Climate Change Authority Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 23 October 2025

Total expenses: $13.8 million
Ongoing staff: 58
Non-ongoing staff: 3
Consultancy contracts: $64,000; 1 contract
Non-consultancy contracts: $2.4 million; 55 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $13.8 million (13,781 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $10.3 million (10,325 in $'000)
Suppliers: $2.7 million (2,695 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $13.9 million (13,886 in $'000)
Own-source income: $570,000 (570 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 58 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 3 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: $64,000 (64 in $'000)
Contracts: 1
New contracts: 0
Ongoing contracts: 1

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $2.4 million (2,416 in $'000)
Contracts: 55
New contracts: 36
Ongoing contracts: 19

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

Published disclosure tables 3

Information about remuneration for key management personnel8 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
Mr Brad Archer	Chief Executive Officer	353,720	2,956	54,130	12,332	423,138
Mrs Eliza Murray	Deputy Chief Executive Officer	289,109	20,780	43,167	9,767	362,823
Ms Weilin Chiu	A/g General Manager	59,875	963	8,695	1,068	70,601
Mr Matthew Searson	A/g General Manager	163,538	1,982	31,832	-15,927	181,425
Mr Jed Buffier	A/g General Manager	74,393	11,040	11,042	6,081	102,556
Mr Joseph Hardwicke	A/g General Manager/CFO	230,901	24,876	34,973	6,408	297,158
Dr Jennifer Rayner	General Manager	109,751	729	16,563	1,286	128,329
Mr Tim Banks	General Counsel	211,475	0	39,456	-9,783	241,149

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)1 row · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
The Trustee for Birdanco Practice TrustABN 65319382479	64

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)5 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)ABN 63573932849	737
ISPT Pty LtdABN 28064041283	315
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)ABN 41687119230	200
Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)ABN 74599608295	170
89 Degrees East Pty LtdABN 41140993415	113