,815 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $18.6 million (18,642 in $'000)
Suppliers: $6.6 million (6,603 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $35.1 million (35,105 in $'000)
Own-source income: $0 (0 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 262 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 15 people
Non-ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.

Consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $951,000 (951 in $'000)
Contracts: 18
New contracts: 6
Ongoing contracts: 10

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $35.3 million (35,318 in $'000)
Contracts: 125
New contracts: 52
Ongoing contracts: 76

Non-consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel3 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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Key management personnel remuneration is reported on an accrual basis for the period each person held the role, so part-year amounts are not annual salaries.

Name	Position	Base salary	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Zoe Wainer	Director-General	164,314	1,381	10,006	1,067	176,768
Paul McCormack	Deputy Director-General	192,299	2,047	33,189	4,777	232,312
Emily Harper	Deputy Director-General	127,248	1,460	19,054	-35	147,727

Information about remuneration for senior executives2 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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Senior executive and other highly paid staff rows are bands with a count and averages, not individuals. Never multiply or add averages across bands, bodies or years.

Pay band	People	Average base salary	Average bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
$0 - $220,000	7	111,081	0	0	18,790	4,098	0	0	133,970
$220,001 - $245,000	1	190,793	0	0	27,585	3,522	0	0	221,901

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Indigenous Professional ServicesABN 32608918252	394
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationABN 41687119230	258
Grosvenor Performance Group Pty LtdABN 47105237590	120
MaddocksABN 63478951337	82
SLR Consulting Australia Pty LtdABN 29001584612	52

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health OrganisationABN 89078949710	11,325
University of New South WalesABN 57195873179	6,259
Monash UniversityABN 12377614012	2,940
Promoting Health4all Pty LtdABN 63684721426	2,850
St Vincent's Institute of Medical ResearchABN 52004705640	2,550