Clean Energy Regulator Annual Report 2025–26

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 27 October 2026

Total expenses: $132.9 million
Ongoing staff: 486
Non-ongoing staff: 22
Consultancy contracts: $1,000; 21 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $69 million; 328 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $132.9 million (132,870 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $66.8 million (66,839 in $'000)
Suppliers: $61.3 million (61,272 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $131.2 million (131,181 in $'000)
Own-source income: $612,000 (612 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 486 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 22 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: $1,000 (1 in $'000)
Contracts: 21
New contracts: 17
Ongoing contracts: 4

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $69 million (69,000 in $'000)
Contracts: 328
New contracts: 192
Ongoing contracts: 136

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel13 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	546,389	1,696	80,190	7,135	635,410
Carl Binning	Executive General Manager	322,187	1,696	57,315	11,064	392,262
Mark Williamson	Executive General Manager	247,647	734	31,092	10,129	289,602
Jane Wardlaw	Acting Executive General Manager	175,576	953	21,728	7,427	205,684
Liza Pegorer	Chief Operating Officer	297,784	1,696	38,523	7,036	345,039
Bronwen Shelley	General Counsel	157,051	279	26,467	8,586	192,383
Rizwan Akhund	Acting General Counsel	167,437	1,174	24,765	3,571	196,944
Louise Parrott	General Counsel	6,391	74	2,416	0	8,881
Matthew Cahill	Regulator member	62,840	0	7,550	0	70,390
Joanna Sheppard	Regulator member	62,840	0	7,550	0	70,390
Anna Hancock	Regulator member	62,840	0	7,550	0	70,390
Oliver Costello	Regulator member	62,840	0	7,550	0	70,390
Total	-	2,171,822	8,300	312,696	54,948	2,547,766

Information about remuneration for senior executives5 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 long service leave	Average total
0-220000	3	98,502	13,089	4,425	116,016
220001-245000	1	198,722	29,854	8,445	237,021
270001-295000	2	232,870	33,615	14,403	280,888
295001-320000	1	244,665	43,680	10,663	29,008
320001-345000	4	277,737	41,971	9,713	329,421

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Bevington Consulting Pty. Ltd.ABN 12080534005	37
ACIL ALLEN PTY LTDABN 68102652148	23
Indigimation Pty LtdABN 25635551825	10
Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty LtdABN 37001024095	10
Christopher Graham LockeABN 19421729963	8

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26) · Licence CC BY 4.0

Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Chalfont Consulting Pty LtdABN 79648842111	9,830
DIGITAL61 PTY. LTD.ABN 42620189862	4,840
DATA#3 LIMITED.ABN 31010545267	4,780
Pragma Partners Pty LtdABN 61619379154	4,590
Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT)ABN 69008585260	3,660