Climate Change Authority
Climate Change Authority
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 125
- Contract value (all years): 13,216,064 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 1,281,648 AUD
- APS headcount: 65
- Budget 2026-27: 14,079 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 459,885 AUD
- Directory roles: 1
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (6)
- 2025-11-20 — Movers & Shakers: Climate Change Authority announces CEO
- 2024-09-05 — Climate Change Authority hands net zero emissions review to government
- 2024-06-27 — Movers & Shakers: Kean for CCA, first ART members revealed
- 2024-03-21 — Movers & Shakers: Appointments to Climate Change Authority, fresh leadership for WA Astronomy
- 2022-09-15 — New members added to Climate Change Authority following increased responsbilities
- 2015-10-08 — Wendy Craik appointed Climate Change Authority chair
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-03-19 — Movers & Shakers: Grattan research team reunited in APS
- 2026-03-19 — Harris named ‘fuel tsar’ as ACCC probes anti-competitive conduct by suppliers
- 2026-03-05 — Movers & Shakers: Energy regulator to oversee Murray-Darling Basin review
- 2026-01-28 — Sustainability Business Live
- 2025-12-09 — Ghost Bat flies in on precision diplomatic timing
- 2025-11-18 — The highest- and lowest-paid jobs in the APS
- 2025-09-28 — Monday Briefing: AI
- 2025-09-16 — National Climate Risk Assessment under the microscope
- 2025-08-21 — Movers & Shakers: NDIS advisory committee revealed
- 2025-06-26 — Funding for Australia’s climate change adaptation must change, report finds
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 17 | $462,942 |
| Consultancy | 11 | $456,490 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst and Young | — | $206,000 | 2021-22 |
| Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited | — | $178,000 | 2021-22 |
| Accenture Australia Holdings Pty Ltd | — | $172,000 | 2021-22 |
| Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd | — | $150,000 | 2021-22 |
| Meyer Vandenberg Pty Ltd | — | $63,000 | 2021-22 |
| Iceni Group Pty Ltd | 50607624304 | $54,079 | 2021-22, 2022-23 |
| Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd | 98129885838 | $40,059 | 2021-22, 2022-23 |
| Mountain Media Pty Ltd | 61129822859 | $29,052 | 2021-22, 2022-23 |
| Gilbert and Tobin | — | $18,000 | 2021-22 |
| HBA Consulting Pty Ltd | — | $6,000 | 2021-22 |
| Affinity Constructions (AUST) Pty Ltd | 47615588291 | $1,647 | 2023-24 |
| ISPT Pty Ltd | 28064041283 | $315 | 2024-25 |
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 | 22.2% | at this date |
| % Female | 58.5% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 35.4% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 9.2% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 11.9% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 11.9% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 71.4% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 1.5% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 22.0% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 65 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 40.0 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 6.1 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 8.5% | 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 | 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 | 33 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 65 | |
| Contracts | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 5 | |||||||
| Contract value | $294,044 | $450,882 | $1,036,794 | $2,559,048 | $6,051,435 | $1,056,237 | $1,617,836 | $149,788 | |||||||
| Budget ($000) | 14,047 | 14,079 | |||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||
| Top total pay | $232,033 | $459,885 | $399,094 | $0 | $380,933 | $401,983 | $423,138 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero.
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.
