Kevin Hogan

We estimate Kevin Hogan received a parliamentary salary of: $305,070

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: $291,489
• Travel Allowance: $64,875
• Printing and Communications: $82,940
• Publications: $343
• Office Consumables and Services: $10,833
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $465
• Telecommunications - Usage: $653
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $8,439
• Parking: $33
• COMCAR: $8,853
• Fares: $13,154
• Party Political Duties: $287
• Parliamentary Duties: $30
• Domestic Travel: $45,825
• Parliamentary Delegations: $24,782
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $29,978

• PM pledges to ‘do everything we can to protect Australia’ amid Iran fuel crisis – as it happened
• Queensland government scraps emissions target for Brisbane Olympics – as it happened
• BoM forecasts high chance of cyclone forming in Coral Sea – as it happened
• ACCC calls emergency meeting with fuel suppliers – as it happened
• Afternoon Update: Canavan to lead Nationals; Iranian football squad member changes mind on asylum offer; and the world’s fattest parrot
• Morning Mail: Two more Iranians reportedly seek asylum, Labor alarm at PM’s war stance, mastering ‘green confetti’
• Fuel supply and Middle East conflict dominate political debate – as it happened
• Pauline Hanson secured government solar rebate despite calling for subsidies to large-scale renewables to end
• Major parties knock back inquiry into racism and sexism in the Senate – as it happened
• Labor approves 4.41% increase for health insurance premiums – as it happened

• Canavan brings back McCormack in Nationals frontbench shake up (2026-03-16)
  Michelle Grattan
  The new Nationals leader promotes a ‘posse of patriots’ to the Coalition front bench.
• With a new prime minister nominated, the Nationals have a rare chance to assert themselves (2018-08-24)
  Gregory Melleuish
  The National Party has the opportunity to use its role within the Coalition to exercise its influence on behalf of rural Australia.
• Australia can pick up its game and land a Moon mission (2019-08-01)
  Andrew Dempster
  Australia should be involved in any new mission to the Moon: we have the interest and the expertise so let’s be part of the race.
• Joyce repays supporters and demotes opponents in a ‘reward and punishment’ reshuffle (2021-06-27)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie has been restored to cabinet and Darren Chester has been dropped to the backbench in a reshuffle of blatant reward and punishment following Barnaby Joyce’s elevation.
• View from The Hill: Nationals rebel stirs the pot but Littleproud is dug in (2026-01-28)
  Michelle Grattan
  A little-known Nationals MP has put up his hand to spill the party’s leadership, but unless he gets some support from colleagues, it may not get off the ground.
• Nationals break the Coalition, in a major blow to Sussan Ley (2025-05-20)
  Michelle Grattan
  Leader of the Nationals David Littleproud formally announced an end of the Coalition agreement.
• View from The Hill: David Littleproud quits as Nationals leader, declaring ‘I’m buggered’ (2026-03-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Nationals leader quits after an extended period of turmoil for his party and the Coalition.
• View from The Hill: It turned into a profitable day at the office for Nat rat (2020-02-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  The internal chaos of the Nationals has continued into the second week of parliament. With the minor party of the Coalition deeply split, the future of the government is uncertain.
• View from The Hill: Ten women in shadow cabinet, and Nationals grab trade job (2022-06-05)
  Michelle Grattan
  Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Nationals leader David Littleproud announce the Coalition’s shadow ministry
• Labor leads 56-44% in Newspoll, but Morrison rates better than Shorten (2018-09-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Liberal party is also reeling after a massive swing has cost it the previously safe seat of Wagga Wagga in Saturday’s NSW state byelection.
• It’s time to come clean on Lismore’s future. People and businesses have to relocate away from the floodplains (2022-06-14)
  Jerry Vanclay
  Lismore’s residents and businesses on the floodplain need to look at relocation, not rebuilding.
• 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.
• Understanding risks for Australia of China’s slowing economy is Chalmers’ top priority at upcoming Beijing talks (2024-09-12)
  James Laurenceson
  Both countries are committed to what will be the first dialogue since 2021 when China suspended talks over the “belt and road initiative”.
• Grattan on Friday: Ley and Littleproud have had a prickly relationship – can they negotiate a smooth future? (2025-05-15)
  Michelle Grattan
  Rebuilding the Coalition will be a difficult task, but can the two Coalition leaders put their past behind and unify in the wake of such a devastating defeat.
• Grattan on Friday: Can Barnaby Joyce sell his supporters the net zero he’s previously trashed? (2021-10-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  As the Liberal and National parties attempt to agree to net zero, Barnaby Joyce needs to find a way to sell a policy to his electorate that he doesn’t believe in
• The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense? (2025-05-20)
  Joshua Black
  This is not the first time the Liberals and Nationals have gone their own ways - but this time they may find going solo is extremely hard.
• 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.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Michael McCormack moves on from his near-death experience (2020-02-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  On this podcast, the Nationals leader defends his new frontbench line up against criticism it's short on women, mounts a strong pitch in favour of coal, and rejects claims that he's a weak leader.
• What is really happening at the Tele, indeed at News Corp? (2013-08-09)
  David Holmes
  Could the unthinkable be happening? That there is actually a conversation going on about the election, and that it is happening between the Media Panel right here at The Conversation and Col Allan himself…
• Tom Watson muddying the waters (2013-08-27)
  Sinclair Davidson
  British MP and anti-Murdoch campaigner Tom Watson is visiting Australia. Apparently he was so incensed by the Murdoch press coverage of the election that he cleared his schedule, packed his bags, and came…
• Anglo-Saxon worldviews in the media do little to reflect Australia’s diverse ethnic make-up (2013-08-08)
  Folker Hanusch
  So the Daily Telegraph is at it again today, featuring Kevin Rudd, Anthony Albanese and Craig Thomson in German World War 2 uniforms, playing the main characters of the popular 1960s TV show Hogan’s Heroes…
• Navigating Australia’s bumpy road to aged care reform (2012-05-15)
  David Penington
  Much of the budget analysis over the past week has concentrated on the shuffling of expenditure for 2012-13 back to this financial year in order to achieve a surplus. It’s true that $17.6bn of such transfers…
• Faulkner’s reforms will fail as NSW Labor refuses to change (2014-07-24)
  Michael Hogan
  Labor senator John Faulkner does not anticipate that his moves to reform the party’s preselection processes will succeed at this weekend’s NSW State Conference. Faulkner is hoping to have the rules changed…
• When did the tabloid ‘front page’ election campaign begin? (2013-08-08)
  David Holmes
  As my fellow panellist, Sinclair Davidson, filed yesterday, we are still talking about that front page of the Daily Telegraph on August 5. It is now widely viewed as the first shot in not just an election…
• Home alone feeling scrooged? These Christmas movies deserve some love, actually (2015-12-16)
  Ari Mattes
  From Hallmark to Hulk Hogan, we round up classic Christmas cinema. If you’re looking for sweet, schmaltzy or satirical December viewing, start here.
• Day five: Rupert Murdoch IS the News (2013-08-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  When leaders take on media moguls, it always makes for a spicy story. When the characters are Kevin Rudd and Rupert Murdoch, one hangs out for the next episode. In the Labor camp, a few people must be…
• Yuletide cheer – but not too much: cinema’s best ‘Christmas adjacent’ films (yes, including Die Hard) (2024-12-19)
  Ari Mattes
  What about those who are sick of all the tinsel and baubles? They need the Christmas-adjacent film: films set during Christmas, that aren’t really about Christmas.