Special Broadcasting Service Corporation Annual Report 2024-25

Corporate Commonwealth Entity · Commonwealth · Published 19 December 2025

Total expenses: $504.1 million
Ongoing staff: 1,246

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Published headline figures

Income statement extract

Total expenses: $504.1 million (504,086 in $'000)
Employee benefits: $192.2 million (192,165 in $'000)
Suppliers: $226 million (226,019 in $'000)
Revenue from government: $350.3 million (350,311 in $'000)
Own-source income: $161.2 million (161,226 in $'000)

Income statement table on the Transparency Portal (JSON)

Staff

Ongoing staff: 1,246 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 personnel17 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
James Taylor	Managing Director	927,050	15,382	126,783	42,294	1,111,509
Mandi Wicks	Director, News and Current Affairs	461,455	291	29,932	16,640	508,318
Kathryn Fink	Director Television and Online Content	500,492	14,828	29,932	7,619	552,871
Jane Palfreyman	Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer	465,015	465	29,932	15,923	511,335
Darren Farnham	Chief Technology Officer	413,814	1,313	29,932	19,050	464,109
Nitsa Niarchos	Chief Financial Officer	364,789	482	64,676	24,354	454,301
David Hua	Director of Audio and Language Content	247,232	628	38,016	3,910	289,786
Pamela Cook	Acting Director of Audio and Language Content	92,587	154	11,463	2,322	106,526
George Savvides AM	Chair	122,690	0	0	0	122,690
Christine Zeitz	Deputy Chair	92,023	0	11,412	0	103,435
Peeyush Gupta AM	Non-executive Director	14,480	0	2,389	0	16,869
Vic Alhadeff AM	Non-executive Director	49,083	0	6,087	0	55,170
Katrina Rathie	Non-executive Director	49,083	0	6,087	0	55,170
Aaron Fa'Aoso	Non-executive Director	49,083	0	5,814	0	54,897
Andrew Lu AM	Non-executive Director	49,083	0	5,814	0	54,897
Cassandra Wilkinson OAM	Non-executive Director	47,351	0	9,067	0	56,418
Nicholas Pappas AM	Non-executive Director	26,896	0	2,812	0	29,708

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 bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average termination	Average total
$220,001 - $245,000	1	134,347	92,179	621	12,449	-10,030	0	229,566
$320,001 - $345,000	2	296,625	0	1,366	29,932	14,012	0	341,935
$370,001 - $395,000	1	337,409	0	2,238	29,932	15,984	0	385,564
$420,001 - $445,000	1	386,480	0	1,342	29,932	14,691	0	432,445
$545,001 - $570,000	1	326,573	0	1,192	26,801	17,181	194,361	566,108

Information about remuneration for other highly paid staff8 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 bonuses	Average other benefits	Average superannuation	Average long service leave	Average termination	Average total
$260,000 - $270,000	6	195,850	21,069	717	25,728	4,388	15,747	Not stated
$270,001 - $295,000	13	226,162	7,427	247	28,185	9,038	10,601	Not stated
$295,001 - $320,000	12	240,702	7,470	2,443	29,980	9,505	16,726	Not stated
$320,001 - $345,000	4	272,392	18,243	171	31,131	8,533	0	Not stated
$345,001 - $370,000	3	284,456	18,357	562	40,033	11,245	0	Not stated
$370,001 - $395,000	6	313,705	11,499	2,240	41,989	12,500	0	Not stated
$395,001 - $420,000	1	352,317	0	377	29,932	22,248	0	Not stated
$445,001 - $470,000	1	400,876	0	1,694	29,932	14,337	0	Not stated