David Shoebridge

We estimate David Shoebridge 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: $164,208
• Printing and Communications: $29,580
• Office Consumables and Services: $1,013
• Telecommunications - Usage: $403
• Travel Allowance: $15,181
• Private Vehicle Allowance: $1,858
• COMCAR: $5,469
• Parliamentary Duties: $1,310
• Fares: $11,610
• Domestic Travel: $24,091
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $73,692

• Tragedy and loss helped forge Steph Hodgins-May into a steely climate campaigner. Now she’s taking on Anthony Albanese
• Shoebridge pledges Greens members will ‘have a say’ in next leader – as it happened
• Beau Lamarre-Condon trial: court hears triple-zero call and releases courtyard pictures
• ‘Excessively violent’: three men charged with assault and choking after Sydney home invasions
• Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration
• Morning Mail: The public servants paid more than PM; Kean’s climate broadside; and Heeney’s comeback wish
• Million-dollar public servants: 11 staff at Australia’s Future Fund paid significantly more than the PM
• Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
• ‘Politics can be brutal’: Sarah Hanson-Young speaks out about divisions within Greens
• Australian couple on plane diverted after flydubai co-pilot’s alleged attack on pilot

• Amid rising support for right-wing minor parties, can David Shoebridge reinvigorate the Greens? (2026-09-30)
  Nathan Fioritti, Narelle Miragliotta
  Inspired by his UK counterpart, the new Greens leader will likely lean into left-wing populism over the pragmatism of his predecessor.
• New Greens leader David Shoebridge declares Greens ‘here to replace’ Labor (2026-09-30)
  Michelle Grattan
  Shoebridge at a post-ballot news conference focused on the Greens going after Labor, arguing it had left a vacuum by ‘rushing to the right’.
• What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith? (2023-06-05)
  Kit Messham-Muir
  To remove the portraits would miss a valuable opportunity to debate important questions about how we construct hero stories.
• Grattan on Friday: Albanese leaves grim domestic scene as he flies to the blue Pacific (2026-10-01)
  Michelle Grattan
  A ‘pre-COP’ meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu is one of those initiatives that seemed a good idea at the time, but for Albanese it will feel more chore than opportunity.
• State of NSW: What next for patients suffering health reform fatigue? (2011-03-24)
  Amanda Dominello, Angela Beaton, Stephen Leeder
  The debate about health in the lead-up to the Saturday March 26 NSW election has been unusually civilised and intelligent. The main contestants – the current minister, Carmel Tebbutt, and shadow minister…
• 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.
• A Coalition government would restrict access to welfare payments to Australian citizens (2026-05-14)
  Michelle Grattan
  The opposition policy, which would hit permanent residents as well as other non-citizens, will be highly controversial.
• It’s time to change our drug dog policies to catch dealers, not low-level users at public events (2019-02-17)
  Caitlin Hughes, Winifred Agnew-Pauley
  It’s ineffective to use drug dogs at festivals and in public places because they’re much more likely to catch small-time users than suppliers.
• View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it-takes to rid Australia of former detainees (2025-08-31)
  Michelle Grattan
  the Nauru parliament announced a deal between the Home Affairs Minister and Nauru for that country to accept up to 280 former immigration detainees from Australia.
• Government rushing through bill to crack down on ‘uncooperative’ non-citizens it is trying to remove (2024-03-26)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government is rushing legislation through parliament to crack down on unlawful immigrants. In a further reaction to the high court decision late last year.
• How the law failed three children and their families in the Bowraville murder case (2018-09-27)
  David Hamer
  The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal ruled that a man cannot be retried for the murders of two Indigenous children – a major blow to families of the victims in a nearly 30-year-old case.
• New bill in NSW could prove crucial to helping reduce numbers of First Nations children in out-of-home care (2022-03-25)
  Terri Libesman, Eloise Chandler, Wendy Hermeston
  A new bill in NSW seeks to reduce First Nations children in out-of-home care. Before the bill can become law, it must pass the lower house.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Adam Bandt on why the Greens are playing hardball on housing (2024-09-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  Greens leader Adam Bandt joins us to talk about the immediate impasse as well as his party's broad agenda including its demands if Labor fell into minority at the election.
• Celeste Barber’s story shows us the power of celebrity fundraising … and the importance of reading the fine print (2020-05-26)
  Krystian Seibert
  A comedian’s record-breaking fundraiser shows us the power of celebrity. But it also reveals the complexities of raising a lot of money very quickly.
• Ben Roberts-Smith arrested and facing 5 war crime murder charges (2026-04-07)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Victoria Cross recipient was arrested at Sydney Airport. He will face court in New South Wales on Tuesday afternoon to be formally charged.
• The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors should spark another inquiry (2020-08-28)
  Kathleen McPhillips
  There are new calls for an inquiry into the suicide of whistleblower priest Glen Walsh. The Catholic church argues the events are ‘historical’ and have been addressed by previous inquiries.
• Why the NSW government is reviewing its Confucius Classrooms program (2018-05-18)
  Jeffrey Gil
  The review of Confucius Classrooms, which promote Chinese language learning, comes amid concerns about foreign influence, soft power and academic freedom.
• Why the Mormon church is on an expansion project, with 2 secretive new temples planned for Australia (2025-04-14)
  Brenton Griffin
  Followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make up a small minority of the Australian public. Historically, new temples haven’t been well-received.
• Grattan on Friday: It can be a battle to get information from the Albanese government (2023-08-31)
  Michelle Grattan
  Like most governments, this one arrived in office promising more accountability and transparency. Also like others, in practice it has a penchant for control and secrecy.
• View from The Hill: Australia’s bid for Julian Assange’s freedom presents formidable problems for Joe Biden (2023-09-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  Anthony Albanese’s request for the Americans to drop their bid to extradite Assange has fallen on firmly blocked ears.
• Grattan on Friday: Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information? (2025-10-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  A little under a year ago, Michelle Rowland, who was then communications minister, had to make a humiliating retreat, she now might just have to make another
• Australian LGBTIQ+ politicians were hit with vile online abuse at the last federal election. The coming campaign could be even worse (2025-02-18)
  Elise Stephenson, Blair Williams, Gosia Mikolajczak, Jack Hayes
  New analysis of more than 100,000 tweets has found that queer Australian politicians suffer more personal abuse online than straight politicians.
• Grattan on Friday: we don’t need an inquiry into the caravan affair but we do need some answers (2025-02-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  The battle to contain antisemitism in Australia finds both sides of politics embracing measures they’d otherwise abhor.