National Museum of Australia Annual Report 2025-26

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 28 October 2026

Total expenses: $73.7 million
Ongoing staff: 224

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $73.7 million (73,665 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $32.1 million (32,131 in $'000)
Suppliers: $27.2 million (27,223 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $55.4 million (55,362 in $'000)
Own-source income: $13.5 million (13,454 in $'000)

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 224 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 2

Information about remuneration for key management personnel18 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	Bonuses	Superannuation	Long service leave	Total
Ms Katherine McMahon	Director	371,662	57,468	56,548	27,469	513,147
Dr Sophie Jensen	Deputy Director	258,622	0	45,825	13,656	318,103
Mr Rohan Haslam	Deputy Director	256,374	0	35,379	23,440	315,193
Ms Brenda Stephens	Acting Deputy Director	138,061	0	17,640	9,384	165,085
Mr Michael Cook	Deputy Director	269,260	0	39,800	6,657	315,717
Dr Jilda Andrews	Deputy Director	237,727	0	36,044	6,075	279,846
Ms Heather Whitely Robertson	Deputy Director	107,016	0	16,744	1,979	125,739
Prof Clare Wright OAM	Chair/Non-executive member	50,272	0	6,040	0	56,312
Ms Natasha Bowness	Deputy Chair/Non-executive	25,146	0	3,021	0	28,167
Prof Megan Davis AC	Non-executive member	25,146	0	6,536	0	31,682
Ms Janine Freeman	Non-executive member	25,146	0	3,021	0	28,167
Ms Kate Fielding	Non-executive member	25,146	0	3,021	0	28,167
Prof Ann McGrath AM	Non-executive member	25,146	0	3,021	0	28,167
Ms Karen Mundine	Non-executive member	25,146	0	3,021	0	28,167
Mr Tony Ayres	Non-executive member	25,146	0	3,021	0	28,167
Mr Peter Walker	Non-executive member	25,146	0	3,021	0	28,167
Mr Amit Singh	Non-executive member	23,508	0	2,821	0	26,329
Ms Esther Anatolitis	Non-executive member	13,777	0	1,653	0	15,430

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff1 row · 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 bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average other long term	Average termination	Average total
265000 - 270000	1	215,681	0	0	44,906	7,499	0	0	Not stated