Amanda Rishworth

The 10 most recent “Aye” and “No” votes recorded in the Australian Parliament's own division records this term, sourced directly from aph.gov.au independently of the voting-record data above.

We estimate Amanda Rishworth received a parliamentary salary of: $376,850

Based on the Remuneration Tribunal base salary of $239,270 plus any additional allowance for ministerial, shadow or office-holder roles held at time of generation.

• Latest quarter total: $352,517
• Travel Allowance: $11,350
• Telephonic Services: $728
• Printing and Communications: $85,429
• Office Consumables and Services: $10,079
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $3,258
• COMCAR: $11,218
• Telecommunications - Usage: $1,153
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $821
• Fares: $23,114
• Scheduled Commercial Transport: $809
• Domestic Travel: $166,505
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $38,051

• ADF member ‘person of interest’ after ‘despicable betrayal of trust’ on Navy ship where camera found in women’s shower – as it happened
• The fight over immigration could decide the next election. Labor has to take the gloves off | Tom McIlroy
• Swimmer dies after shark attack at Perth beach – as it happened
• Albanese government considers ‘world-leading’ ban on smart glasses in public offices and buildings
• Fugitive developer tells Icac ‘my money is still in their account’ when pressed on paying ‘the boys’ for political outcomes – as it happened
• Defence joins search for missing bushwalker – as it happened
• Morning Mail: Swans players sanctioned, Meta on trial, why Australian free-to-air drama is dying
• Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision
• Bullock warns more hikes possible after RBA holds cash rate at 4.35% – as it happened
• Court win for low-paid Domino’s workers in underpayment class action – as it happened

• Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring (2022-10-14)
  Michelle Grattan
  The present scheme is for 18 weeks government-funded leave to care for a newborn. There is a separate “Dad and Partner” payment for two weeks.
• Blueprint to tackle violence against women unveiled but detailed Indigenous plan still to come (2022-10-16)
  Michelle Grattan
  One in three women has experienced physical violence since age 15; the figure for sexual violence is one in five. A woman is killed by a current or former intimate partner every ten days
• Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment (2020-06-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government has announced childcare will return to the mean-tested system that was in place before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
• No one has been prosecuted for wage theft since it became a crime. 2 inquiries want answers (2026-04-16)
  Irene Nikoloudakis
  For workers still being deliberately underpaid, it’s vital to ensure these laws are actually working.
• Boosting JobSeeker is the most effective way to tackle poverty: what the treasurer’s committee told him (2023-04-19)
  Ben Phillips
  ANU economist Ben Phillips, a member of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, explains why it regards increasing JobSeeker as the most pressing priority for the Albanese government.
• How the law allows governments to publish your private information (2017-03-15)
  Bruce Baer Arnold
  Privacy laws in Australia need to be reformed, and fast, to stop governments bullying people through publication of personal information.
• We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama (2019-07-02)
  Anna Huggins
  A new legal framework for automated decision making is critical to protect citizens in the digital age.
• Government to pay super on paid parental leave, benefitting 180,000 families a year (2024-03-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government will pay superannuation on its paid parental leave from July 1 next year. The government also announced Funding to spur takeup of electric vehicles and some progress on Closing the Gap
• Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change (2024-04-26)
  Peter Whiteford
  Unemployment and related payments for working-age people were given a welcome boost in last year’s budget. But they remain well below pensions, and far from adequate.
• Women’s job opportunities in the spotlight at Albanese’s summit (2022-07-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  Ensuring equal opportunities and pay for women is one of the wide range of topics laid down for the federal government’s jobs summit, to be held September 1-2.
• Real wages have grown – just – over the past year. But they’re still down near 2011 levels (2025-11-19)
  Janine Dixon
  A horror stretch starting in 2020 saw an entire decade of real wage growth reversed in just three years. It’s a long way back up yet.
• Chasing unpaid wages is slow and expensive. Is a new Fair Work Court the answer? (2026-07-29)
  Tess Hardy
  A dedicated court could help fill a gap for workers seeking justice, but the design will matter.
• View from The Hill: Albanese takes oversight of government’s response to AI under his own wing (2026-07-14)
  Michelle Grattan
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is taking direct oversight of the government’s handling of Australia’s AI rollout with the creation of an Office of AI.
• Has Labor learnt from the failure of the cashless debit card? (2022-08-03)
  Elise Klein
  By keeping the BasicsCard, the federal government seems not to have taken on board the lessons from the soon to be scrapped cashless debit card
• Better, cheaper childcare is on the horizon in Australia, but 4 key challenges remain (2023-02-16)
  Melissa Tham, Cynthia Leung, Peter Hurley
  About 100 early childhood experts are meeting in Canberra today for a national summit on children who are five and under.
• Labor’s JobSeeker reforms are a welcome step – but so far, fall short of a radical rebuild (2026-05-28)
  Sonia Martin
  Yes, these may be ‘once-in-a-generation’ reforms. But for those ‘languishing’ in the system without the help they need, there’s much more still to be done.
• National cabinet to meet on violence against women, with Albanese saying everyone ‘must do better’ (2024-04-29)
  Michelle Grattan
  Tackling violence against women will be the sole agenda item for a Wednesday national cabinet meeting.
• View from The Hill: Albanese shifts Tanya Plibersek from environment, in favour of ‘can-do’ Murray Watt (2025-05-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  The prime minister’s new cabinet dumps a couple, promotes others and leaves some holding political short straws.
• Australia has more women in cabinet than ever before: what difference will diversity make? (2022-06-01)
  Louise Chappell, Claire Annesley
  For many years Australians cabinets lagged behind the rest of the world on gender equality. Now women make up almost half of cabinet and hold a string of key portfolios.
• ‘It cannot be normal that men hurt us women’: what we can learn from the inquest into 4 Aboriginal women’s deaths in the NT (2023-11-23)
  Chay Brown
  The landmark inquest is investigating how four women killed by their partners were failed by systems meant to protect them. How can we stop this from happening?
• 3 in 4 people experience abuse on dating apps. How do we balance prevention with policing? (2023-01-29)
  Kath Albury, Daniel Reeders
  A recent government roundtable proposed stricter profile verification conditions as a response to safety concerns on dating apps. But research suggests users want something else.
• View from The Hill: Record 10 women in Albanese cabinet, and surprise move for Plibersek to environment (2022-05-31)
  Michelle Grattan
  Anthony Albanese has switched Tanya Plibersek from education to environment and promoted Clare O'Neil into the plum home affairs ministry in a 23-member cabinet that contains a record 10 women.
• Shorten for key role on Gonski as Rudd unveils his team (2013-07-01)
  Michelle Grattan
  Bill Shorten will take over the Education portfolio, with its challenge of securing the Gonski school funding reforms, and Tony Burke gets the poison chalice of Immigration, in Kevin Rudd’s extensive reshuffle…
• FactCheck Q&A: have 90% of Labor MPs worked in trade unions? (2018-11-12)
  Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said “you can’t reflect society if 90% of your members of parliament were chosen from trade unions and worked in trade unions”. Let’s take a look at the numbers.
• Figures like Andrew Tate may help spread misogyny. But they’re amplifying – not causing – the problem (2024-05-03)
  Nicola Henry, Alice Witt
  Sometimes it’s easy to point to figures like Andrew Tate and assume they are the problem. But they are more likely a symptom of it.
• Gillard seeks safe hands in reshuffle (2013-03-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  Julia Gillard’s reshuffle heavily rewards her supporters but also, notably, one senior member of the Rudd cabal. The changes load up senior ministers with extra responsibilities, putting key areas shed…
• Grattan on Friday: AI’s opportunities and risks front and centre on Albanese government’s agenda (2026-07-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government believes it can’t allow “the tech bros to let it rip”, as one source puts it. But it can’t allow the country to fall behind the pack either.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on jobs and work (2023-09-29)
  Michelle Grattan
  In this podcast, Treasurer Jim Chalmers canvasses inflation, migration, the cost of living pressures on households and concerns about China’s economy
• State of the states: odds on for a Labor win, but don’t bet on it (2019-05-16)
  Chris Aulich, Ian Cook, Lachlan Johnson, Maxine Newlands, Michael Lester, Nick Economou, Rob Manwaring
  Recent polling suggests the race is tightening. Then again, opinion polling suggested the recent Victorian state election would also be a close affair and it turned out to be a Labor landslide.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers warns rising debt bills are set to hit the budget (2026-09-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  The treasurer says there’s ‘likely to be billions of dollars extra’ in higher bills on government debt in December’s budget update.