Australian Communications and Media Authority and eSafety Commissioner annual report 2023–24

Annual report 2023-24 · Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) · Commonwealth · No report date recorded

Total expenses: $146 million
Ongoing staff: 572
Non-ongoing staff: 38
Consultancy contracts: $3.3 million; 44 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $48.8 million; 395 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $146 million (145,971 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $81.9 million (81,881 in $'000)
Suppliers: $47.5 million (47,450 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $142.4 million (142,422 in $'000)
Own-source income: $2.6 million (2,621 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 572 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 38 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: $3.3 million (3,330 in $'000)
Contracts: 44
New contracts: 19
Ongoing contracts: 25

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $48.8 million (48,762 in $'000)
Contracts: 395
New contracts: 172
Ongoing contracts: 223

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel12 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 CC BY 4.0

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
Nerida O’Loughlin	Chair	542,799	0	74,942	13,169	630,910
Creina Chapman	Deputy Chair	366,768	7,200	59,674	9,826	443,468
Julie Inman Grant	eSafety Commissionner	419,956	0	27,500	10,388	457,844
Linda Caruso	General Manager	154,104	0	32,988	5,145	192,237
Helen Owens	General Manager	291,344	0	56,057	7,728	355,129
Brendan Byrne	General Manager	303,782	0	46,315	7,728	357,825
Cathy Rainsford	General Manager	219,919	0	55,599	7,728	283,246
Toby Dagg	General Manager	298,589	13,970	48,302	7,525	368,386
Kathryn King	General Manager	258,362	8,066	37,638	6,078	310,144
Jeremy Fenton	Acting General Manager	161,072	29,774	29,406	5,009	225,261
Autumn Field	General Manager	191,586	0	34,469	4,920	230,975
Michael Brealey	General Manager	176,100	0	29,549	4,161	209,810

Information about remuneration for senior executives5 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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
0 - 220000	15	73,140	7,464	11,726	2,571	94,901
220001 - 245000	5	166,035	31,966	31,483	4,941	234,425
245001 - 270000	4	192,367	26,065	31,484	5,883	255,799
270001 - 295000	3	236,135	1,504	41,074	6,093	284,806
295001 - 320000	1	246,122	43	44,194	6,093	296,452

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Power Auctions LLCABN 29296829580	449
The Social Research Centre Pty LtdABN 91096153212	396
Moonshot CVE LtdABN 14620660719	379
KPMGABN 47008644728	353
SEC Newgate Pty LtdABN 38162366056	237

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Evolve FM Pty Ltd Facilities Trust PaymentABN 52805472580	11,098
Talent InternationalABN 95121819305	4,357
IVE Group Australia Pty LtdABN 29090618278	2,399
Data #3 LimitedABN 31010545267	1,994
LS Telcom Australia Pty LtdABN 31634294732	1,751