Climate Change Authority Annual Report 2023-24

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 4 February 2025

Total expenses: $13 million
Ongoing staff: 58
Non-ongoing staff: 8
Consultancy contracts: $287,000; 4 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $3 million; 37 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $13 million (13,009 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $9.3 million (9,297 in $'000)
Suppliers: $3.1 million (3,106 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $13.4 million (13,396 in $'000)
Own-source income: $79,000 (79 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 58 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 8 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: $287,000 (287 in $'000)
Contracts: 4
New contracts: 3
Ongoing contracts: 1

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Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $3 million (2,999 in $'000)
Contracts: 37
New contracts: 19
Ongoing contracts: 18

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel5 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
Brad Archer	Chief Executive Officer	336,178	2,697	50,720	12,388	401,983
Eliza Murray	General Manager	266,238	2,697	38,853	7,604	315,392
Matthew Searson	General Manager	222,528	2,697	40,712	9,782	275,809
Samantha MacCready	General Manager/CFO	172,334	3,050	28,824	-17,665	186,543
Joe Hardwicke	General manager/CFO	47,683	746	6,807	1,896	57,132

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff1 row · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

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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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Worley Consulting Pty LtdABN 50098008818	175
The Boston Consulting Group Pty LtdABN 70007347131	71
The Trustee for Birdanco Practice TrustABN 65319382479	41

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2023-24)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Affinity Constructions (AUST) Pty LtdABN 47615588291	1,647
CSIROABN 41487119230	397
ISPTABN 17004973684	383
Ernst & Young Pty LtdABN 60585018782	93
Rebecca BlurtonABN 78160540280	78