Australian Fisheries Management Authority Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 27 October 2026

Total expenses: $48.8 million
Ongoing staff: 139
Non-ongoing staff: 24
Consultancy contracts: $5 million; 29 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $15.7 million; 140 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $48.8 million (48,848 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $24.5 million (24,527 in $'000)
Suppliers: $21.7 million (21,660 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $27.9 million (27,889 in $'000)
Own-source income: $0 (0 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 139 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 24 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: $5 million (4,962 in $'000)
Contracts: 29
New contracts: 14
Ongoing contracts: 15

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $15.7 million (15,704 in $'000)
Contracts: 140
New contracts: 62
Ongoing contracts: 78

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel10 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
Wez Norris	Chief Executive Officer	458,390	0	30,923	5,902	495,215
Anna Willock	Deputy Chief Executive Officer	308,744	4,561	50,481	14,928	378,714
Mira Bacelj	Chief Operating Officer	245,650	19,661	37,752	7,657	310,720
Justin Bathurst	General Manager	242,740	4,561	38,120	16,171	301,592
Helen Kroger	Commissioner (Chair)	87,996	0	10,580	0	98,576
Brett McCallum	Commissioner	44,008	0	5,288	0	49,296
Scott Spencer	Commissioner	44,008	0	5,288	0	49,296
Sevaly Sen	Commissioner	44,008	0	5,288	0	49,296
Ian Dutton	Commissioner	44,008	0	5,288	0	49,296
Sally Troy	Commissioner	44,008	0	5,288	0	49,296

Information about remuneration for senior executives12 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for senior executives · Licence CC BY 4.0

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	0	0	0	0	0	0
220001 - 245000	0	0	0	0	0	0
245001 - 270000	0	0	0	0	0	0
270001 - 295000	0	0	0	0	0	0
295001 - 320000	2	244,195	12,111	37,936	11,914	306,156
320001 - 345000	0	0	0	0	0	0
345001 - 370000	0	0	0	0	0	0
370001 - 395000	1	308,744	4,561	50,481	14,928	378,714
395001 - 420000	0	0	0	0	0	0
420001 - 445000	0	0	0	0	0	0
445001 - 470000	0	0	0	0	0	0
470001 - 495000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
CSIRO (Division of Fisheries)ABN 41687119230	2,899
Fishwell Pty LtdABN 49674230669	557
University of TasmaniaABN 30764374782	397

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Cushman and Wakefield Pty LtdABN 77074196991	1,770
A23 Pty LtdABN 81612329781	1,392
Archipelago Marine Research Ltd	995