Cotton Research and Development Corporation Annual Report 2024-25

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 31 October 2025

Total expenses: $21.8 million
Ongoing staff: 16

Official source

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $21.8 million (21,802 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $3.1 million (3,137 in $'000)
Suppliers: $1.2 million (1,158 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $21.2 million (21,203 in $'000)
Own-source income: $0 (0 in $'000)

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 16 people
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.

Published disclosure tables 1

Information about remuneration for key management personnel11 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 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	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Richard Haire	Chair	67,460	7,758	0	75,218
Bernie George	Deputy Chair	40,480	4,655	0	45,135
Julie Bird	Non-Executive Director	40,480	4,655	0	45,135
Niall Blair	Non-Executive Director	40,480	838	0	41,318
Ross Burnett	Non-Executive Director	40,480	4,655	0	45,135
Sally Morgan	Non-Executive Director	40,480	4,655	0	45,135
Michelle Tierney	Non-Executive Director	40,480	4,655	0	45,135
Allan Williams	Executive Director	277,757	33,179	11,057	321,993
Meredith Conaty (Part-time)	GM Innovation	174,921	26,650	4,855	206,426
Ruth Redfern	GM Comms & Extension	197,281	22,878	4,981	225,140
Graeme Tolson	GM Business & Finance	198,844	23,870	5,355	228,069