Melissa McIntosh

We estimate Melissa McIntosh received a parliamentary salary of: $299,090

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: $148,708
• Printing and Communications: $60,233
• Office Consumables and Services: $6,597
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $4,806
• COMCAR: $6,672
• Telecommunications - Usage: $273
• Travel Allowance: $3,864
• Domestic Travel: $29,815
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $36,446

• Hanson claims credit for immigration plans; PM arrives in Brunei – as it happened
• Dozens of Sydney suburbs urged to reduce water use after major main bursts – as it happened
• Queensland government scraps emissions target for Brisbane Olympics – as it happened
• Australia Post hikes delivery companies’ fuel surcharge – as it happened
• Crossbench MPs pressure Labor over gas export tax – as it happened
• Fuel supply and Middle East conflict dominate political debate – as it happened
• One Nation candidate contesting Sussan Ley’s seat likened Julia Gillard to ‘non-productive old cow’
• Two ADF aircraft sent to assist Australians stranded in Middle East – as it happened
• PM tables election review in question time – as it happened
• Greens urge Labor to stop treating children detained in Syria camp like ‘disposable political pawns’ – as it happened

• 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.
• 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: 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.
• 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.