Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 978
- Contract value (all years): 514,064,402 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 12,050,007 AUD
- APS headcount: 242
- Budget 2026-27: 129,414 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 475,601 AUD
- Directory roles: 4
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (1)
- 2022-04-28 — Movers & shakers: Treasury promotions, new COO for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-06-12 — Inaugural Commonwealth EPA boss appointed
- 2026-06-07 — Spotlight on strength of public service in King’s Birthday honours 2026
- 2026-03-05 — Movers & Shakers: Energy regulator to oversee Murray-Darling Basin review
- 2025-11-26 — APS growth sees more hires beyond Canberra
- 2025-07-04 — Gallagher directs regulators to cut the clutter
- 2025-02-06 — Movers & Shakers: Fresh integrity heads for Victoria, ACT and South Australia
- 2024-01-12 — Movers & Shakers: NDIA promotions, assistant secretaries galore
- 2023-07-20 — Movers & Shakers: Trio of first assistant secretaries, democracy taskforce expert advisers revealed
- 2023-05-18 — What Australia faces if and when we pass 1.5C of warming by 2027
- 2023-03-27 — Where are we going with APS bargaining?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBRMPA ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2010-11 to 2021-22 | 1,693 |
| GBRMPA ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2010-11 to 2021-22 | 97 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | APSC APS Employment Data | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 1,094 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | APSC agency metrics | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 149 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 135 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | Annual report governance tables | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 36 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2026-27 | 978 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | Annual report expenditure | 2023-24 to 2024-25 | 19 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 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 GBRMPA (2010-11 to 2021-22). 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 | 10 | $96,437 |
| Consultancy | 9 | $957 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Environment, Science and Innovation | 46640294485 | $58,694 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Blue Planet Marine Reflections Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 50102280213 | $18,407 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Reef & Rainforest Research Centre | 48118943632 | $9,384 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Pacific Marine Group | 38066261112 | $4,972 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Evolve FM | 52605472580 | $2,812 | 2024-25 |
| Australian Institute of Marine Science | 78961616230 | $2,168 | 2023-24 |
| Charles Kendall Australia Pty Ltd | 86121595337 | $239 | 2024-25 |
| O'Connor Marsden & Associates Pty Ltd | 94135783792 | $225 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Lawyerbank Davis Faulkner Lawyers | 23159266583 | $155 | 2024-25 |
| Aalto Pty Ltd | 36612189465 | $142 | 2024-25 |
| MinterEllison | 91556716819 | $102 | 2023-24 |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 74490121060 | $36 | 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 | 9.4% | at this date |
| % Female | 66.1% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 8.7% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 71.9% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 4.1% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 10.3% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 80.2% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 70.1% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 1.7% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 19.3% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 242 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 44.4 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 5.4 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 12.0% | 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 | 266 | 290 | 255 | 240 | 240 | 238 | 242 | 257 | 254 | 244 | 254 | 253 | 265 | 262 | 246 | |
| Contracts | 169 | 200 | 147 | 162 | 104 | 95 | 89 | 12 | ||||||||
| Contract value | $95,619,552 | $35,041,854 | $39,309,913 | $193,296,548 | $99,949,491 | $28,053,032 | $14,095,384 | $8,698,629 | ||||||||
| Budget ($000) | 115,200 | 129,414 | ||||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 18 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Top total pay | $321,683 | $367,272 | $417,265 | $475,601 | $463,661 | $118,662 |
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 GBRMPA (2010-11 to 2021-22). 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.
