Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator Annual Report 2025-26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 3 November 2026

Total expenses: $24.2 million
Ongoing staff: 67
Non-ongoing staff: 7
Consultancy contracts: $67,000; 1 contract
Non-consultancy contracts: $6.4 million; 32 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $24.2 million (24,231 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $12.9 million (12,946 in $'000)
Suppliers: $11.3 million (11,285 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $29.3 million (29,250 in $'000)
Own-source income: $2.1 million (2,090 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 67 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 7 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: $67,000 (67 in $'000)
Contracts: 1
New contracts: 1
Ongoing contracts: 0

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $6.4 million (6,388 in $'000)
Contracts: 32
New contracts: 32
Ongoing contracts: 0

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel3 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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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
Michael Drake	Director-General	333,597	15,157	20,654	7,869	377,278
Dale Heinken	Deputy Director-General	81,215	13,412	6,808	1,444	102,879
Ryan Gilchrist	Deputy Director-General (Acting)	156,642	0	13,846	3,972	174,460

Information about remuneration for senior executives2 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 bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
0 - 220000	1	146,717	0	0	23,826	3,638	0	0	174,181
220001 - 245000	1	197,766	0	0	31,073	5,023	0	0	233,862

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)1 row · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Bellchambers BarrettABN 14942509138	67

Table 15: Organisations receiving a share of reportable non-consultancy contract expenditure17 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Ernst & Young ConsultingABN 75288172749	5,320
Systems, Planning and Analysis Australia Pty LtdABN 58621832102	271
Bokhara Projects Pty LtdABN 85619368348	250
The Nous GroupABN 66086210344	150
Frazer-Nash ConsultancyABN 20578377332	130
Australian Government Solicitor – Matter Operating AccountABN 69405937639	94
Effective People Pty LtdABN 79063100201	36
BMT Defence and Security Aust Pty LtdABN 74112778444	27
Horizon One Recruitment Pty LtdABN 98129885838	20
Morpht Pty LtdABN 51156310922	18
ASC Pty LtdABN 64008605034	14
1 and One Pty LtdABN 13637567947	14
Equity Partners & DC Pty Ltd ATF DC Family TrustABN 60925763243	13
RECAP Consultants Pty Ltd TrustABN 24212421202	11
Athru Solutions Pty LtdABN 39656189516	8
Talent International Holdings Pty LtdABN 28131419577	6
Dalla Costa Pty LimitedABN 61123239903	6