David Batt

We estimate David Batt 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: $164,315
• Printing and Communications: $39,300
• Office Consumables and Services: $19,032
• Publications: $41
• Telecommunications - Usage: $645
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $1,000
• Parking: $58
• COMCAR: $602
• Travel Allowance: $8,153
• Parliamentary Duties: $482
• Fares: $21,425
• Domestic Travel: $32,755
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $40,822

• Anonymous $200,000 donation to charity providing free meals – as it happened
• Two ADF aircraft sent to assist Australians stranded in Middle East – as it happened
• Thousands gather at Melbourne Herzog protest – as it happened
• Police clash with protesters as thousands rally to oppose Israeli president’s visit – as it happened
• Pocock criticises lack of scrutiny for nature laws – as it happened
• Burke says he’s ‘optimistic’ about security relationship with US after quiet meeting with Trump’s FBI chief – as it happened
• Senate votes down Hanson push to scrap net zero by 2050 policy – as it happened
• Asic seeks record $7.5m penalty against ACBF-Youpla for alleged deceptive and misleading conduct
• Annastacia Palaszczuk first woman to win three consecutive terms – as it happened
• Mick Karn obituary

• In mining and governing, policy made on the fly is likely to flop (2013-02-19)
  Bronwyn Hinz
  Most controversial public policy could be said to be made on the run, or at least amended on a brisk walk. So the revelations in Peter Martin’s recent article on the errors embedded in the Gillard government’s…
• Stella Prize shortlist 2023: your guide to 6 gripping, courageous books (2023-04-26)
  Julieanne Lamond
  The 6 books on this year’s Stella Prize shortlist – including poetry, memoir, fiction and reportage – are idiosyncratic, activist and compelling.
• Blame game in asbestos affair (2013-06-03)
  Michelle Grattan
  The NBN asbestos affair is, apart from being a major concern in itself, particularly bad for the government because it triggers memories of the mishandled pink batts scheme. That’s why the opposition is…
• Australian poetry used to be popular. And it could be again (2025-03-03)
  Paul Hetherington
  Interest in Australian poetry has dipped significantly since ‘The Man from Snowy River’. Why is this? And how can we get it back?
• Sarah Holland-Batt wins the 2023 Stella Prize with a powerful look at death and ageing (2023-04-27)
  Julieanne Lamond
  Sarah Holland-Batt becomes the second poet in a row to win The Stella Prize. The Jaguar is an extension of her activism against human rights abuses in aged care in Australia.
• View from The Hill: How does Albanese frame Morrison inquiry without embroiling the governor-general? (2022-08-23)
  Michelle Grattan
  Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue has neatly summarised Scott Morrison’s political misdemeanour in having himself secretly appointed to all those ministries.
• Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recession (2019-02-26)
  Richard Holden
  Last time Australia got lucky. We are unlikley to get lucky again.
• Humanising capitalism: Chalmers new version of an old Labor project (2023-02-01)
  Carol Johnson
  The treasurer has outlined a blueprint for an economy that will solve problems while still looking after the people at its centre. And despite the detractors, there is much to be said for it.
• How to Dress for Old Age offers personal reflections and important lessons for facing life’s last act (2026-05-25)
  Catharine Coleborne
  David Carlin and Peta Murray offer hopeful, poignant and personally informed responses to ageing and mortality.
• Should we still run a surplus in 2012-2013? The case for a balanced budget (2011-08-12)
  Sinclair Davidson
  In late 2008 the federal government was under some considerable pressure to abandon any plans of delivering a budget surplus in that year. I wrote an op-ed for the Australian Financial Review arguing that…
• Alarm bells ringing over botched introduction of electronic health records (2011-04-13)
  David Glance
  The Federal Government is introducing a new system for electronically managing health information – and given its botched implementation so far failure is almost guaranteed. Called the PCEHR (personally…
• What is Australia looking for in its poet laureate? Literary and popular poetry don’t always intersect (2024-09-16)
  Peter Kirkpatrick
  How would an official poet laureate “speak” to the spoken word, slam or hip-hop communities, or to bush poets, or to songwriters?
• What the US$55 billion Electronic Arts takeover means for video game workers and the industry (2025-10-20)
  Johanna Weststar, Louis-Etienne Dubois, Sean Gouglas
  The acquisition of EA for US$55 billion is a continuation of similar consolidation trends that have been seen across the creative sector, including music, film and television.