Bridget McKenzie

We estimate Bridget McKenzie received a parliamentary salary of: $299,090

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: $178,018
• Travel Allowance: $23,997
• Printing and Communications: $6,523
• Office Consumables and Services: $6,601
• Telephonic Services: $17
• Telecommunications - Usage: $233
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $8,115
• Parking: $224
• COMCAR: $12,339
• Fares: $18,212
• Domestic Travel: $57,073
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $44,684

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• Bridget McKenzie admits to 16 undeclared upgrades, including on personal New Zealand flights (2024-11-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  Opposition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie has admitted to receiving sixteen undisclosed upgrades, including on five personal flights to or from New Zealand.
• Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code (2020-01-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  Morrison says he referred the auditor-general report to the head of his department last week to determine if McKenzie breached ministerial standards in her sports grant dispersals.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bridget McKenzie on the need for the Nationals to be noisy (2021-10-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  Michelle Grattan speaks with MP Bridget McKenzie about the Nationals, climate negotiations and her reflections on the sports rort affair
• Nationals elect Bridget McKenzie as new deputy (2017-12-07)
  Michelle Grattan
  This is the second consecutive time the Nationals have chosen a female senator as deputy leader.
• View from The Hill: Bridget McKenzie falls – but for the lesser of her political sins (2020-02-02)
  Michelle Grattan
  Despite the Nationals deputy leader resigning, the so-called “sports rorts” scandals is far from resolved.
• More ‘sports rort’ questions for Morrison after Bridget McKenzie speaks out (2020-03-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  Scott Morrison is facing new questioning over the sports rorts affair, after former cabinet minister Bridget McKenzie issued a statement denying she had made last-minute changes to a list of grants.
• View from The Hill: Breaking Pauline Hanson’s ‘strike’ has taken skin off Bridget McKenzie (2019-10-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  Following a deal with Hanson, some Queensland NSW Nationals were so furious that a leak canvassed mutterings about the possibility of a “spill” move against deputy leader Bridget McKenzie.
• Grattan on Friday: Bridget McKenzie has made herself a sitting duck (2020-01-23)
  Michelle Grattan
  The damaging longer-term risk for Prime Minister Scott Morrison is that some people have re-thought their view of him over the sports grants saga and his missteps in handling the bushfires.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael McCormack moves on from his near-death experience (2020-02-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  On this podcast, the Nationals leader defends his new frontbench line up against criticism it's short on women, mounts a strong pitch in favour of coal, and rejects claims that he's a weak leader.
• VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on sports rorts, Nationals’ turmoil and new Greens leadership (2020-02-07)
  Michelle Grattan
  Parliament’s first week for 2020 was a hectic one, with the fallout from the ‘sports rorts’ affair requiring a Cabinet reshuffle, and Adam Bandt being elected the new leader of The Greens.
• VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Hanson dairy deal - and John Setka’s resignation (2019-10-25)
  Michelle Grattan
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• FactCheck Q&A: Is Australia one of the few countries worldwide to accept foreign political donations? (2016-09-19)
  Marian Sawer
  Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie said Australia is one of the few countries in the world to accept foreign political donations. Is that true?
• View from The Hill: We need to see Gaetjens’ report on McKenzie – not least for Gaetjens’ sake (2020-02-05)
  Michelle Grattan
  If the PM continues to hide behind cabinet confidentiality and precedent, it won’t just be his skin that sustains bruises, but that of his right hand bureaucrat.
• ‘Sports rorts’ shows the government misunderstands the public service (2020-01-30)
  Andrew Podger
  The government’s approach to Bridget McKenzie reveals a remarkable misunderstanding (or perhaps a remarkable misrepresentation) of the respective roles of ministers and administrators.
• David Littleproud cites nuclear energy disagreement as major factor in Coalition split (2025-05-20)
  John Quiggin
  Littleproud could not balance his party’s competing views on energy policy while inking a deal with the Liberals. Instead, the party will go it alone.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Deputy PM Michael McCormack on the drought and restive Nationals (2019-10-23)
  Michelle Grattan
  Following tensions in the Nationals party room over the bring-forward of the dairy code for Pauline Hanson, the Deputy PM admits that the party leadership mishandled the situation.
• Nationals buck government line on Adler (2016-11-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  Two Nationals crossed the floor and four others failed to vote on a motion from Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm to disallow the import ban on the Adler lever-action shotgun.
• Blame game as government forced to filibuster to fill Senate work gap (2016-09-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Turnbull government was caught out by not having any legislation for the Senate to consider.
• Gaetjens criticises McKenzie’s handling of grants decisions, but defends his finding funding wasn’t politically biased (2020-02-14)
  Michelle Grattan
  Phil Gaetjens has released submissions to the Senate inquiry into the “sports rorts” scandal, the government continuing to resist releasing the formal report.
• View from The Hill: Coalition split puts Victorian and NSW Nationals Senate seats at high risk (2025-05-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Coalition split threatens to unseat two National senators at the next election.
• Senate committee says government should ‘immediately review’ its rejection of Qatar flights (2023-10-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  The inquiry’s report is sharply critical of Qantas, and has recommended the decision to block extra flights sought by Qatar Airways be immediately reviewed
• Shattered Nationals meet to chart their post-Barnaby course (2018-02-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  Demoralised Nationals will meet on Monday morning to replace Barnaby Joyce.
• Nationals rally behind Joyce’s leadership but he is on notice (2018-02-15)
  Michelle Grattan
  Some Liberals have been unhappy at the prospect of Barnaby Joyce being acting prime minister when Malcolm Turnbull visits the US.
• So the government gave sports grants to marginal seats. What happens now? (2020-01-17)
  Maria O'Sullivan
  An audit office report has accused the government of using grants to influence votes. So what are the consequences?
• View from The Hill: Politicians not bureaucrats are the ones in touch, Morrison claims in sports affair (2020-01-29)
  Michelle Grattan
  Despite Morrison saying how much he respected the “professionalism”, “expertise” and “skills” of the public service, his remarks won’t be lost on federal bureaucrats.
• Richard Di Natale quits Greens leadership, as Barnaby Joyce seeks a tilt at Michael McCormack (2020-02-03)
  Michelle Grattan
  Natale’s shock resignation comes as former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce announced he would challenge Nationals leader Michael McCormack if there was a move for a leadership spill on Tuesday.
• New Nationals leader Littleproud says ‘sensible centre’ is where elections are won (2022-05-30)
  Michelle Grattan
  Barnaby Joyce rolled by party leadership spill, while Peter Dutton pledges to lead the Liberals with “policies squarely aimed at the forgotten Australians in the suburbs”.
• Nationals leader Michael McCormack acknowledges snafu over Hanson dairy deal (2019-10-23)
  Michelle Grattan
  Speaking with The Conversation’s politics podcast, McCormack said in hindsight, it would have been better to have told Nationals who’d been agitating for the code that negotiations were underway.
• Joyce repays supporters and demotes opponents in a ‘reward and punishment’ reshuffle (2021-06-27)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie has been restored to cabinet and Darren Chester has been dropped to the backbench in a reshuffle of blatant reward and punishment following Barnaby Joyce’s elevation.
• Scott Morrison’s ‘resilience’ speech overshadowed as McKenzie crisis deepens (2020-01-28)
  Michelle Grattan
  Morrison’s hope for clear air for his messages is being stymied by the crisis around deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie, as more damaging information emerges against her in the sports rorts affair.