Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Annual Report 2025-26

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 27 October 2026

Total expenses: $41.8 million
Ongoing staff: 118

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $41.8 million (41,809 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $26 million (26,027 in $'000)
Suppliers: $14 million (14,010 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $22 million (21,988 in $'000)
Own-source income: $42 million (42,046 in $'000)

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 118 people
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.

Published disclosure tables 3

Information about remuneration for key management personnel15 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for key management personnel · Licence entity-copyright

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
Anne Duggan	Chief Executive Officer	495,408	17,774	30,169	15,243	558,594
Christopher Leahy	Chief Operating Officer	326,234	57,888	54,114	11,333	449,569
Suchit Handa	Acting Chief Operating Officer	19,129	0	2,682	587	22,398
Christine Kilpatrick	Board Chair	87,596	0	10,511	0	98,107
Christine Gee	Board Member	28,916	0	3,470	0	32,386
Peter McClellan	Board Member	28,916	0	3,470	0	32,386
Leanne Wells	Board Member	28,916	0	3,470	0	32,386
Alicia Veasey	Board Member	28,916	0	3,470	0	32,386
Jeffrey Braithwaite	Board Member	28,916	0	3,470	0	32,386
David Swan	Board Member	28,916	0	3,470	0	32,386
Hannah Seymour	Board Member	28,916	0	3,470	0	32,386
Helena Williams	Board Member	22,683	0	2,775	0	25,458
Kylie Ward	Board Member	8,549	0	1,026	0	9,575
Hung Nguyen	Board Member	6,233	0	748	0	6,981
Total	-	1,168,243	75,662	126,316	27,163	1,397,384

Information about remuneration for senior executives5 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for senior executives · Licence entity-copyright

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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
0-220,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
220,001-245,000	1	188,022	12,818	30,171	10,597	241,608
245,001-270,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
370,001-395,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
395,001-420,000	1	338,784	17,774	51,120	11,077	418,755

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff7 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff · Licence entity-copyright

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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
265,000-270,000	0	0	0	0	0	Not stated
270,001-295,000	0	0	0	0	0	Not stated
295,001-320,000	1	244,072	17,774	36,879	8,578	Not stated
320,001-345,000	1	282,814	0	43,594	10,283	Not stated
345,001-370,000	1	284,877	0	56,618	9,772	Not stated
370,001-395,000	0	0	0	0	0	Not stated
395,001-420,000	0	0	0	0	0	Not stated