Kate Chaney

We estimate Kate Chaney 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: $188,935
• Office Consumables and Services: $11,775
• Printing and Communications: $71,314
• Telecommunications - Usage: $316
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $2,630
• COMCAR: $1,103
• Travel Allowance: $5,796
• Fares: $13,766
• Domestic Travel: $38,238
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $43,997

• Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
• Husic says Labor pile-on after Aukus criticism ‘not healthy’ – as it happened
• OECD says Australia should increase EV and renewable energy take up amid fuel crisis – as it happened
• Can you not? Plastic and metal ‘franken-can’ named Australia’s worst packaging at Unpackit awards
• Ben Roberts-Smith won’t see full brief of war crime allegations for months – as it happened
• Labor MP tells Coalition to ‘stop running scare campaigns’ over CGT changes – as it happened
• Rein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations
• BHP ‘laughing’ at Australia’s key climate policy while pocketing hundreds of millions in tax breaks, Pocock says
• Liberal MP is first to be suspended from lower house in five years – as it happened
• PM says opposition ‘reduced to a farce’ as government targeted over CGT – as it happened

• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP (2023-02-16)
  Michelle Grattan
  This week, Politics with Michelle Grattan features independent MP Kate Chaney. They discuss climate change, integrity, the economy, challenges of the job and more
• Sweeping election donation and spending reforms recommended by parliamentary committee (2023-06-19)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, in its interim report tabled on Monday, recommends donation and spending caps apply to third parties and associated entities.
• Sweeping reform of the electoral laws puts democracy at risk. They shouldn’t be changed on a whim (2025-02-06)
  Joshua Black
  The biggest changes to the electoral donations laws in 40 years risk undermining democracy by favouring the major parties over independents.
• Parliament has passed landmark election donation laws. They may be a ‘stitch up’ but they also improve Australia’s democracy (2025-02-14)
  Joo-Cheong Tham
  The new politIcal donation laws will have a dramatic affect on how federal elections are funded in Australia. Could they entrench the major parties and compromise our democracy?
• Grattan on Friday: Labor’s ‘Godfather’ seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates (2023-06-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  Farrell and Albanese were long-time factional opponents. But under Albanese’s government, Farrell is prospering. With the thaw in China-Australia relations, it’s a very good time to be trade minister.
• 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: would a ‘party of independents’ be a contradiction in terms? (2026-05-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  The flirtation by some “teals” with the idea of forming a new party is part of the major shakeup underway in our political system.
• Women are turning the tide on climate policy worldwide, and may launch a new era for Australia (2022-08-01)
  Jacqueline Peel, Annabelle Workman, Kathryn Bowen, Rebekkah Markey-Towler
  From Barbados to Finland, we’ve seen women’s leadership on climate bring fair, innovative and ambitious policies.
• Independents will not help form government – but they will be vital in holding it to account (2025-05-05)
  Joshua Black
  Yes, Labor has won a huge majority. But it will still need to work constructively with the crossbench in both the House and the Senate.
• Crossbenchers cancel their membership of airlines’ elite lounges (2024-11-05)
  Michelle Grattan
  Independents, Allegra Spender and Helen Haines, have declared they are pulling out of the elite lounges run by Qantas and Virgin, amid the ongoing spotlight on privileges.
• Voluntary assisted dying is different to suicide. But federal laws conflate them and restrict access to telehealth (2024-02-22)
  Michaela Estelle Okninski, Marc Trabsky, Neera Bhatia
  It’s illegal to discuss voluntary assisted dying via telehealth, which means people who live in rural areas and those who can’t physically go to see a doctor may not be able to access the scheme.
• Government aims to pass political donation and spending caps within a fortnight after in-principle deal with opposition (2024-11-15)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government has unveiled details of its major overhaul of political donations rules.
• View from The Hill: Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do Liberals more harm than good? (2022-04-24)
  Michelle Grattan
  As the government fights for its life, John Howard, the Liberals’ living icon, has been on the campaign trail.
• Scott Morrison defeated – Labor to govern in minority or majority (2022-05-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Morrison government has been resoundingly defeated, with Labor headed for office, although whether in a minority or majority was unclear late Saturday night.
• Swing when you’re winning: how Labor won big in Western Australia (2022-05-22)
  John Phillimore
  Labor holds the majority of Western Australia’s lower house seats for the first time since 1990.
• How the Liberals lost the ‘moral middle class’ - and now the teal independents may well cash in (2022-05-03)
  Judith Brett
  The strength of support for the teal independents reveals a fracturing of support for the Liberal Party in its traditional strongholds.
• The big teal steal: independent candidates rock the Liberal vote (2022-05-21)
  Amy Nethery
  Australian politics will never be the same after the stunning success of teal candidates at the 2022 federal election.
• Pratt reports show urgent need for political funding law reform (2023-10-25)
  Joo-Cheong Tham
  The billionaire businessman’s reported dealings with politicians highlight the need to change Australia’s campaign finance laws.
• Proposed spending and donations caps may at last bring genuine reform to national election rules (2023-06-20)
  Graeme Orr
  Long the subject of criticism and complaint, electoral spending laws may finally be made more open and fair as a result of a new review.
• Labor gains in Redbridge poll of marginal seats and seizes lead in a Morgan poll (2025-03-02)
  Adrian Beaumont
  Polls have improved for the Labor government ahead of the election - but Victoria still looks like a potential disaster zone for them.
• View from The Hill: Paul Fletcher’s rant against the teals risks insulting voters the Liberals need to win (2024-12-03)
  Michelle Grattan
  Paul Fletcher got a big shock last election in his Sydney seat of Bradfield. Teal candidate Nicolette Boele pushed the result to preferences, leaving her within striking distance.
• Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia? (2022-06-29)
  John Phillimore
  How does democracy cope with a huge imbalance in parliament?
• Liberal Party reclaims Goldstein – how Tim Wilson turned back the Teal tidal wave (2025-05-12)
  Phoebe Hayman, Amy Nethery
  The Liberal Party has reclaimed a seat lost to the Teals in 2022. Tim Wilson did it by adapting some of the campaign strategies used by the independents.
• Newspoll and Ipsos both give Labor clear leads in final polls; counting of early votes (2022-05-20)
  Adrian Beaumont
  The final polls ahead of the federal election on May 21 give Labor a 53-47 two-party preferred leave - if that is repeated on May 21, Labor will win government.
• View from The Hill: government nabs Coalition policy on foreigners buying houses, Dutton eyes action on insurance companies (2025-02-16)
  Michelle Grattan
  While the government aims to shore up its credentials on housing, the Coalition takes aim at recalcitrant insurance companies.
• Australia set to ban ‘nudify’ apps. How will it work? (2025-09-03)
  Nicola Henry
  Banning ‘nudify’ apps is an important step, but alone it won’t stop the harm they cause.
• Grattan on Friday: Government throws everything at securing workplace reforms before Christmas but Pocock keeps it guessing (2022-11-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  Industrial relations is one of the perennial fault lines in Australian politics. As some battles get settled, fresh ones arise, often involving similar issues, in the enduring argument about growing and sharing the economic pie.
• Grattan on Friday: Don Farrell has an electoral reform blueprint, but it could be a rough road to implementation (2024-07-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  The far-reaching electoral reforms, which Farrell aims to bring to parliament in the fortnight sitting. Its seems unlikely to be in place for the coming election, due by May next year.
• Women stormed the 2022 election in numbers too big to ignore: what has Labor pledged on gender? (2022-05-22)
  Camilla Nelson
  The message from the weekend was the things that really matter to women matter at the ballot box, too.
• Grattan on Friday: Will ‘teals’ strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections? (2022-08-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  Victoria goes to the polls in November, and New South Wales in March. The Liberals – in opposition in Victoria, in government in NSW – could have a good deal to fear if the tide runs again for teals.