Dorinda Cox

We estimate Dorinda Cox 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: $165,923
• Office Consumables and Services: $7,643
• Printing and Communications: $2,219
• Publications: $586
• Parliamentary Duties: $200
• Electorate Duties: $123
• Parking: $10
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $3,655
• COMCAR: $2,227
• Telecommunications - Usage: $135
• Travel Allowance: $9,864
• Fares: $24,417
• Domestic Travel: $38,305
• Parliamentary Delegations: $35,608
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $40,931

• Indigenous Australians share the racist messages they receive online: ‘No one’s feeling safe’
• Aged care waiting lists a ‘calculated denial of services’ that could be fatal, Senate inquiry warns
• WA senator Dorinda Cox accuses Greens of being ‘deeply racist’ and says ‘I am not a bully’
• Day of high drama in Tasmanian politics – as it happened
• Lidia Thorpe urges Albanese to ‘do his homework’ as PM insists Dorinda Cox allegations have been ‘dealt with’
• Morning Mail: Lidia Thorpe reveals complaint against Dorinda Cox, Victorian Liberals accused of hypocrisy, Putin ‘has to’ respond to drone attack
• Lidia Thorpe reveals she made bullying complaint about Dorinda Cox which remains unsre
• Coronial investigation into death of Kumanjayi White on hold during criminal investigation – as it happened
• Power to expel students for poor behaviour outside school criticised as adding to Victorian educators’ workload
• Final resting place of James Cook’s Endeavour confirmed by National Maritime Museum

• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of the Voice – Greens senator Dorinda Cox & Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle (2023-07-20)
  Michelle Grattan
  In this podcast, @michellegrattan discusses the Voice with Indigenous Senators Dorinda Cox and Kerrynne Liddle
• Referendum legislation passes 52-19 to applause but Lidia Thorpe condemns ‘assimilation day’ (2023-06-19)
  Michelle Grattan
  The vote took place with the public gallery crowded with supporters, and was received with long applause.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’ (2025-12-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia should act on other options.
• Defections are fairly common in Australian politics. But history shows they are rarely a good career move (2025-06-06)
  Frank Bongiorno
  Dorinda Cox has left the Greens to join Labor. She is the latest in a long line of politicians elected under one party banner but serving under another.
• Could the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children prevent future deaths? (2022-10-13)
  Kyllie Cripps
  Last week, the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children found Indigenous women are eight times more likely to be murdered. What needs to happen?
• The report on murdered and missing Indigenous women and children fails to hold anyone to account. It’s not enough (2024-08-16)
  Chay Brown, Connie Shaw, Kayla Glynn-Braun, Shirleen Campbell
  All of us have lost loved ones. Each of us know First Nations women and children who have been murdered and disappeared. This inquiry was welcome – but its recommendations fall far short of justice.
• Final counting shows polls understated Labor in 2025 election almost as much as they overstated it in 2019 (2025-06-05)
  Adrian Beaumont
  The polls told us that Labor had recovered to an election-winning position, but they understated the magnitude of that win.
• Adam Bandt says the Greens can deliver ‘real change’ – but the party should choose its battles more wisely (2025-04-09)
  Kate Crowley
  The Greens broadly failed to make the most of its greater presence in parliament this term. Here’s what it should do differently.
• Indigenous women are dying violent, preventable deaths. Endless inquiries won’t help unless we act (2024-12-02)
  Kyllie Cripps, Marlene Longbottom
  Two inquiries of recent times came with myriad recommendations to save Indigenous lives from domestic violence, but few have been acted upon.
• Grattan on Friday: Albanese will need some nuance in facing a female opposition leader (2025-06-05)
  Michelle Grattan
  Albanese has been in Parliament for nearly 30 years, but with Australia’s first female opposition leader will have to find new footing.