Melissa McIntosh

The 10 most recent “Aye” and “No” votes recorded in the Australian Parliament's own division records this term, sourced directly from aph.gov.au independently of the voting-record data above.

We estimate Melissa McIntosh 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: $176,161
• Printing and Communications: $66,985
• Office Consumables and Services: $18,630
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $5,554
• COMCAR: $1,014
• Travel Allowance: $10,204
• Telecommunications - Usage: $545
• Fares: $1,387
• Domestic Travel: $34,662
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $37,181

• ADF member ‘person of interest’ after ‘despicable betrayal of trust’ on Navy ship where camera found in women’s shower – as it happened
• Another Australian found safe after Nepal-Tibet floods – as it happened
• Catholic schools chief denies wiping critical evidence after performing factory reset on phone, Icac hears
• Defence joins search for missing bushwalker – as it happened
• Politicians and media gather for Canberra’s Midwinter Ball– as it happened
• Garth Hamilton storms out of question time after outburst – as it happened
• Morning Mail: Plea to save Australian theatre, Brazil overcome Japan scare, Penelope Keith dies
• Court rules identities of multiple survivors of Bondi attack cannot be published – as it happened
• Paterson says Hanson’s vision for monocultural Australia ‘deeply weird’ as he defends Taylor’s response – as it happened
• WA minister says no evidence H5N1 bird flu has spread but samples from two sea birds being tested -as it happened

• Angus Taylor defeats Sussan Ley by hefty margin of 34-17 as Liberal leader (2026-02-12)
  Michelle Grattan
  Angus Taylor has defeated Sussan Ley for Liberal leader by a hefty margin of 34-17, giving him strong authority.
• Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister (2025-01-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  Peter Dutton has chosen David Coleman for the key shadow foreign affairs portfolio, in a reshuffle that also seeks to boost the opposition’s credentials with women.
• View from The Hill: Liberals desperate for a path out of purgatory (2026-02-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  After a horror poll last night it is becoming increasingly likely that Angus Taylor will challenge Sussan Ley for the Liberal leadership
• View from The Hill: Albanese says Whitlam’s dismissal ‘calculated plot’; Liberals consumed by current battle (2025-11-10)
  Michelle Grattan
  Anthony Albanese has denounced Gough Whitlam’s dismissal from office in 1975 as “a calculated plot, hatched by conservative forces
• View from The Hill: Angus Taylor quits frontbench, declaring Sussan Ley can’t lead Liberal Party ‘as it needs to be led’ (2026-02-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  The move paves the way for a leadership contest in the next few days.
• View from The Hill: Peter Dutton talks up nuclear replacements for coal-fired generators (2024-03-05)
  Michelle Grattan
  Peter Dutton’s minor cabinet reshuffle, paired with the announcement of his nuclear energy policy, makes it hard to decide whether Peter Dutton is a gambler at heart or ultra-cautious.
• View from The Hill: Even when they’re doing quite well, Liberals find a way to put their foot in it (2026-06-30)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Liberals seem to be unable to resist damaging infighting just as things seemed to be looking up in Victoria.
• View from The Hill: Liberals now wedged in tunnel, staring at a sinkhole (2026-06-29)
  Michelle Grattan
  Like a cumbersome machine, the latest polls show the party is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
• View from The Hill: Angus Taylor appoints Tim Wilson as part of a new-look Liberal economic team (2026-02-17)
  Michelle Grattan
  Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has appointed Tim Wilson to go head-to-head as shadow treasurer against the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers.
• View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon (2025-12-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  Wells is the latest in a long line of politicians to find themselves falling foul not of the official entitlement rules, but the crucial pub test.
• How Norman Lindsay wrote the The Magic Pudding to critique ‘Australian values’ – inspired by Nietzsche (2026-03-31)
  John Uhr
  The Australian way of life displayed in The Magic Pudding revolves around the life of the belly, not the life of the mind.
• State of the states: Queensland and Tasmania win it for the Coalition (2019-05-20)
  Nick Economou, Ian Cook, Maxine Newlands, Richard Eccleston, Rob Manwaring, Stewart Jackson
  The Tasmanian seats of Bass and Braddon were always going to be key elements of a Coalition victory – and so it proved to be.