Jacqui Lambie

We estimate Jacqui Lambie 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: $116,707
• Office Consumables and Services: $31,997
• Publications: $1,142
• Travel Allowance: $5,958
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $6,170
• Telecommunications - Usage: $322
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $587
• Parliamentary Duties: $1,052
• Fares: $1,833
• Domestic Travel: $38,083
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $29,563

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• VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Jacqui Lambie (2014-11-14)
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  University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the G20, Russian warships in international waters near Australia, and the tension between…
• The Jacqui Lambie Network is the latest victim of ‘cybersquatting’. It’s the tip of the iceberg of negative political ads online (2024-03-14)
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  As political parties desperately battle for voters’ attention, cybersquatting is one of many online tools in the toolkit. It’s only effective at further diminishing trust in government.
• VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 46th parliament’s first week, and Jacqui Lambie (2019-07-05)
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  After a hectic first week for the new parliament, Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about Jacqui Lambie’s role in helping pass the government’s tax cuts, and a further cut to interest rates - now 1%.
• Why the Jacquie Lambie Network’s Tasmanian health plan doesn’t add up (2018-02-12)
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  The Jacqui Lambie Network plan is short on detail and unlikely to improve the health system or outcomes for Tasmanians over the longer term.
• Counts in Bradfield and Calwell become clearer, while Jacqui Lambie faces a possible problem in the Tasmanian Senate (2025-05-21)
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  Some seats are so close they may qualify for a re-count.
• Election FactCheck Q&A: was Jacqui Lambie right about apprenticeships and 457 visas? (2016-06-03)
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  Was Jacqui Lambie correct to say apprenticeships are going “wayside” and that there are more than one million 457 work visa holders in Australia?
• Tasmania is going to an early election. Will the country’s last Liberal state be no more? (2024-02-14)
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  After frontbench resignations, MPs going rogue and months of speculation, the Apple Isle is headed to the polls. What can we expect?
• Response from a spokesman for Jacqui Lambie for a FactCheck on climate change (2017-02-20)
  Sunanda Creagh
  Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie responded to The Conversation’s request for sources and comment regarding our FactCheck on her climate change comments.
• FactCheck Q&A: are one in three age pensioners living under the poverty line? (2016-09-26)
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  Senator Jacqui Lambie told Q&A that a third of Australian age pensioners are living below the poverty line and that it’s estimated to rise to two-thirds within five years. Is that right?
• Lambie’s Senate replacement Steve Martin flags that he won’t stand aside (2018-02-08)
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  The High Court has ruled that Steve Martin is eligible to enter the Senate to replace the disqualified Jacqui Lambie.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Senator Tammy Tyrrell on wild days in Tasmania (2025-06-12)
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  On the podcast this week we’re joined by Independent Tasmanian Senator Tammy Tyrrell to discuss chaotic state of politics on the Apple Isle.
• Medevac repealed after government comes to secret arrangement with Jacqui Lambie (2019-12-04)
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  After securing a condition which she cannot disclose “due to national security concerns”, Jacqui Lambie has voted with the government on the repeal of the medevac laws.
• Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count (2019-09-17)
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  Back for a second stint in the Senate, the Tasmanian finds herself with unprecedented power, holding the crucial swing vote on several key issues in the government’s agenda.
• View from The Hill: Jacqui Lambie plays the Harradine game (2019-07-03)
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  “Yet to arrive at a final position,” Senator Jacqui Lambie presses the federal government to forgive Tasmania’s housing debt in exchange for support of the government’s tax cuts.
• Liberals will have difficulty forming government after final Tasmanian results (2024-04-06)
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  While it was clear the Liberals were set to govern in minority weeks ago, the end of the vote count leaves the party with one less seat than expected, making forming government harder.
• Labor gains a Senate seat from the Liberals in South Australia, while Jacqui Lambie is re-elected (2025-05-27)
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  As the final Senate results trickle in, the party splits remain the same in Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Meanwhile, close lower house seats go to recounts.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Lambie urges return of former employment program for Indigenous communities (2023-03-28)
  Michelle Grattan
  Michelle Grattan sits down with Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie to chat about Alice Springs, The Voice to Parliament, Indigenous employment and the Stage 3 tax cuts
• Liberals will win most seats in Tasmanian election, but be short of a majority (2024-03-23)
  Adrian Beaumont
  Hours into the count in the Tasmanian election, the state can expect a hung parliament. Meanwhile, Labor is succeeding in a South Australian state byelection.
• FactCheck Q&A: was it four degrees hotter 110,000 years ago? (2017-02-20)
  Nerilie Abram
  During a Q&A discussion about climate change, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie said it was four degrees hotter 110,000 years ago. Is that right?
• From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche (2024-03-20)
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  Tasmanians head to the polls on Saturday in an election that was called more than a year early. After a largely uninspiring campaign, here’s your guide to state election.
• Grattan on Friday: Aston byelection will test Peter Dutton’s ability to campaign on Victoria’s tough terrain (2023-02-09)
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  Now Peter Dutton faces his own Aston test, which comes with risks and opportunities.
• Tasmanians have voted in a hung parliament. What now? (2024-03-24)
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  Despite a swing against it, the Liberal party has likely won the most seats, but will fall short of a majority. While the vote counting will continue, the political fight is now to form government.
• Populism and the federal election: what can we expect from Hanson, Palmer, Lambie and Katter? (2022-04-11)
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  Clive Palmer is back trying to win a Senate seat, while Jacqui Lambie is aiming to get a second senator elected.
• Palmer tells ‘drama queen’ Lambie to put up or shut up (2014-11-13)
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  Clive Palmer has lashed out at his Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie, calling her a “drama queen” and telling her to challenge his leadership or “get on with the job” of representing her voters…
• Jacqui Lambie’s carbon tax dilemma – what is good for Tasmania? (2014-07-04)
  Mike Sandiford
  As one of the incoming PUP senators, Jacqui Lambie has indicated she will be putting Tasmanian interests first when deciding which way to vote on legislation. The carbon tax will be one of her first tests…
• Full response from Jacqui Lambie (2016-09-26)
  Sunanda Creagh
  In relation to this FactCheck on pensioners and poverty, Senator Jacqui Lambie told The Conversation: A well known and widely reported OECD Study - Pensions at a Glance 2015 - found that more than one-third…
• VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the private lives of our politicians (2018-02-09)
  Michelle Grattan, Nicholas Klomp
  Nicholas Klomp and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
• Liberals gain a Tasmanian long Senate term due to citizenship saga, while polling on Adani is mixed (2018-02-14)
  Adrian Beaumont
  The reallocation is short and long Senate terms for Tasmania distorts the 2016 election result.
• Word from The Hill: Government should set date for Voice to start talking (2023-02-07)
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  In this podcast, Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the RBA rate rise, Lidia Thorpe's defection to the crossbench and the ongoing Voice debate
• Shorten would need non-Green crossbench to pass bills in Senate: Australia Institute (2018-11-18)
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  The Institute’s analysis suggests that, at best, after next year’s half-Senate election the ALP and Greens could have 38 senators – although more likely they would have 37.