Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 867
- Contract value (all years): 85,215,085 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 11,585,448 AUD
- APS headcount: 185
- Budget 2026-27: 42,195 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 420,743 AUD
- Directory roles: no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Passing mentions (9 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2025-04-13 — Role of regulators looms large in Coalition’s mission to shrink public service
- 2024-06-09 — King’s Birthday honours 2024: Robodebt hero recognised, state premiers’ service celebrated
- 2022-12-08 — New federal Environmental Protection Agency to be tough ‘cop on the beat’
- 2022-06-16 — Movers & Shakers: Three promotions to GM at Services Australia
- 2022-03-24 — Movers & Shakers: new ambassadors, promotion at Services Australia, judge joins Federal Court
- 2022-02-14 — Push for 26 weeks’ paid parental leave in APS emerges in legislation review
- 2021-04-11 — There’s a long and devastating history behind the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia
- 2019-07-10 — International role for ARPANSA deputy
- 2019-03-08 — Movers & shakers: radiation boss reappointed
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARPANSA ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2010-11 to 2016-17 | 1,229 |
| ARPANSA ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2010-11 to 2016-17 | 45 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | APSC APS Employment Data | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 1,362 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | APSC agency metrics | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 187 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2023-24 | 76 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2026-27 | 867 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | Annual report governance tables | 2019-20 to 2023-24 | 26 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | Annual report expenditure | 2022-23 to 2023-24 | 18 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 50 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as ARPANSA (2010-11 to 2016-17). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 9 | $7,397 |
| Consultancy | 9 | $1,154 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barhead Solutions Australia | 75609675854 | $1,673 | 2023-24 |
| Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd | 47001407281 | $1,618 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) Pty Ltd | 78002328449 | $875 | 2022-23 |
| Dell Australia Pty Ltd | — | $811 | 2023-24 |
| Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH | — | $768 | 2023-24 |
| Centorrino Technologies Pty Ltd | 83606931524 | $685 | 2023-24 |
| Paras and Partners Pty Ltd | 20340146881 | $570 | 2022-23 |
| Nuclear and Industrial Engineering | — | $405 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Wormald Australia Pty Ltd | — | $397 | 2022-23 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited | 20578377332 | $373 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Swinburne University of Technology | 13628586699 | $150 | 2022-23 |
| Centium Pty.Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 30646309015 | $97 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.
Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 25.6% | at this date |
| % Female | 43.8% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 52.4% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 14.1% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 6.3% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 83.0% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 82.7% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 2.2% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 8.3% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 185 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 47.0 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 8.1 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 6.3% | at this date |
APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.
Year by year
| Measure | 2010-11 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 162 | 155 | 139 | 138 | 143 | 147 | 144 | 142 | 142 | 142 | 140 | 159 | 173 | 181 | 185 | |
| Contracts | 97 | 105 | 93 | 96 | 142 | 155 | 159 | 20 | ||||||||
| Contract value | $5,413,929 | $6,248,131 | $10,997,071 | $7,662,583 | $18,297,044 | $16,804,984 | $17,808,354 | $1,982,988 | ||||||||
| Budget ($000) | 40,742 | 42,195 | ||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 18 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Top total pay | $387,499 | $400,452 | $404,539 | $289,674 | $397,971 | $420,743 |
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 ARPANSA (2010-11 to 2016-17). 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.
