2025-26 Geoscience Australia Annual Report

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 28 October 2026

Total expenses: $299 million
Ongoing staff: 761
Non-ongoing staff: 16
Consultancy contracts: $8.1 million; 93 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $183.6 million; 775 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $299 million (298,957 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $117.2 million (117,215 in $'000)
Suppliers: $138.5 million (138,517 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $341.4 million (341,355 in $'000)
Own-source income: $36.3 million (36,327 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 761 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 16 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: $8.1 million (8,140 in $'000)
Contracts: 93
New contracts: 36
Ongoing contracts: 57

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $183.6 million (183,624 in $'000)
Contracts: 775
New contracts: 368
Ongoing contracts: 407

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

Published disclosure tables 5

Information about remuneration for key management personnel6 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
Melissa Harris	Chief Executive Officer	538,499	0	64,423	112	603,033
Steven Hill	Chief Scientist	105,296	0	14,886	1,999	122,181
Andrew Heap	Chief of Division – Minerals, Energy and Groundwater	352,603	0	63,032	9,277	424,912
Trent Rawlings	Chief of Division – Enabling Services	275,996	707	51,591	11,296	339,591
Maree Wilson	Chief of Division – Place and Communities	311,809	0	45,207	12,024	369,040
Alison Rose	Chief of Division – Space	344,140	0	60,901	8,987	414,028

Information about remuneration for senior executives4 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
$220,001-245,000	1	207,146	30,016	7,664	244,825
$270,001 - $295,000	1	237,052	34,144	5,714	275,978
$320,001 - $345,000	1	272,485	49,035	6,700	328,220
$345,001 - $370,000	1	303,462	43,314	8,280	355,055

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff4 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
$265,000 - $270,000	1	221,891	42,299	5,549	269,739
$270,001 - $295,000	5	236,031	38,677	5,517	280,226
$295,001 - $320,000	5	255,590	44,389	7,803	307,783
$320,001 - $345,000	1	268,198	47,356	7,155	322,709

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)10 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Nous Group Pty LtdABN 66086210344	997
J.N Abrahams & Others T/A Norton Rose Fulbright AustraliaABN 32720868049	731
Kingston Reid Pty LtdABN 20634832965	559
The Aerospace Corporation	500
Terrace ServicesABN 44054453897	487
Spatial Information Systems Research LimitedABN 49139387232	403
Grosvenor Management Consulting Pty LtdABN 47105237590	396
MaddocksABN 63478951337	362
Boomworks Pty LtdABN 16108661785	252
Monash UniversityABN 12377614012	239

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Non-Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2025-26)14 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Charter Hall Wholesale Management LimitedABN 75006765206	33,770
Inmarsat Australia Pty LtdABN 19090853080	19,376
Onneer Pty LtdABN 72624781013	9,777
Lockheed Martin Australia Pty LtdABN 30008425509	7,048
Evolve FM Pty LtdABN 52605472580	5,779
Cirrus Networks (ACT) Pty LtdABN 85143561291	5,222
Amazon Web Services Australia Pty LtdABN 63605345891	4,908
Inmarsat Navigation Ventures Limited	4,602
Leidos Australia Pty LtdABN 79612590155	4,281
The MITRE Corporation	3,673
Ensign Australia Pty LtdABN 94000385704	3,559
Aztech Well Construction Pty LtdABN 64132051453	2,998
Xcalibur Aviation (Australia) Pty LtdABN 71008685336	2,876
Terrex Pty LtdABN 41090147274	2,574