High Speed Rail Authority Annual Report 2024-25

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 17 April 2026

Total expenses: $64.4 million
Ongoing staff: 14

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $64.4 million (64,434 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $5.7 million (5,744 in $'000)
Suppliers: $58.2 million (58,224 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $55.1 million (55,102 in $'000)
Own-source income: $0 (0 in $'000)

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Staff

Ongoing staff: 14 people
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Staff numbers are headcounts as published in the all ongoing and all non-ongoing employee tables, not full-time equivalents.

Published disclosure tables 2

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 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	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Jill Rossouw	Chair	131,904	2,834	15,249	0	149,987
Neil Scales	Board Member	65,952	263	7,624	0	73,839
Gillian Brown	Board Member	65,952	195	7,624	0	73,771
Ian Hunt	Board Member	65,952	520	7,624	0	74,096
Dyan Perry	Board Member	65,952	125	0	0	66,077
Tim Parker	Chief Executive Officer	515,498	20,076	20,994	8,018	564,586

Information about remuneration for senior executives12 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
0-220,000	0	0	0	0	0
220,001-245,000	0	0	0	0	0
245,001–270,000	1	216,402	34,383	12,528	263,313
270,001–295,000	2	252,566	32,994	2,950	288,509
295,001–320,000	2	275,149	30,912	3,369	309,430
320,001–345,000	1	309,828	30,986	3,667	344,481
345,001-370,000	0	0	0	0	0
370,001-395,000	0	0	0	0	0
395,001-420,000	0	0	0	0	0
420,001-445,000	0	0	0	0	0
445,001– 465,000	1	413,069	29,605	5,243	447,917
465,001-490,000	0	0	0	0	0