National Capital Authority Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 13 November 2025

Total expenses: $17.2 million
Ongoing staff: 65
Non-ongoing staff: 7
Consultancy contracts: $177,000; 3 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $49.5 million; 165 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $17.2 million (17,245 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $9 million (9,041 in $'000)
Suppliers: $6.3 million (6,268 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $10.3 million (10,326 in $'000)
Own-source income: $4.5 million (4,514 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 65 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 7 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: $177,000 (177 in $'000)
Contracts: 3
New contracts: 2
Ongoing contracts: 1

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $49.5 million (49,468 in $'000)
Contracts: 165
New contracts: 58
Ongoing contracts: 107

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

Published disclosure tables 3

Information about remuneration for key management personnel7 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
Terry Weber	Authority Chair	67,503	0	7,775	0	75,278
Helen Lochhead	Member	27,007	0	2,971	0	29,979
Jenny Smithson	Member	25,559	0	2,864	0	28,422
James Willson	Member	27,007	0	4,078	0	31,085
Karen Doran	Chief Executive	378,147	3,764	32,311	2,794	417,016
Andrew Smith	Chief Planner	301,793	1,737	58,172	16,014	377,716
Hamid Heydarian	Chief Operating Officer	276,679	3,040	57,883	15,050	352,651

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)3 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
Peg Consulting Pty LtdABN 43772534327	153
Ernst & YoungABN 75288172749	16
Duncan MarshallABN 68098445824	8

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
Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty LtdABN 48105493187	8,459
BGIS Pty LtdABN 83064638197	7,278
CitywideABN 94066960085	5,797
Downer EDI Works Pty LtdABN 66008709608	2,030
Hawkins Civil Pty LtdABN 59130697639	1,936