Dai Le

We estimate Dai Le received a parliamentary salary of: $239,270

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: $118,954
• Printing and Communications: $40,265
• Office Consumables and Services: $1,506
• Travel Allowance: $4,508
• Private Vehicle Allowance: $1,516
• COMCAR: $1,040
• Fares: $1,110
• Parliamentary Duties: $254
• Domestic Travel: $13,058
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $55,697

• Politicians and media gather for Canberra’s Midwinter Ball– as it happened
• Jonno Duniam calls Pauline Hanson’s push for monoculture ‘bizarre’ – as it happened
• A shadowy overseas group is trying to influence Australian abortion policy. Who are CitizenGo and what do they want?
• Husic says Labor pile-on after Aukus criticism ‘not healthy’ – as it happened
• Ben Roberts-Smith won’t see full brief of war crime allegations for months – as it happened
• Treasury secretary says ‘no clear evidence’ for CGT reform criticisms – as it happened
• PM says opposition ‘reduced to a farce’ as government targeted over CGT – as it happened
• Dozens of Sydney suburbs urged to reduce water use after major main bursts – as it happened
• Australia Post hikes delivery companies’ fuel surcharge – as it happened
• PM tables election review in question time – as it happened

• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Independent MP Dai Le on the church attack in her electorate (2024-04-17)
  Michelle Grattan
  The stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in a church in Wakeley on Monday has left many in shock. Dai Le, whose electorate features the church where the incident happened discusses her community's reaction.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Community Independent Dai Le on what voters are saying (2023-06-16)
  Michelle Grattan
  In this podcast, Le canvasses the challenges her constituents are facing with the cost of living crisis and the aftermath of the curfew placed on her electorate during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
• We’re about to have Australia’s most diverse parliament yet – but there’s still a long way to go (2022-05-24)
  Tim Soutphommasane
  It may feel like a subplot for now, but this could end up being just be as significant as the teal revolution.
• How the 2022 federal election may finally signal an end to ‘White Australia’ (2022-06-01)
  Andrew Jakubowicz
  At the 2022 election, the trajectories of change differed from each other along almost every conceivable parameter that was not old white male.
• Networks and money: the inside story of how the teals won Australia’s six richest electorates (2022-11-29)
  Amy Nethery
  The 2022 federal election success of the teals and other community independents has been captured in three new books. How and why did they become a political force – and what might the future hold?
• Crossbenchers seek assurances as anti-corruption bill is introduced this week (2022-09-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  While Labor has the numbers in the lower house, it would need one additional vote beyond the Greens if the opposition opposed the legislation in the Senate.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tina Jackson on the independents to watch this election (2025-03-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  We are joined by the co-founder of the Community Independents Project, Tina Jackson - a key figure behind Zali Steggall's successful campaign against Tony Abbott in 2019
• Scott Morrison defeated – Labor to govern in minority or majority (2022-05-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Morrison government has been resoundingly defeated, with Labor headed for office, although whether in a minority or majority was unclear late Saturday night.
• View from The Hill: Ed Husic stirs pot on AUKUS as Peter Garrett to lead public inquiry (2026-06-02)
  Michelle Grattan
  The controversial AUKUS pact continues to cause headaches for the government - even within its own ranks.
• The big teal steal: independent candidates rock the Liberal vote (2022-05-21)
  Amy Nethery
  Australian politics will never be the same after the stunning success of teal candidates at the 2022 federal election.
• Liberal Party reclaims Goldstein – how Tim Wilson turned back the Teal tidal wave (2025-05-12)
  Phoebe Hayman, Amy Nethery
  The Liberal Party has reclaimed a seat lost to the Teals in 2022. Tim Wilson did it by adapting some of the campaign strategies used by the independents.
• View from the Hill: will Albanese opt for an April election now a rate cut has him breathing more easily? (2025-02-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  The cut is unlikely to be a major vote changer, but it was absolutely vital to the government.
• Will multicultural Australians support the Voice? The success of the referendum may hinge on it (2023-02-08)
  Andrew Jakubowicz
  Multicultural communities could be crucial to the Voice referendum, given their size and breadth. The ‘yes’ campaign will need to mobilise at the grassroots level to be successful.
• Amid COVID and heated debate about China, how will multicultural Australia vote in 2022? (2022-05-05)
  Andrew Jakubowicz
  Past elections show how multicultural Australia can play a critical role in the outcome. Ethnicity may also present itself in some significant new ways on May 21.
• Women stormed the 2022 election in numbers too big to ignore: what has Labor pledged on gender? (2022-05-22)
  Camilla Nelson
  The message from the weekend was the things that really matter to women matter at the ballot box, too.
• Grattan on Friday: Albanese and Trump put Australia in holding patterns on election timing and tariffs (2025-02-13)
  Michelle Grattan
  When parliamentarians left Canberra on Thursday after the fortnight sitting, federal politics had the air of an uneasy waiting game.
• It’s been called the worst job in politics. Can Peter Dutton buck the trend? (2022-06-14)
  Peter Brent
  History shows that opposition leaders elected after an election job struggle to hang onto their jobs. Will this time be different?
• Labor’s lead narrows in three new national polls; and seat polls galore (2022-05-18)
  Adrian Beaumont
  Late polls show a tightening on two-party preferred votes, but a slew of seat polls reveal just how close a lot of the contests will be on May 21.
• Grattan on Friday: Ethnic tensions will complicate the Albanese government’s multicultural policy reform (2024-04-19)
  Michelle Grattan
  The recent attacks in Sydney and the Israel-Gaza conflict have complicated the government’s plans for multicultural policy reform and heightened tensions within some communities.
• ‘A combination of deficiencies’: the ‘disastrous’ Morrison government dissected (2023-04-19)
  Dennis Altman
  A new book of essays chronicles the failings of the Morrison government, but leaves much unexamined.
• Grattan on Friday: Australians are starting to feel the economic pain, but they are not taking it out on Albanese (2022-12-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  God bless Scott Morrison, Labor must say to itself daily, as the former prime minister remains a recurring reminder of the bad old days of a disorderly government.
• Independents will not help form government – but they will be vital in holding it to account (2025-05-05)
  Joshua Black
  Yes, Labor has won a huge majority. But it will still need to work constructively with the crossbench in both the House and the Senate.
• State of the states: 6 experts on how the election unfolded across the country (2025-05-04)
  David Clune, Narelle Miragliotta, Paul Williams, Robert Hortle, Rob Manwaring, Zareh Ghazarian
  Labor won the election, but how did your state vote? Here’s the breakdown of the key seats nationally.
• State of the states: six politics experts explain the key seats across the country (2025-04-02)
  David Clune, Narelle Miragliotta, Paul Williams, Robert Hortle, Rob Manwaring, Zareh Ghazarian
  In what’s sure to be a closely fought election, every vote counts, but some seats will see particularly tight races. Which ones are most at play?
• Independents may build on Australia’s history of hung parliaments, if they can survive the campaign blues (2025-04-27)
  Joshua Black
  Research shows Australians are increasingly drifting away from the major parties. Can independent candidates capitalise on this?
• As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again (2025-11-11)
  Daniel Ghezelbash, Jane McAdam
  This is a moment to take pride in our history of moral national action – and demand more humane policies for those continuing to seek refuge here.
• One way Trump is different from European nationalists (2017-01-18)
  Brian Porter-Szücs
  An historian based in Poland sees many similarities between Trump and authoritarian nationalists like Poland’s Jarosław Kaczyński. But the parallels only go so far.