National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Annual Report 2024-25

Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 16 December 2025

Total expenses: $56.7 million
Ongoing staff: 250
Non-ongoing staff: 17
Consultancy contracts: $66,000; 2 contracts
Non-consultancy contracts: $17.5 million; 123 contracts

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $56.7 million (56,661 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $33.8 million (33,784 in $'000)
Suppliers: $16.8 million (16,770 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $39.1 million (39,139 in $'000)
Own-source income: $12.6 million (12,601 in $'000)

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Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 250 people
Ongoing staff table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)
Non-ongoing staff: 17 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: $66,000 (66 in $'000)
Contracts: 2
New contracts: 2
Ongoing contracts: 0

Consultancy contracts table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Non-consultancy contracts

Expenditure: $17.5 million (17,459 in $'000)
Contracts: 123
New contracts: 60
Ongoing contracts: 63

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

Published disclosure tables 4

Information about remuneration for key management personnel2 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	Bonuses	Other benefits	Superannuation	Long service leave	Other long term	Termination	Total
Prof. Steven Wesselingh	Chief Executive Officer	543,023	0	5,669	49,147	9,609	0	0	607,449
Prue Torrance	General Manager and Chief Operating Officer	283,359	0	58,371	38,552	17,324	0	0	397,606

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 other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average total
245001 - 270000	1	190,373	38,388	30,937	8,874	268,571
295001 - 320000	1	223,922	41,541	43,349	10,993	319,804
320001 - 345000	1	244,246	30,685	43,814	7,772	326,517
345001 - 370000	1	244,155	49,317	45,433	10,797	349,702

Organisations Receiving a Share of Reportable Consultancy Contract Expenditure Current Report Period (2024-25)2 rows · Unit: $'000 GST inclusive

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Organisation	Expenditure$'000 GST inclusive
BELLCHAMBERS BARRETTABN 14942509138	50
KISHWAR PTY LTDABN 15617539821	16

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
EVOLVE FM PTY LTDABN 52605472580	3,864
SEMANTIC SCIENCES PTY LTDABN 73131377654	3,336
F1 SOLUTIONS PTY LTDABN 62072832878	2,769
DIGITAL61 PTY LTDABN 42620189862	1,840
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRALIA)ABN 47001407281	692