Ed Husic

We estimate Ed Husic 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: $144,142
• Office Consumables and Services: $16,953
• Telephonic Services: $1,839
• Printing and Communications: $45,047
• Publications: $111
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $5,995
• Parking: $92
• Telecommunications - Usage: $528
• Travel Allowance: $8,372
• Official Duties: $37
• Domestic Travel: $1,933
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $63,236

• AI models already ‘doing things their creators never intended’, Australia’s assistant technology minister warns
• Accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s mother granted bail – as it happened
• Rapid demand for AI datacentres in Australia could stoke inflation, experts warn – and crowd out land for housing
• Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’
• Garth Hamilton storms out of question time after outburst – as it happened
• Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator
• Andrew Hastie compares AI to cold-war nuclear arms race and warns Australia may fall behind
• Amid choppy waters around ‘secondhand subs’ and Trump, Labor’s sensitivity about the Aukus debate is growing
• Allegra Spender defends voting against CGT reform – as it happened
• Husic says Labor pile-on after Aukus criticism ‘not healthy’ – as it happened

• View from The Hill: Albanese says cabinet ‘crafting an offer for the second term’ as Ed Husic ponders breaks for business (2024-05-29)
  Michelle Grattan
  In a sensible bit o forward planning Albanese told caucus it should be focused on crafting an offer for the second term, evidence of how politics is now in what’s dubbed the “permanent campaign”.
• Dumped minister Ed Husic labels Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles ‘factional assassin’ (2025-05-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  Speaking to the ABC, the former industry minister said his outspokenness on the conflict in Gaza was part of the reason for his demotion.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution (2023-06-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  Science minister Ed Husic says about AI: 'If we get it right, there is a potential for huge benefit''
• Cabinet Minister Ed Husic says Palestinians are being ‘collectively punished’ for Hamas’ barbarism (2023-10-19)
  Michelle Grattan
  As the Middle East crisis risks raising tensions within Labor, which has a divided feelings about Palestine, Husic sought to tread a careful line, while emphasising the mounting toll of Palestinian victims
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax (2026-04-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  The former cabinet minister said Australians have been ‘sold short’ by not taxing gas exports enough.
• Suddenly, there’s talk about Labor reforming company tax. What did minister Ed Husic say, and what might actually work? (2024-05-29)
  Kristen Sobeck
  The promising reform is called an ‘allowance for corporate equity’. It would only tax returns above a reasonable rate of return.
• 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.
• View from The Hill: Albanese wants international cover before Australia recognises Palestine as a state (2025-07-29)
  Michelle Grattan
  Albanese is not the first Labor Prime Minister to feel the heat over Palestine but now internal pressure is mounting for the government to go further.
• Australia plans to regulate ‘high-risk’ AI. Here’s how to do that successfully (2024-01-18)
  Lisa M. Given
  While regulating some AI applications is a step in the right direction, Australians would be better off with more ongoing expert advice and more regulation.
• Australians are concerned about AI. Is the federal government doing enough to mitigate risks? (2024-01-17)
  Toby Walsh
  The Australian government has finally released a response to last year’s public consultation on the safe and responsible use of AI. Here’s what it entails.
• Grattan on Friday: We must find a way to get gas prices down, but how? (2022-10-13)
  Michelle Grattan
  Shaping up as an outspoken protagonist in the current “gas wars”, Industry Minister Ed Husic this week launched a barrage of criticism at the producers.
• Labor women make history by overtaking men in cabinet. So is the job done? (2025-05-25)
  Elise Stephenson, Blair Williams
  The Labor federal government will be the most diverse in history, driven by the influx of women members who outnumber the men in both caucus and cabinet.
• View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics (2025-05-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  Amid the tastes of sweet triumph and bitter defeat, the major parties are planning the next steps, hanging some out to dry.
• A second Sydney airport? Not anytime soon (2013-08-26)
  James Arvanitakis
  Western Sydney has been firmly in the spotlight throughout this federal election campaign. From the candidates who can’t remember their party’s plan to “stop the boats” to those who are “feisty and have…
• Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers pumps up his role in energy transition (2023-11-02)
  Michelle Grattan
  This is probably a good thing for the government, because the transition to renewables isn’t going as well as it needs to
• Grattan on Friday: AI’s opportunities and risks front and centre on Albanese government’s agenda (2026-07-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government believes it can’t allow “the tech bros to let it rip”, as one source puts it. But it can’t allow the country to fall behind the pack either.
• Grattan on Friday: Albanese wants Labor’s national conference to ‘showcase’ the party – but not its AUKUS division (2026-07-02)
  Michelle Grattan
  The late July conference will be a tightly stage-managed affair, particularly when it comes to discussions about AUKUS and Palestine.
• Greenway, or the place which Jaymes Diaz is trying to represent (2013-09-01)
  James Arvanitakis
  The ultra-marginal seat of Greenway in Sydney’s western suburbs has recently drawn international scrutiny after the embarrassing media performance of the Liberal candidate Jaymes Diaz, who faltered when…
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Josh Burns on being a Jewish MP during a terrible conflict (2024-04-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  Labor MP Josh Burns joins us to discuss the government moving towards recognition of a Palestinian state to help facilitate a two-state solution and the wider Middle East crisis.
• Apple Pay in Australia. Customers lose out and all parties share the blame (2015-11-29)
  David Glance
  Australian Labor MP Ed Husic has declared that by not supporting Apple Pay in Australia, the four major banks have engaged in anti-competitive behaviour. In a letter to the Reserve Bank of Australia and…
• Prefabs and the ‘missing middle’: how to get Australia back on track to build 1.2 million homes in the next 5 years (2024-06-13)
  Parisa Ziaesaeidi
  Current construction approaches are too slow to achieve the ambitious national housing target. But there’s a proven alternative building technology that’s more efficient, faster and greener.
• View from The Hill: another Liberal moderate to leave Dutton team (2024-12-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  A second member of the shadow cabinet has announced he is quitting parliament, further depleting the moderates’ presence in the parliamentary Liberal party and boosting the chance of the teal candidate…
• Shorten for key role on Gonski as Rudd unveils his team (2013-07-01)
  Michelle Grattan
  Bill Shorten will take over the Education portfolio, with its challenge of securing the Gonski school funding reforms, and Tony Burke gets the poison chalice of Immigration, in Kevin Rudd’s extensive reshuffle…
• What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks (2019-08-20)
  Jane Howard
  If you were in charge of the new parliamentary book club, what Australian book would you want your representative to read? Our experts weigh in.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers wants roundtable to ‘crack open’ the challenge of slow housing approvals (2025-08-13)
  Michelle Grattan
  Housing is on the agenda at next week’s productivity roundtable, with the Treasurer wanting better regulation and faster approvals to build more homes.
• Labor reshuffle boosts women in shadow cabinet (2015-10-13)
  Michelle Grattan
  Bill Shorten has elevated two more women to his shadow cabinet, giving Labor a total of seven compared with the Turnbull cabinet’s five, in a minor reshuffle of his frontbench.
• Embattled Albanese uses reshuffle for a political reset (2021-01-28)
  Michelle Grattan
  Chris Bowen will replace Mark Butler as climate and energy spokesman, signalling a shift on a difficult policy area for Labor.
• Shorten provides Kim Carr with life raft (2016-07-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  Bill Shorten has found a way to keep Kim Carr in Labor’s shadow ministry by expanding his frontbench – to the fury of the left, which had withdrawn support for the Victorian senator.
• Shorten gives science, small business personal priority (2013-10-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  Opposition leader Bill Shorten will take specific responsibility for science and small business and Stephen Conroy becomes spokesman for defence in Labor’s new frontbench lineup. Announcing his allocation…
• Albanese promises support for young entrepreneurs to develop startups (2021-05-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  A Labor government would provide support for aspiring young entrepreneurs to spend a business-focused year working with a university or private sector incubator to develop their startup enterprise or idea.