Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Education portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
- Contract value (all years): no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
- APS headcount: no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
- Budget 2026-27: 37,697 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 516,544 AUD
- Directory roles: 5
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (1)
- 2015-05-06 — ‘Difficult to know’ who is steering ACARA curriculum
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-16 — Why NAPLAN still measures the important capabilities for learning in Australia
- 2026-08-11 — NAPLAN at a crossroads: Measuring learning or measuring the same problems?
- 2026-07-27 — Australia’s AI framework promises a workforce it isn’t preparing
- 2025-10-20 — National teaching, learning commission to bring greater coordination
- 2025-02-18 — Civics and citizenship literacy plummets
- 2024-11-28 — Movers & Shakers: Expert panel to examine electricity grid
- 2024-07-04 — Movers & Shakers: Designated complainants, new head of state
- 2022-04-04 — DESE annual report review paints picture of pandemic impact on jobseekers and teacher ratings
- 2021-05-20 — Creativity and crisis: teaching Indonesian in Australian schools
- 2021-01-21 — Young people remain ill-equipped to participate in Australian democracy
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 83 |
| Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority | Annual report governance tables | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 86 |
| Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority ⚠️ | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2019-20 to 2020-21 | 48 |
| Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) ⚠️ | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2022-23 to 2023-24 | 37 |
| Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) ⚠️ | Annual report governance tables | 2022-23 to 2023-24 | 25 |
| Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 80 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (2019-20 to 2020-21); Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) (2022-23 to 2023-24). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Year by year
| Measure | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget ($000) | 34,708 | 37,697 | |||||
| KMP disclosed | 24 | 24 | 28 | 46 | 26 | ||
| Top total pay | $494,419 | $482,302 | $487,474 | $354,769 | $516,544 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (2019-20 to 2020-21); Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) (2022-23 to 2023-24). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
