Australian Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2025-26

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 10 November 2026

Total expenses: $45.8 million
Ongoing staff: 154

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $45.8 million (45,753 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $33 million (32,993 in $'000)
Suppliers: $9.6 million (9,550 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $27.5 million (27,460 in $'000)
Own-source income: $17.6 million (17,608 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 154 people
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Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.

Published disclosure tables 2

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 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	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Hugh de Kretser	President	476,274	30,000	12,608	518,882
Anne Hollonds	National Children's Commissioner ceased on 1 November 2025	119,215	12,196	7,250	138,661
Deb Tsorbaris	National Children's Commissioner from 17 November 2025	238,754	20,739	5,094	264,587
Lorraine Finlay	Human Rights Commissioner	392,203	30,000	10,639	432,842
Rosemary Kayess	Disability Discrimination Commissioner	389,925	30,000	15,238	435,163
Giridharan Sivaraman	Race Discrimination Commissioner	377,780	54,684	7,096	439,560
Robert Fitzgerald	Age Discrimination Commissioner	385,667	30,000	14,404	430,071
Anna Cody	Sex Discrimination Commissioner	357,892	30,000	8,128	396,020
Katie Kiss	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner	356,328	55,643	6,975	418,946
Leanne Smith	Chief Executive	304,227	55,340	55,267	414,834

Information about remuneration for senior executives1 row · 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
270001 - 295000	2	237,979	0	0	39,136	6,310	0	0	283,425