Larissa Waters

We estimate Larissa Waters 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: $462,863
• Printing and Communications: $16,723
• Office Consumables and Services: $9,185
• Additional Printing and Communications: $69,854
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $758
• Telecommunications - Usage: $315
• Travel Allowance: $9,107
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $4,336
• COMCAR: $5,771
• Fares: $22,144
• Parliamentary Duties: $63
• Domestic Travel: $249,263
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $75,342

• Walking for truth: Travis Lovett’s 500km journey to remind Albanese of his promise to create a First Nations truth-telling commission
• Anonymous $200,000 donation to charity providing free meals – as it happened
• Labor backs Greens inquiry into gas export tax – as it happened
• Uber to increase fares – as it happened
• Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians
• PM calls national cabinet meeting over fuel crisis – as it happened
• ‘Blue-sky flood’ as waters reach outskirts of Longreach – as it happened
• No recession but inflation hike and increased cost-of-living pressure on the way, Jim Chalmers says
• Fuel supply and Middle East conflict dominate political debate – as it happened
• Flights from Australia to Middle East cancelled – as it happened

• Fresh start for the Greens, with new leader Larissa Waters (2025-05-15)
  Nathan Fioritti
  Larissa Waters will be tasked with rebuilding the Greens in the lower house after its near election wipe out and managing the sole balance of power in the Senate
• Greens senator Larissa Waters forced out of parliament (2017-07-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  Greens senator Larissa Waters was forced to resign on Tuesday after she discovered she was still a citizen of Canada.
• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Larissa Waters on why we deserve more than a government that just tinkers (2025-07-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  With the government’s big win at the election, how hard will the Greens push on legislation this term. We ask new leader Senator Larissa Waters.
• Nationals’ Matt Canavan quits as resources minister in latest citizenship blow (2017-07-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  Matt Canavan has resigned as the minister for resources and northern Australia after being told by the Italian embassy that he is an Italian citizen.
• High Court sets dual citizenship hearings for October (2017-08-24)
  Michelle Grattan
  The High Court has set hearing dates of October 10, 11 and 12 for MPs’ dual citizenship cases.
• Government urges the High Court to hear citizenship cases in mid-September (2017-08-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government has asked the High Court to hear the dual citizenship cases of several current and former MPs on September 13-14.
• High Court knocks Barnaby Joyce out in dual citizenship case as byelection looms in New England (2017-10-27)
  Michelle Grattan
  The High Court was unanimous on its decision in all the cases, with the eligibility of five MPs rejected and two upheld.
• Estimating the ‘cost’ of fuel tax credits is a tricky business (2016-08-29)
  John Freebairn
  Critics of Australia’s fuel tax credits system have pointed to its impact on the budget bottom line, but calculating that cost is far from straightforward.
• Ambition is not a dirty word: female politicians and the ‘Lady Macbeth bias’ (2025-05-19)
  Rebekah Russell-Bennett
  Australia’s new wave of female political leaders should be judged on ability and performance, not outdated and harmful stereotypes.
• The new leader of the Greens sits in the Senate. Why is that so unusual in Australian politics? (2025-05-15)
  Anne Twomey
  It’s not in the Constitution, but convention has always held that a prime minister should be drawn from the House of Representatives rather than the Senate.
• Greens resignations show a need to change dual citizenship requirements (2017-07-19)
  Lorraine Finlay
  Given the events of the past week, now is an opportune time to discuss reform of a section of the Constitution that makes dual nationals ineligible to sit in parliament.
• ‘Unfair and unreasonable’ – report finds $1.9 billion in unpaid child support in system rife with financial abuse (2025-06-04)
  Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt
  A damning report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found one third of complainants believe the child support system has become ‘weaponised’ by abusive ex-partners.
• Constitution’s wide net catches even MPs who had no idea they’re foreign citizens (2017-07-25)
  Helen Irving
  At the heart of the current controversy is that the senators were either ignorant of their second nationality or believed themselves to have lost it.
• ‘Toy war’ debates misunderstand the causes of domestic violence (2014-12-05)
  Kaye Quek
  Australia suffers “endemic” levels of men’s violence against women, so if the child is the father of the man, then it’s time we talked about boys’ toys. And what better time to start the conversation than…
• The Greens’ expulsion of a co-founder is unlikely to jeopardise the party’s future (2025-07-29)
  Nathan Fioritti
  The expulsion of co-founder Drew Hutton shows transgender rights and safety are not negotiable for the party.
• New Greens leader wants to send a message to those with ‘mainstream values’ (2015-05-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Greens mostly like to keep their party ‘internals’ internal. The leadership transition from Christine Milne to Victorian senator Richard Di Natale was marked by secrecy and tightly stitched up.
• Greens’ election hubris – how the minor party lost its way and now its leader (2025-05-08)
  Josh Holloway
  The Greens will be searching for a new way forward and now a new leader, with Adam Bandt conceding he has lost his seat.
• To the High Court we go: six MPs under clouds in decisions that could undermine the government (2017-08-15)
  Graeme Orr
  The High Court ruling over the five MPs’ legitimacy to hold seats may hang on whether they took reasonable steps to renounce their non-Australian citizenships.
• High stakes for Turnbull government as High Court hears MPs’ citizenship cases (2017-10-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  For Malcolm Turnbull, on a wafer-thin majority and struggling in the polls, the outcome of the seven High Court cases is of vital importance.
• The High Court sticks to the letter of the law on the ‘citizenship seven’ (2017-10-27)
  Gabrielle Appleby
  The question will now be whether Section 44 of the Constitution needs reform to enable dual citizens who may have a lot to offer to become MPs.
• Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal (2025-11-27)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government finally got through its environmental laws, doing the deal with the Greens, leaving the Liberals hung out to dry.
• Let’s talk about your pay, and loudly (2015-09-24)
  Beth Gaze
  With the gender pay gap refusing to go away, it’s time more people were encouraged to discuss their salary openly.
• Adam Bandt elected unopposed as new Greens leader (2020-02-04)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Greens’ only House of Representatives member, Adam Bandt, is the party’s new leader, elected unanimously after Richard Di Natale’s decision to leave parliament. Bandt, 47, has held the inner city seat…
• Di Natale elected Greens’ leader after Milne resigns (2015-05-06)
  Michelle Grattan
  Victorian Senator Richard Di Natale has been elected Greens’ leader unopposed, after Christine Milne announced she would not contest the next federal election.
• Hanson set to refer Malcolm Roberts to the High Court over dual citizenship questions (2017-08-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  Pauline Hanson is set to move that the High Court consider the eligibility of her One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.
• Three early January polls have Labor down, but disagree on One Nation’s vote (2026-01-13)
  Adrian Beaumont
  While Labor’s support has flagged since the Bondi terror attacks, support for One Nation appears to be continuing to rise.
• Greens-Palmer deal: a roadblock for environmental one-stop shop (2014-10-02)
  Chris McGrath
  The Greens have secured a deal with the Palmer United Party (PUP) and Labor that effectively kills the federal government’s plan to hand its environmental approval powers to the states under its “one-stop…
• View from The Hill: An ugly fracas in the Senate leads to suspension of Lidia Thorpe (2024-11-27)
  Michelle Grattan
  Wednesday in the Senate saw one of the ugliest incidents in recent memory in that chamber. Which lead to Senator Lidia Thorpe being temporarily suspended.
• Liberal John Alexander likely to quit imminently (2017-11-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  John Alexander is expected to resign over the weekend, becoming the latest MP to be claimed by the dual citizenship crisis.
• Government announces 2035 target of 62–70% emissions reduction (2025-09-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Albanese government has announced Australia will commit to cutting emissions by between 62% and 70% on 2005 levels by 2035.