James Paterson

The 10 most recent “Aye” and “No” votes recorded in the Australian Parliament's own division records this term, sourced directly from aph.gov.au independently of the voting-record data above.

We estimate James Paterson 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: $192,915
• Office Consumables and Services: $15,714
• Printing and Communications: $34,087
• Publications: $1,152
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $8,780
• COMCAR: $4,265
• Travel Allowance: $8,568
• Telecommunications - Usage: $316
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $173
• Fares: $17,293
• Scheduled Commercial Transport: $1,618
• Domestic Travel: $50,394
• Official Visits: $6,885
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $43,670

• ADF member ‘person of interest’ after ‘despicable betrayal of trust’ on Navy ship where camera found in women’s shower – as it happened
• Israeli ambassador to Australia says he hopes for return to ‘traditional friendship’ on 7 October anniversary
• Australia is run on legacy systems that AI agents can easily exploit, former UN cyber negotiator warns
• Pocock calls for AI safety act after Medicare breach – as it happened
• Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multimillion-dollar grants program
• Minns says Molly Ticehurst’s murderer deserved longer sentence for ‘vicious’ crime’ – as it happened
• RSL says One Nation’s Hastie ‘slur’ was an ‘attack on every veteran’s service’ – as it happened
• Jacqui Lambie calls Pauline Hanson an ‘angry little woman’ after One Nation cartoon calling Andrew Hastie a traitor
• Federal MP Luke Gosling charged with breaching bail after alleged assault in NT
• Hanson-Young says men should ‘call out’ boys’ club culture – as it happened

• Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on the High Court’s decision on detention and rising anti-Semitism (2023-11-15)
  Michelle Grattan
  In this podcast, Liberal Senator James Paterson joins The Conversation to discuss the High Court's ruling, his concerns about rising anti-Semitism, rising cyber risks, and Australia's future relations with China
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on prospects for passage of the government’s deportation bill (2024-05-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security joins us to discuss the Coalition's position on the bill, as well as the issue of handling the former detainees.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself (2025-10-02)
  Michelle Grattan
  Opposition finance spokesman James Paterson canvasses the economy and the budget, says the Liberals need to sort out its stance on net zero sooner rather than later.
• View from The Hill: Liberal frontbencher James Paterson delivers some sharp messages to his party (2025-10-15)
  Michelle Grattan
  Liberal James Paterson has warned his party against a forever ‘ongoing mass public therapy session.’ saying the party has to focus itself on prosecuting Labor.
• Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to be Peter Dutton’s right-hand campaigner against the Voice (2023-04-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  Price, the new shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, has been one of the loudest, most trenchant opponents of the Voice.
• A giant species of trilobite inhabited Australian waters half a billion years ago (2019-06-13)
  James D. Holmes, Diego C. García-Bellido, John Paterson
  There is evidence to show this monster of the ancient sea was a cannibal, feeding on its own kind.
• Ancient marvels: the first shell-crushing predators ground up their prey between their legs (2021-01-27)
  Russell Dean Christopher Bicknell, James D. Holmes, John Paterson
  Looking a bit like enlarged woodlice, ancient trilobites crawled along the seabed and had an exoskeleton made of calcite — nature’s version of a suit of armour.
• Australians vote overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage (2017-11-15)
  Michelle Grattan
  The same-sex marriage ballot was strongly carried in all states and territories, and won in all but 17 of the 150 electorates.
• Paul Keating attacks media for ‘pious belchings’ over China (2019-11-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  Amid debate about China’s refusal of visa to two federal MPs, former PM Paul Keating denounced the media for ‘failing to present a balanced picture of the rise, legitimacy and importance of China’.
• Conservative amendments to same-sex marriage bill would make Australia’s laws the world’s weakest (2017-11-26)
  Brendan Gogarty, Anja Hilkemeijer
  An analysis of of countries that allow same-sex marriage shows that the proposed amendments to the Dean Smith bill, if allowed, would still enshrine much discrimination.
• Far-right extremists are setting up rural enclaves around the world. We need to counter the threat they pose (2025-10-28)
  James Paterson
  In extremist circles, the idea of retreating to the land has been repurposed into a political strategy.
• High-tech drones are changing warfare – terrorists may soon follow the same playbook (2025-08-12)
  James Paterson
  Terrorists often copy military innovations, meaning policymakers need to act quickly to reduce the threat of drones.
• What does the OpenAI Medicare hack reveal about Australia’s cyber security? (2026-09-24)
  Meena Jha
  We need to ask how ready Australian government systems are for increasingly capable AI agents.
• Grattan on Friday: the zeitgeist doesn’t suit Angus Taylor but he could do more to help himself (2026-07-16)
  Michelle Grattan
  As he surveys the degraded and demoralised Liberal Party he presides over, Angus Taylor has major problems.
• As Australians say ‘yes’ to marriage equality, the legal stoush over human rights takes centre stage (2017-11-16)
  Amy Maguire
  Now that the battle for marriage equality has been won, the fight over the legislation to enable it will heat up.
• Anika Wells refers herself to independent watchdog over expenses affair (2025-12-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  The embattled communications minister’s $95,000 flights to New York, among other travel perks and expenses, will be investigated.
• Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees (2023-11-28)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government will urgently legislate after the High Court on Tuesday outlined its reasons for its decision that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional.
• Chinese embassy says Liberal critics Hastie and Paterson should “repent” (2019-11-17)
  Michelle Grattan
  Coalition members of parliament Andrew Hastie and James Paterson will have to “repent and redress their mistakes” before they are welcome in China.
• Labor MP charged over alleged assault on Northern Territory Administrator (2026-07-30)
  Michelle Grattan
  NT Police said the alleged incident took place at a public event on Saturday July 18.
• Commercial flights will be your best way out of Middle East, Wong tells stranded Australians (2026-03-04)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government has deployed six “crisis response” teams to the Middle East to help deal with the overload caused by the huge number of Australians stranded.
• Flood of frontbench resignations as Liberals prepare for Friday leadership showdown (2026-02-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  A bevy of Liberal frontbenchers supporting Angus Taylor’s leadership challenge resigned their positions on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 9am party vote.
• Federal government hasn’t applied for any preventative detention orders for ex-detainees, saying it takes a long time (2024-02-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Government has been under sustained questioning in parliament after it was revealed the federal government has so far not applied to have any of those released from immigration detention to be re-detained.
• Andrew Hastie quits Ley’s shadow cabinet, saying he was excluded from immigration policy role (2025-10-03)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Liberal rebel has dramatically quit Sussan Ley’s shadow frontbench citing being unable to craft the Liberals’ immigration policy as his core reason.
• Albanese government gives its special adviser on aid workers’ deaths in Gaza a wide brief (2024-04-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  Former Australian Defence Force Chief Mark Binskin has a wide remit, but it’s unclear how he’ll obtain the information needed for his investigation.
• Israel piles on criticism of Australia over antisemitism while answers to key questions elude authorities (2025-01-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has taken aim at the Albanese government for the second time this week.
• 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…
• Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister (2025-01-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  Peter Dutton has chosen David Coleman for the key shadow foreign affairs portfolio, in a reshuffle that also seeks to boost the opposition’s credentials with women.
• 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.
• View from The Hill: ASIO chief seeks to dig out of the hole he’d made for himself (2024-09-03)
  Michelle Grattan
  After weeks of controversy, Burgess has now attempted to clean up the mess he left after his ABC Insiders interview last month.
• Keep an eye on the Senate – the people elected to it this year will have immense power for years to come (2025-03-31)
  Zareh Ghazarian
  Barring its inability to initiate or amend supply bills, the Senate has almost the same powers as the House of Representatives.