National Disability Insurance Agency Annual Report 2025-26

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 28 October 2026

Total expenses: $54.15 billion
Ongoing staff: 10,704

Official source

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $54.15 billion (54,150,239 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $1.33 billion (1,325,159 in $'000)
Suppliers: $870.5 million (870,484 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $2.39 billion (2,390,498 in $'000)
Own-source income: $51.95 billion (51,946,570 in $'000)

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 10,704 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 personnel27 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
Mr Kurt Fearnley AO	Chair of the Board	159,579	0	24,575	0	184,154
Ms Lois Boswell	Board Member	3,056	0	471	0	3,527
Mr Asimakis Darras	Board Member	89,062	0	13,716	0	102,778
Ms Maryanne Diamond AO	Board Member	92,328	0	14,219	0	106,547
Dr Richard Fejo	Board Member	83,598	0	12,874	0	96,472
Dr Rhonda Galbally AC	Board Member	79,798	0	12,289	0	92,087
Dr Graeme Innes AM	Board Member	98,281	0	15,135	0	113,416
Mrs Joan McKenna Kerr AM	Board Member	76,742	0	11,818	0	88,560
Dr Denis Napthine AO	Board Member	61,048	0	9,402	0	70,450
Ms Estelle Pearson	Board Member	93,656	0	14,423	0	108,079
Mr Nigel Ray PSM	Board Member	3,056	0	471	0	3,527
Ms Jane Spring AM	Board Member	3,056	0	471	0	3,527
Ms Leah van Poppel	Board Member	218,563	0	33,373	0	251,936
Dr Ian Watt AC	Board Member	89,062	0	13,716	0	102,778
Ms Rebecca Falkingham PSM	NDIA CEO	245,937	859	9,000	5,869	261,665
Mr Graeme Head	NDIA CEO	447,002	0	25,066	10,668	482,736
Mr John Dardaneliotis	Deputy CEO Integrity Transformation and Technology Services	474,083	0	83,449	11,735	569,267
Ms Amity Durham	Deputy CEO Participant Experience and Service Design	455,230	0	54,076	11,576	520,882
Mr David Gifford	GM Actuarial/Scheme Actuary	389,328	50,032	53,040	10,106	502,506
Ms Penelope McKay	Deputy CEO Partners and Providers	458,839	0	85,142	11,877	555,858
Mr Scott McNaughton	Deputy CEO Service Delivery	517,514	0	82,149	13,418	613,081
Ms Janine Mohamed	Deputy CEO First Nations	444,869	0	69,446	11,485	525,800
Mr Samuel Porter	Deputy CEO Enabling Services/Chief Operating Officer	483,682	0	30,200	12,541	526,423
Mr Matthew Swainson	Deputy CEO Legal, Reviews, Actuarial and Data and thereafter Deputy CEO Enabling Services/Chief Operating Officer	416,108	0	30,202	10,939	457,249
Mr Andrew Maitland	Acting Deputy CEO Service Delivery	207,688	0	26,154	4,930	238,772
Mr Tom McGregor	Acting Deputy CEO Legal, Actuarial, Governance and Reviews	28,352	0	2,048	668	31,068
Mr Aaron Verlin	Acting Deputy CEO Service Design and Improvement	363,362	0	51,418	9,327	424,107

Information about remuneration for senior executives11 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 termination	Average total
0- 220000	46	92,408	148	12,801	2,397	7,373	115,127
220001 - 245000	6	199,149	114	28,768	5,195	0	233,226
245001 - 270000	28	211,745	175	31,999	5,560	8,914	258,393
270001 - 295000	20	226,682	150	35,592	5,840	14,154	282,418
295001 - 320000	19	249,547	703	37,999	6,450	13,211	307,910
320001 - 345000	10	284,765	73	39,129	7,407	0	331,374
345001 - 370000	10	299,602	1,875	48,706	7,768	0	357,951
370001 - 395000	6	286,428	1,063	41,098	7,321	48,412	384,322
395001 - 420000	3	341,514	0	52,814	8,638	0	402,966
445001 - 470000	1	233,088	881	27,401	5,871	194,828	462,069
470001 - 495000	1	201,598	9,257	23,131	4,956	251,081	490,023

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff3 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 total
265000 - 270000	4	171,834	53,944	36,456	3,958	Not stated
270001 - 295000	4	171,856	67,280	36,589	4,097	Not stated
295001 - 320000	1	180,077	85,994	38,224	4,298	Not stated