Clean Energy Regulator Annual Report 2024–25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 27 October 2025

Total expenses: $116.4 million
Ongoing staff: 422
Non-ongoing staff: 20
Consultancy contracts: $231,000; 8 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $65.3 million; 331 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $116.4 million (116,424 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $58.4 million (58,383 in $'000)
Suppliers: $53.3 million (53,276 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $115.6 million (115,567 in $'000)
Own-source income: $425,000 (425 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 422 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 20 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: $231,000 (231 in $'000)
Contracts: 8
New contracts: 5
Ongoing contracts: 3

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $65.3 million (65,298 in $'000)
Contracts: 331
New contracts: 180
Ongoing contracts: 151

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel18 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
David Parker	Chair/Accountable Authority	472,329	1,681	75,860	33,110	582,980
Mark Williamson	Executive General Manager	340,844	1,681	44,389	11,811	398,725
Carl Binning	Executive General Manager	343,537	1,681	53,593	67,185	465,996
Bronwen Shelley	General Counsel	214,079	1,681	39,212	12,456	267,428
Liza PegorerAs published, the parts do not add up to the total.	Chief Operating Officer	273,620	1,681	39,939	7,064	318,304
Katherine Vidgen	Regulator member	31,032	0	3,577	0	34,609
Charles Kiefel	Regulator member	24,685	0	2,847	0	27,532
John Kettle	Regulator member	46,784	0	5,388	0	52,172
Matthew Cahill	Regulator member	14,576	0	1,460	0	16,036
Joanna Sheppard	Regulator member	23,039	0	2,650	0	25,689
Anne Hancock	Regulator member	24,920	0	2,650	0	27,570
Oliver Costello	Regulator member	24,920	0	2,650	0	27,570
Jane Wardlaw	Acting Executive General Manager	55,558	115	8,063	3,465	67,201
Piet Powell	Acting Executive General Manager	27,095	115	3,902	1,032	32,144
Katerina Tsiolkas	Acting General Counsel	4,638	249	729	355	5,971
Rizwan Akhund	Acting General Counsel	5,434	55	1,139	249	6,877
Leanne Rasheed	Acting Chief Operating Officer	6,121	23	1,062	2,094	9,300
Nicholas Smith	Acting Chief Operating Officer	3,536	60	672	88	4,356

Information about remuneration for senior executives7 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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
0 - 220000	13	31,475	319	5,686	15,088	52,568
220001 - 245000	2	167,832	2,008	25,221	29,976	225,037
245001 - 270000	1	223,616	2,014	28,719	11,957	266,306
295001 - 320000	4	1,008,667	10,288	147,418	47,999	1,214,372
320001 - 345000	1	274,806	2,129	43,938	18,238	339,111
370001 - 395000	1	281,843	4,017	45,614	50,139	381,613
445001 - 470000	1	212,165	0	37,601	214,130	463,896

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)4 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty LtdABN 37001024095	64
Analytecon Pty LimitedABN 74140021450	62
ACIL Allen Pty LimitedABN 68102652148	57
Bevington Consulting Pty LtdABN 12080534005	48

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)7 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Chalfont Consulting Pty LtdABN 79648842111	8,898
Pragma Partners Pty LtdABN 61619379154	6,441
NTT Australia Pty LtdABN 65003371239	4,788
Digital61 Pty LtdABN 42620189862	4,690
Data#3ABN 31010545267	3,852
Jones Lang LaSalle Pty LimitedABN 69008585260	3,772
Superior Software for Windows Pty LtdABN 21069371900	3,659