Portfolio appointments and vacancies: 4 May to 4 October 2021

Read our Senate Order 15 appointments and vacancies from 4 May to 4 October 2021.

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

Energy and Emissions Reduction

Appointments

Commonwealth body

Appointee & position type

Term start

Term end

Remuneration

State or territory residence

Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Mr Darren Miller

(Chief Executive Officer)

27/08/2021

26/08/2024

$387,960 per annum

NSW

Australian Renewable Energy Agency Board

Mr Stephen McIntosh

(Member)

18/07/2021

17/07/2023

$1,066 per diem

VIC

Australian Renewable Energy Agency Board

Ms Stephanie Unwin

(Member)

18/07/2021

17/07/2023

$1,066 per diem

WA

Clean Energy Regulator Board

Ms Katherine Vidgen

(Member)

21/05/2021

20/05/2024

$55,430 per annum

QLD

Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee

Professor Alexander McBratney

(Member)

17/06/2021

16/06/2024

$876 per diem

NSW

Snowy Hydro

Ms Leeanne Bond

(Non-Executive Director)

01/07/2021

30/06/2024

$113,470 per annum

QLD

Single appointments

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

Current vacancies (intended to be filled)

Commonwealth body

Vacant position

Clean Energy Regulator Board

3 x member

Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee

2 x member

Snowy Hydro Ltd Board

1 x non-executive director

Resources

Appointments

Commonwealth body

Appointee & position type

Term start

Term end

Remuneration

State or territory residence

Kimba Consultative Committe

Mr Alan Suter

(Independent Convener)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$556 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Mr Dean Johnson

(Deputy Convener)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$556 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Mr Symon Allen

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Heather Baldock

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Mr Jeffrey Baldock

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Pat Beinke

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Mr Randall Cliff

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Kellie Hunt

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Sally Inglis

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Mr Jeff Koch

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Meagan Lienert

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Kerri Rayson

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Toni Scott

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Amy Wright

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Mr Peter Woolford

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Kimba Consultative Committe

Ms Peta Willmott

(Member)

01/07/2021

30/06/2022

$418 per diem

SA

Current vacancies (intended to be filled)

Commonwealth body

Vacant Position

National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority Board

3 x Member

Industry, Science and Technology

Appointments

Commonwealth body

Appointee & position type

Term start

Term end

Remuneration

State or territory residence

Anti-Dumping Review Panel

Ms Leora Blumberg

(Member)

03/08/2021

02/02/2022

$2,000 per diem

NSW

Anti-Dumping Review Panel

Ms Jaclyne Fisher

(Member)

03/08/2021

02/02/2022

$2,000 per diem

NSW

Anti-Dumping Review Panel

Mr Scott Ellis

(Member)

03/08/2021

02/02/2022

$2,000 per diem

WA

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Board

Dr Greg Storr

(Member)

16/09/2021

15/09/2024

$59,440 per annum

NSW

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Board

Professor Bridgid Heywood

(Acting Member)

28/06/2021

27/09/2021

$59,440 per annum

TAS

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Board

Professor Bridgid Heywood

(Member)

28/09/2021

27/09/2025

$59,440 per annum

TAS

Australian Space Advisory

Board

Mr Alfred Wassel

(Member)

08/09/2021

07/09/2024

N/A

USA

IISA - Cooperative Research Centres Advisory Committee

Ms Kylie Sproston

(Chair)

18/06/2021

17/06/2024

$1,166 per diem

SA

IISA - Entrepreneurs' Programme Committee

Mr Paul Hunyor

(Member)

11/08/2021

10/08/2024

$1,166 per diem

NSW

Questacon Advisory Council

Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith

(Member)

06/05/2021

05/05/2024

$418 per diem

TAS

Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board

Ms Viet-Chau Tran

(Member)

06/07/2021

05/07/2024

$876 per diem

NSW

Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board

Ms Kate Duckworth

(Member)

06/07/2021

05/07/2024

$876 per diem

NZ

Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board

Dr Karin Innes

(Member)

06/07/2021

05/07/2024

$876 per diem

VIC

Single appointments

Commonwealth body

Appointee & position type

Term start

Term end

Remuneration

State or territory Residence

Australian Industry Participation Authority (AIPA)

Ms Donna Looney

(Acting AIP)

02/09/2021

01/09/2022

N/A

ACT

Launch Safety Officer (LSO)

Mr Leo Monkivitch

(LSO)

09/08/2021

31/12/2021

N/A

ACT

Current vacancies (intended to be filled)



Commonwealth body

Vacant position

Anti-Dumping Review Panel

1 x member

Australian Nuclear Safety and Technology Agency (ANSTO) Board

1 x member

Australian Space Agency Advisory Board

1 x member

Innovation and Science Australia Board*  

4 x member

IISA - Cooperative Research Centres Advisory Committee

1 x member

IISA - Entrepreneurs' Programme Committee

1 x member

IISA - R&D Tax Incentives Committee

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.