Fiona Phillips

We estimate Fiona Phillips 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: $135,184
• Printing and Communications: $50,102
• Office Consumables and Services: $11,524
• Travel Allowance: $5,152
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $7,048
• Telecommunications - Usage: $383
• Domestic Travel: $8,677
• Parliamentary Delegations: $10,702
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $41,596

• Opposition wants ‘balanced outcome’ on environment protection reforms – as it happened
• Remember When by Fiona Phillips review – an unsparing insight into early-onset Alzheimer’s
• Labor on track for huge majority after landslide win – as it happened
• A holiday destination for some, but no one is coasting in Gilmore, Labor’s most marginal seat
• Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case
• Turnbull says ‘Trump-like’ Dutton’s nuclear policy a ‘really bad idea’ - as it happened
• PM and opposition leader campaign in Perth – as it happened
• Battleground: the seats where the 2025 Australian federal election will be won and lost
• Aldi liable for ‘flagrant’ copyright breach of rival brand’s packaging, Australian federal court finds
• Sam Mostyn sworn in as governor general – as it happened

• ‘Labor will win this election. I think that’s virtually unquestionable’: political scientist Andy Marks on #AusVotes2019 and the key issues in NSW (2019-04-30)
  Sunanda Creagh
  We are but a few weeks from a federal election, and the way the political wind is blowing may depend on what state you're in.
• View from The Hill: Scott Morrison trips on a truth test (2021-11-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  Scott Morrison has again had his integrity questioned over his decision to provide loose-with-the-truth answers during question time
• Explainer: our copyright laws and the Australian Aboriginal flag (2019-06-12)
  Isabella Alexander
  As the flag’s copyright owner, Luritja artist Harold Thomas has the right to grant licences to whomever he pleases. Asking the government to buy back his copyright licence could be seen as an appropriation of Aboriginal property rights.
• Morrison tells Liberal organisation to act on bullying after second woman flags she’ll quit (2018-09-17)
  Michelle Grattan
  Morrison met with Sudmalis and said she ‘raised a number of genuine concerns’ about her treatment in her local Federal Electoral Conference in the NSW Liberal state division.
• More First Nations people in parliament matters. Here’s why. (2019-05-09)
  Diana Perche
  Few First Nations candidates have succeeded in getting elected to parliament, but it is clear that when they do, they can make a substantial difference.
• State of the states: Queensland and Tasmania win it for the Coalition (2019-05-20)
  Nick Economou, Ian Cook, Maxine Newlands, Richard Eccleston, Rob Manwaring, Stewart Jackson
  The Tasmanian seats of Bass and Braddon were always going to be key elements of a Coalition victory – and so it proved to be.
• Friday essay: how leftist, feminist poet Dame Mary Gilmore became ‘Aunt Mary’ in the PM’s political narrative (2022-03-10)
  Dr Toby Davidson
  A close friend of John Curtin, Dame Mary Gilmore wrote poems on topics such as colonial violence and the plight of the koala. How has her great, great nephew, Scott Morrison, chosen to remember her?
• State of the states: more preference deals as pre-polling begins (2019-05-02)
  Chris Aulich, Ian Cook, Lachlan Johnson, Maxine Newlands, Nick Economou, Rob Manwaring
  Pre-poll votes within the first 24 hours were almost double the number at the same stage in 2016. That could hurt some minor parties who traditionally spend big in the last few weeks of a campaign.
• Australian teachers are dissatisfied with their jobs but their sense of professional belonging is strong (2023-01-26)
  Kelly-Ann Allen, Beatriz Gallo Cordoba, Fiona Longmuir, Michael Phillips
  A national survey of 5,000 teachers found many plan to leave their jobs. But it not all bad news. Teachers also report a strong sense of belonging.
• Jason Clare has a draft plan to fix the teacher shortage. What needs to stay and what should change? (2022-11-03)
  Fiona Longmuir, Kelly-Ann Allen, Michael Phillips
  There is an ‘unprecedented’ shortage of teachers right across Australia. Education experts say teachers need respect and a more reasonable workload.
• Best books of 2025: our experts share their picks (2025-12-01)
  James Ley, Jo Case
  We found out the favourite 2025 books of 35 expert readers – and the Books & Ideas team shares our own picks, too.
• An open letter to the Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists (2016-08-24)
  Andrew Glikson
  Atmospheric, marine, environmental, biological and medical scientists join in calling for more focus on the damage being wrought by climate change.
• Big Tobacco’s death-defying campaign on plain packaging (2011-05-17)
  The tobacco industry has launched a national media campaign today, questioning the Federal Government’s proposed plain packaging legislation. It will also release a series of confidential government documents…
• The Intergenerational Report underestimates climate threat: an open letter to the government (2015-03-12)
  Andrew Glikson
  The 2015 Intergenerational Report underestimated the threat of climate change. An open letter from environmental and climate scientists.
• How many fake Sandy pictures were really shared on social media? (2012-11-08)
  Axel Bruns
  This article, authored by Jean Burgess, Farida Vis, and Axel Bruns, first appeared in The Guardian_‘s “Data Blog”, and is reproduced here by kind permission._ Crisis events today (from wars and uprisings…
• The f-word enters the campaign and trips up both major parties (2016-06-07)
  Eva Cox
  Talk of ‘women’s issues’, such as childcare, both accepts they are less important than other issues and assumes they have no universal value.
• Populist candy-floss or not, the Archibald Prize soldiers on (2014-07-10)
  Prudence Gibson
  The real spectacle of the Archibald Portrait Prize emerges behind the scenes. Each year, the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) loading dock turns into a frenzy of artwork arrivals and departures…
• Young-onset Alzheimer’s can be diagnosed from as early as 30 – and the symptoms are often different (2023-07-13)
  Mark Dallas
  Around one in 20 people with Alzheimer’s disease are diagnosed before the age of 65.
• Five reasons why young-onset dementia is often missed (2025-04-17)
  Molly Murray
  Around 7% of dementia cases occur in people under the age of 65.
• Terra nullius interruptus: Captain James Cook and absent presence in First Nations art (2020-04-28)
  Bruce Buchan, Eddie Synot
  For too long, Cook was a promise recollected in pigment, bronze and stone. Contemporary First Nations artists are challenging this imagery.
• Stinky feet, angry mermaids and a toilet ghost: Round The Twist musical captures the magic and madness of an Aussie TV classic (2024-11-18)
  Kate Schirmer
  The new musical by Paul Hodge retains the uniquely Australian voice of the beloved original material – with plenty to love for younger viewers.
• Community highlights (2016-07-29)
  The Conversation receives a lot of comments each day and you can’t read everything. That’s why we occasionally end the week with a selection of community highlights: comments we enjoyed or thought discussing…
• The curious case of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (2014-10-30)
  Lyn McCredden
  This year’s cultural debates about the constitution of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards judging panels are now giving way to consideration of the shortlists and their relative worth. Even as these…
• Friday essay: what can we learn about a city from its writers? (2025-08-28)
  Belinda Castles
  The explosion of urban writing set in the cities and towns of Australia allows us to walk amid history, subcultures and alternative visions of urban places.
• A hybrid Australia, where identity has a multi-layered crunch (2014-12-11)
  Julianne Schultz
  Australia today is very different to the place I grew up in: our culture has changed and is changing, but public discussion is still framed by old tropes. We need a new shorthand to capture the reality…
• An open letter from 1,200 Australian academics on the Djab Wurrung trees (2020-11-04)
  Peta Malins, Crystal McKinnon, Kim Kruger, Paola Balla
  After the Directions Tree was cut down last week, Australian academics - both Indigenous and non-Indigenous - have come together in ‘sorrow and anger’.