Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 4 November 2025

Total expenses: $168.5 million
Ongoing staff: 650
Non-ongoing staff: 34
Consultancy contracts: $3.5 million; 40 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $50.7 million; 342 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $168.5 million (168,505 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $95.6 million (95,608 in $'000)
Suppliers: $52.8 million (52,801 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $155.6 million (155,640 in $'000)
Own-source income: $1.7 million (1,679 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 650 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 34 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: $3.5 million (3,477 in $'000)
Contracts: 40
New contracts: 27
Ongoing contracts: 13

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $50.7 million (50,708 in $'000)
Contracts: 342
New contracts: 145
Ongoing contracts: 197

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel14 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	538,734	0	76,949	13,630	629,313
Creina Chapman	Deputy Chair	192,340	10,645	26,496	5,085	234,566
Adam Suckling	Deputy Chair	122,551	1,795	8,981	2,884	136,211
Carolyn Lidgerwood	Acting Deputy Chair	95,133	11,057	16,366	2,738	125,294
Julie Inman Grant	eSafety Commissioner	463,781	0	30,831	12,238	506,850
Helen Owens	General Manager	329,561	4,362	59,459	8,539	401,921
Michael Brealey	General Manager	319,092	7,755	58,222	8,022	393,091
Cathy Rainsford	General Manager	322,615	4,362	57,894	8,022	392,893
Kathryn King	General Manager	314,565	17,181	47,244	8,022	387,012
Autumn Field	General Manager	310,269	4,362	56,049	8,022	378,702
Brendan Byrne	General Manager	311,506	0	48,329	8,022	367,857
Toby Dagg	General Manager	221,058	14,260	48,375	8,022	291,715
Richard Fleming	General Manager	147,781	0	24,503	3,605	175,889
Heidi Snell	Acting General Manager	109,172	27,593	18,144	3,605	158,514

Information about remuneration for senior executives6 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 termination	Average total
0 - 220000	8	79,963	15,584	12,835	2,553	0	110,935
220001 - 245000	2	116,161	22,333	23,861	3,940	56,238	222,533
245001 - 270000	2	208,379	8,276	34,751	5,545	0	256,951
270001 - 295000	4	229,754	7,381	34,174	6,113	0	277,422
295001 - 320000	5	247,290	13,099	38,828	6,611	0	305,828
320001 - 345000	2	261,594	11,666	45,642	6,203	0	325,105

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Veritec Pty Ltd T/a Atturra Cloud Business SolutionsABN 21166493394	1,084
The Social Research Centre Pty LtdABN 91096153212	363
Gartner Australasia Pty LtdABN 69003708601	178
The Social Research Centre Pty LtdABN 91096153212	159
Omnipoll Pty LtdABN 45606468044	157

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Evolve FM Pty Ltd Facilities Trust Payment onlyABN 52605472580	10,524
Talent International (ACT) Pty LtdABN 95121819305	4,395
IVE Group Australia Pty LtdABN 58000205210	2,707
Dataworks Group Limited (formerly IXUP Limited)ABN 85612182368	2,682
Balance Consulting Services Pty LtdABN 31636099039	2,416