Australian War Memorial Annual Report 2025-26
- Total expenses
- $86.6 million
- Ongoing staff
- 320
Official source
Published headline figures
Income statement extract
- Total expenses
- $86.6 million (86,578 in $'000)
- Employee benefits
- $34.4 million (34,377 in $'000)
- Suppliers
- $27 million (27,025 in $'000)
- Revenue from government
- $50.6 million (50,642 in $'000)
- Own-source income
- $10 million (10,033 in $'000)
Staff
- Ongoing staff
- 320 people
Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.
Published disclosure tables 1
Information about remuneration for key management personnel
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 | Other benefits | Superannuation | Long service leave | Other long term | Termination | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Matt Anderson PSM | Director | 443,196 | 74,033 | 0 | 68,174 | 15,701 | 0 | 0 | 601,103 |
| Ms Anne Bennie | Assistant Director (Branch Head) | 206,488 | 0 | 0 | 54,105 | -58,953 | 0 | 0 | 201,640 |
| Ms Sarah Ozolins | Acting Assistant Director (Branch Head) | 87,142 | 0 | 0 | 7,374 | 66,157 | 0 | 0 | 160,673 |
| Maj Gen Brian Dawson AM CSC (Retd) | Assistant Director (Branch Head) | 211,529 | 0 | 0 | 35,253 | -61,944 | 0 | 514 | 185,352 |
| Ms Melinda Coen | Acting Assistant Director (Branch Head) | 235,500 | 0 | 0 | 36,236 | 72,763 | 0 | 0 | 344,499 |
| Ms Leanne Patterson | Assistant Director (Branch Head) | 239,545 | 0 | 0 | 49,422 | 14,308 | 0 | 0 | 303,275 |
| Mr Wayne Hitches | Executive Director (Development) | 537,938 | 0 | 0 | 77,849 | 15,642 | 0 | 0 | 631,429 |
| The Hon Kim Beazley AC | Council Chair | 59,680 | 0 | 30,000 | 10,762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100,442 |
| The Hon Anthony (Tony) Abbott AC | Council Member | 6,661 | 0 | 3,352 | 1,202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,215 |
| Wing Commander Sharon Bown AM (Retd) | Council Member | 29,850 | 0 | 15,000 | 5,382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,232 |
| Mr Daniel Keighran VC | Council Member | 7,463 | 0 | 3,750 | 1,346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,558 |
| Mr Glenn Keys AO | Council Member | 29,850 | 0 | 15,000 | 5,382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,232 |
| Major General Greg Melick AO RFD FANZCN KC (Retd) | Council Member | 7,463 | 0 | 3,750 | 1,346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,558 |
| Dr Susan Neuhaus AM CSC | Council Member | 29,850 | 0 | 15,000 | 5,382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,232 |
| Dr Karen Bird | Council Member | 29,850 | 0 | 15,000 | 5,382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,232 |
| The Hon Warren Snowdon | Council Member | 29,850 | 0 | 15,000 | 5,382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,232 |
| Ms Lorraine Hatton OAM | Council Member | 29,850 | 0 | 15,000 | 5,382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50,232 |
| The Hon Peter Tinley AM | Council Member | 19,335 | 0 | 11,250 | 3,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34,255 |
| Ms Lesley Alway | Council Member | 19,335 | 0 | 11,250 | 3,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34,255 |
| Major General Wade Stothart AO DSC CSC (Retd) | Council Member | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |