Portfolio appointments and vacancies: 2 March to 3 May 2021

Read our Senate Order 15 appointments and vacancies from 2 March to 3 May 2021.

We prepared these lists for the 2021–22 Budget Estimates.

Energy and Emissions Reduction

Commonwealth body	Appointee & position type	Term start	Term end	Remuneration	State or territory residence
Technology Investment Advisory Council	Dr Alan Finkel AO (Chair)	11/03/2021	10/03/2023	N/A	VIC
Technology Investment Advisory Council	Mr Drew Clarke (Member)	11/03/2021	10/03/2023	N/A	VIC
Technology Investment Advisory Council	Mr Ben Wilson (Member)	11/03/2021	10/03/2023	N/A	SA
Technology Investment Advisory Council	Ms Shemara Wikramanayake (Member)	11/03/2021	10/03/2023	N/A	NSW
Technology Investment Advisory Council	Mr Grant King (Member)	11/03/2021	10/03/2023	N/A	NSW
Technology Investment Advisory Council	Ms Alison Watkins) (Member)	11/03/2021	10/03/2023	N/A	NSW
Climate Change Authority Board	Mr Grant King (Chair)	09/04/2021	08/04/2025	$60,980 per annum	NSW
Climate Change Authority Board	Ms Susan Smith (Member)	09/04/2021	08/04/2025	$30,490 per annum	SA
Climate Change Authority Board	Mr John McGee (Member)	09/04/2021	08/04/2025	$30,490 per annum	NSW

No single appointments in scope of the Senate Order were made during the reporting period.

Commonwealth body	Vacant position
Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee	2 x member
Clean Energy Regulator Board	2 x member

No appointments in scope of the Senate Order were made during the reporting period.

Commonwealth body	Vacant position
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority Board	3 x member
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) Board	2 x member

Commonwealth body	Appointee & position type	Term start	Term end	Remuneration	State or territory residence
Questacon Advisory Council	Professor Elanor Huntington (Member)	18/03/2021	17/03/2024	$418.00 per diem	ACT
Questacon Advisory Council	Ms Jamila Gordon (Member)	18/03/2021	17/03/2024	$418.00 per diem	NSW

Commonwealth body	Appointee & position type	Term start	Term end	Remuneration	State or territory residence
Digital Business-to-Business Partnerships Initiative	Mr Paul Broad	30/03/2021	30/09/2021	N/A	NSW

Commonwealth body	Vacant position
Innovation and Science Australia Board *	4 x member
Australian Nuclear Safety and Technology Agency (ANSTO) Board	1 x member
Australian Space Agency Advisory Board	1 x member
Silicon Quantum Computing Company Pty Ltd (SQC)**	1 x member
The Intention to fill 2 of the 4 vacancies is yet to be determined. Minimum quorum requirements are met with the current membership. * SQC is an independent company, in which the Commonwealth Government is a shareholder with the right to appoint a single Commonwealth Appointed Director to the SQC Board.