Madeleine King

We estimate Madeleine King 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: $360,995
• Printing and Communications: $60,959
• Office Consumables and Services: $15,363
• Travel Allowance: $7,210
• Telecommunications - Usage: $75
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $3,197
• COMCAR: $7,135
• Fares: $30,225
• Domestic Travel: $161,677
• International Travel: $560
• Ministerial Visits: $7,345
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $67,249

• Labor ‘not considering’ joining US blockade of strait of Hormuz – as it happened
• One Nation wins fourth seat in SA – as it happened
• Albanese government could increase ethanol level in fuel as farmers warn about food prices
• Crossbench MPs pressure Labor over gas export tax – as it happened
• As Labor faces pressure to respond boldly to oil shock, it needs to find more unconventional levers to pull
• Uber to increase fares – as it happened
• Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians
• Pocock repeats calls for 25% tax on gas exports – as it happened
• ASX suffers more heavy losses as Middle East crisis spooks investors – as it happened
• Melbourne mosque closed after suspicious package found – as it happened

• Politics with Michelle Grattan: Madeleine King on investment incentives and the pivotal role of gas (2024-05-23)
  Michelle Grattan
  Joining us for the podcast Resources Minister Madeleine King pushes back against Coalition claims the green energy projects – developing green hydrogen and investment in processing critical minerals.
• Qantas throws weight behind Voice with travel for ‘yes’ campaigners (2023-08-14)
  Michelle Grattan
  Outgoing Qantas chief Alan Joyce appeared on Monday with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to unveil the livery
• Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy (2024-05-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  The new strategy sees gas as crucial to the new Future Made in Australia policy, which includes support for manufacturing and refining critical minerals.
• Albanese government to invest $566 million for ‘generational’ mapping to promote resource exploration (2024-05-07)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Albanese government will invest $566 million over a decade on data, maps and other tools to promote exploration and development in Australia’s resource industry.
• Grattan on Friday: We must find a way to get gas prices down, but how? (2022-10-13)
  Michelle Grattan
  Shaping up as an outspoken protagonist in the current “gas wars”, Industry Minister Ed Husic this week launched a barrage of criticism at the producers.
• Grattan on Friday: The Coalition’s likely embrace of nuclear energy is high-risk politics (2023-08-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  Peter Dutton has been open since the election about nuclear energy being on the Coalition’s agenda - but that has allowed the government, especially Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, to attack the idea
• Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers pumps up his role in energy transition (2023-11-02)
  Michelle Grattan
  This is probably a good thing for the government, because the transition to renewables isn’t going as well as it needs to
• Albanese government announces gas reservation plan to address supply and price (2025-12-22)
  Michelle Grattan
  Under the scheme, exporters will have to reserve between 15% and 25% of gas production for the local market.
• Critical minerals receive multi-million dollar support under Future Made in Australia policy (2024-04-16)
  Michelle Grattan
  Two major critical minerals projects in Queensland and South Australia will receive $400 million in federal government loans to to deliver Australia’s first high-purity alumina processing facility.
• Albanese government announces $1.2 billion plan to purchase critical minerals (2025-04-23)
  Michelle Grattan
  A re-elected Albanese government will take the unprecedented step of buying or obtaining options over key critical minerals to protect Australia’s national interest.
• Australia just committed $207 million to a major satellite program. What is it, and why do we need it? (2024-03-27)
  Cassandra Steer
  Without satellites, we wouldn’t have much of the Earth and climate data we have today. And Australia is a world leader in satellite data.
• 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.
• As world trade shifts to invitation-only clubs, Australia is facing tough choices (2026-02-12)
  Naoise McDonagh
  When the US invited more than 50 countries to discuss a new club to share critical minerals, China was not invited. Will Australia be forced to pick a side?
• Chalmers flags gas action, with escalating power prices a cost-of-living nightmare for government (2022-10-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  The treasurer’s Tuesday’s appearances were his first after receiving a major rebuff when Anthony Albanese at the weekend quashed any prospect of rejigging the Stage 3 tax cuts in the budget.
• 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. 
• 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.
• We pay billions to subsidise Australia’s fossil fuel industry. This makes absolutely no economic sense (2022-09-06)
  Richard Denniss
  Fossil fuel subsidies from major economies nearly doubled in 2021, reaching almost US$700 billion. Here’s how Australia stacks up.
• Hey minister, leave that gas trigger alone – it may fire up a fight with foreign investors (2022-07-31)
  Umair Ghori
  The Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism may have serious unintended consequences if used, potentially breaching trade and investment treaties.
• In Slick, Royce Kurmelovs exposes just how long, and hard, the fossil fuel industry has worked to advance its interests (2024-09-23)
  Richard Denniss
  Most people underestimate just how far in advance the fossil fuel industry plans not only its new projects, but its PR and lobbying efforts, as well.
• The ‘gas trigger’ won’t be enough to stop our energy crisis escalating. We need a domestic reservation policy (2022-08-02)
  Samantha Hepburn
  There’s been a lot of talk about pulling the gas trigger. The problem is, the trigger is too slow and too easy to avoid.
• The Kimba nuclear waste plan bites the dust. Here’s what went wrong and how to do better next time (2023-08-10)
  Ian Lowe
  Now that plans for a national radioactive waste management facility near Kimba in South Australia have been abandoned, what next? Let’s learn from our mistakes.
• Opening 10 new oil and gas sites is a win for fossil fuel companies – but a staggering loss for the rest of Australia (2022-08-25)
  Samantha Hepburn
  Opening up new fossil fuel exploration will damage our longer-term security and undermine our climate imperatives. It is dangerous for the planet.
• West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time? (2025-06-20)
  Diane Dowdell
  Murray Watt came to the role of environment minister with a reputation as a fixer. The question now is, what will he trade to get WA miners on side?
• Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project? (2024-08-08)
  Samantha Hepburn
  Australia’s largest oil and gas company wants to drill for gas under a pristine coral reef.
• Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both (2024-05-13)
  Samantha Hepburn
  Why is Australia talking about opening new gas fields as a way to reach net zero?
• The ultra-polluting Scarborough-Pluto gas project could blow through Labor’s climate target – and it just got the green light (2022-06-03)
  Bill Hare
  We calculate that this project will add about 41 megatonnes per year to Australia’s national emissions from around 2030.
• All ‘commit’ and no ‘disagree’: the real reason why Labor’s solidarity pledge is not working (2024-07-07)
  Chris Wallace
  Labor’s solidarity pledge is effective and necessary - and has been so for more than 100 years. But it only works properly if MPs can freely voice their concerns and disagreements in caucus.
• 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.
• Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas (2024-05-29)
  Bill Hare
  Labor came to power promising real change on climate. But their reliance on accounting tricks, carbon sinks, offsets and a future for gas has cast a very large cloud.
• Out of alignment: how clashing policies make for terrible environmental outcomes (2024-04-03)
  Euan Ritchie, Catherine Lovelock, Sarah Bekessy
  Even with the best intentions, policies from different government departments can clash.