Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Annual Report 2025-26

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 8 November 2026

Total expenses: $41.1 million
Ongoing staff: 145

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $41.1 million (41,146 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $23.2 million (23,202 in $'000)
Suppliers: $14.7 million (14,717 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $27 million (26,999 in $'000)
Own-source income: $24.5 million (24,526 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 145 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 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 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	Bonuses	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Karl Hampton	Council Chairperson	55,344	0	6,641	0	61,985
Brenda Croft	Council Deputy Chairperson	14,960	0	1,795	0	16,755
Aileen Moreton-Robinson	Council member	6,368	0	764	0	7,132
Ashley Walker	Council member	12,654	0	1,519	0	14,173
Jayde Geia	Council member	19,004	0	2,281	0	21,285
Leonard Collard	Council member	15,814	0	1,898	0	17,712
Lynette Riley	Council member	12,242	0	1,469	0	13,711
Mark Yettica-Paulson	Council member	18,799	0	2,256	0	21,055
Michelle Deshong	Council member	2,985	0	358	0	3,343
Rodney Dillon	Council member	17,804	0	2,580	0	20,384
Leonard Hill	Chief Executive Officer	320,467	45,143	62,437	5,058	433,105
Carlyn Waters	Deputy Chief Executive Officer	294,513	0	47,305	6,975	348,793

Information about remuneration for senior executives3 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 superannuation	Average other long term	Average total
$0-$220,000	3	127,658	28,637	3,577	159,872
$270,000-$295,000	2	235,661	41,309	5,942	282,912
$320,000-$345,000	1	284,744	35,608	9,250	329,602