Murray-Darling Basin Authority Annual Report 2025-26

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 27 October 2026

Total expenses: $233.7 million
Ongoing staff: 356

Official source

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $233.7 million (233,699 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $65.2 million (65,228 in $'000)
Suppliers: $142.2 million (142,220 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $64.3 million (64,255 in $'000)
Own-source income: $142.1 million (142,056 in $'000)

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 356 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 3

Information about remuneration for key management personnel12 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
Daryl Quinlivan AO	Authority Chair	135,076	0	16,229	0	151,306
Prof Stuart Bunn	Authority Member	81,052	0	9,738	0	90,790
Dr Jane Doolan	Authority Member	81,052	0	9,738	0	90,790
Belinda Duarte AM	Authority Member	81,052	0	9,738	0	90,790
Roseanne Healy	Authority Member	81,052	0	9,439	0	90,491
Allison Mudford	Authority Member	81,052	0	9,738	0	90,790
Rene Woods	Authority Member	81,052	0	9,738	0	90,790
Andrew McConville	Chief Executive	464,392	0	30,115	11,584	506,091
Scott Ashby	Executive Director	311,508	0	48,882	9,845	370,235
William (Tim) Goodes	Executive Director	369,064	0	52,756	8,296	430,116
Jacqueline Hickey	Executive Director	309,584	3,544	46,284	10,553	369,965
Katrina Tonkin	Executive Director	316,711	0	57,010	12,256	385,977

Information about remuneration for senior executives5 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for senior executives · Licence entity-copyright

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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
0- 220000	2	95,778	0	13,107	4,111	112,995
270001 - 295000	1	246,066	0	31,742	450	278,258
295001 - 320000	4	261,671	0	39,047	14,284	315,002
320001 - 345000	3	283,266	1,181	40,114	7,460	332,022
345001 - 370000	1	303,380	0	42,303	6,803	352,486

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff5 rows · Unit: dollars; band averages are per person in the band

Source table on the Transparency Portal: Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff · Licence entity-copyright

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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average termination	Average total
270001 - 295000	2	119,220	0	27,974	-2,270	134,093	Not stated
295001 - 320000	2	176,022	0	19,856	3,592	103,486	Not stated
320001 - 345000	2	189,701	0	21,544	-4,440	127,578	Not stated
370001 - 395000	1	166,099	0	31,706	3,722	176,477	Not stated
445001 - 470000	1	228,969	3,544	32,602	-21,696	201,996	Not stated