Jenny McAllister

We estimate Jenny McAllister received a parliamentary salary of: $376,850

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: $255,028
• Office Consumables and Services: $2,582
• Printing and Communications: $1,145
• Telecommunications - Usage: $506
• Travel Allowance: $7,982
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $12,420
• COMCAR: $2,523
• Fares: $12,307
• Domestic Travel: $140,729
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $74,834

• Susan was forced out of a disability support job after speaking out. Are NDIS whistleblower laws still too weak?
• Diesel surges 20 cents a litre in two days to record high – as it happened
• Cuts to NDIS to be focus of Labor’s quietly launched razor gang ahead of May budget
• Crossbench MPs pressure Labor over gas export tax – as it happened
• Uber to increase fares – as it happened
• Central bank increases cash rate amid global energy shock – as it happened
• Scott’s sister says an unlikely champion saved his life. NDIS changes may stop others getting the same help
• Most NDIS participants will lose external avenue to appeal funding amounts under new system, Senate estimates told
• Victorian government sets date for formal apology to First Nations people – as it happened
• Liberal party sets date for net zero decision – as it happened

• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jenny McAllister on domestic violence (2021-11-24)
  Michelle Grattan
  Michelle Grattan speakers with Senator Jenny McAllister about Labor's plan to combat domestic violence.
• Faulkner’s Senate place taken by party president (2014-12-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  ALP national president Jenny McAllister will replace John Faulkner in the Senate when parliament resumes following the veteran Labor figure’s announcement that he is retiring after a quarter of a century…
• Butler wins Labor presidency and backs quick start on party reform (2015-06-17)
  Michelle Grattan
  Federal frontbencher Mark Butler has won the ALP national presidency after a ballot that saw nearly 19,500 rank and file party members cast votes.
• The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support (2025-05-23)
  Helen Dickinson, Anne Kavanagh
  As the government seeks to moderate growth of the scheme budget, some NDIS participants are finding they are no longer eligible for the scheme.
• Labor set for battle over selecting Senate candidates (2014-04-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  Labor voters in West Australia have been delivered a second slap in the face. After a cross factional union deal put right wing “shoppies” chief Joe Bullock number one on the Senate ticket, left wing dancing…
• COP28: How will Australia navigate domestic climate wins and fossil fuel exports at the negotiating table? (2023-11-29)
  Jacqueline Peel
  New emissions projections bode well for Australia’s climate efforts – but our fossil fuel exports continue apace. 
• Careful what you wish for: the pitfalls of internal party reform (2014-04-14)
  Nick Economou
  In the wake of the ALP’s poor result in the recent Western Australia Senate election, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles looking at the party’s brand, organisation and future prospects…
• China could be using TikTok to spy on Australians, but banning it isn’t a simple fix (2020-07-07)
  Paul Haskell-Dowland, James Jin Kang
  The US is also ‘looking at’ banning the Chinese social media app.
• Security committee recommends bare minimum of reform to protect press freedom (2020-08-27)
  Rebecca Ananian-Welsh
  Recommendations from a final report offer a few advances in striking the balance between national security and press freedom, but do not go nearly far enough.
• View from The Hill: Albanese shifts Tanya Plibersek from environment, in favour of ‘can-do’ Murray Watt (2025-05-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  The prime minister’s new cabinet dumps a couple, promotes others and leaves some holding political short straws.
• View from The Hill: Kristina Keneally vs Peter Dutton should produce plenty of political bloodsport (2019-06-03)
  Michelle Grattan
  Keneally has called Dutton a “thug” and “the most toxic man in Australian politics”. Now she’ll shadow him, as Home Affairs spokeswoman.
• Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management (2024-10-23)
  Bhiamie Williamson
  Cultural burning has enjoyed a strong resurgence in recent years. Now this cool burn technique is being used to ward off disastrous bushfires
• View from The Hill: Albanese appoints Tony Burke to neutralise immigration issues and sends Clare O'Neil to grapple with housing crisis (2024-07-28)
  Michelle Grattan
  The prime minister has made changes that will strengthen his team ahead if the next election, though not as many as he might have, given factional constraints.
• Policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the ‘left-wing’ tag and restore faith in his party (2019-05-29)
  John Wanna
  The new Labor leader is from the party’s left wing, which the government and some media will try to exploit. But Anthony Albanese’s way through this is with policies and leadership.
• A great big new forest park won’t save Leadbeater’s possum (2015-05-18)
  Rod Keenan
  A large new national park might sound like the best way to protect the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. But it won’t do anything to save possums from the major threat of bushfire.