Patricia Cook

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 Patricia Cook 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.

Expenses data not available for this period.

• ‘Jake the dog helped me feel normal again’: readers on the pandemic’s acts of kindness

• An open letter to the Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists (2016-08-24)
  Andrew Glikson
  Atmospheric, marine, environmental, biological and medical scientists join in calling for more focus on the damage being wrought by climate change.
• Deep cultural shifts required: open letter from 500 legal women calls for reform of way judges are appointed and disciplined (2020-07-06)
  Gabrielle Appleby
  In an open letter to Attorney-General Christian Porter, more than 500 women working in the law from across Australia have sought changes to the way judges are disciplined and appointed.
• Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral (2023-06-22)
  Kristie Patricia Flannery
  What makes billionaires risk their lives to see the Titanic wreck?
• ‘A nightmare B-side to the American dream’: Helter Skelter is the bestselling true crime book of all time – but how true is it? (2023-10-22)
  Sally Breen
  Helter Skelter was the first and most famous book claiming to tell the ‘truth’ about the 1969 Manson murders. Sally Breen explores the myths and conflicting truths that have emerged over nearly 50 years.
• Ferdinand Magellan’s death 500 years ago is being remembered as an act of Indigenous resistance (2021-04-26)
  Kate Fullagar, Kristie Patricia Flannery
  The Philippines is taking an Indigenous-led approach to remembering European colonialism in the Pacific — a refreshing contrast to the dominant stories about James Cook in Australia and New Zealand.
• 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.
• Caravan delivers a glimpse of women on the edge with sweet comedy (2017-10-09)
  Sandra D'urso
  Caravan tells the tale of a mother and daughter who live in a caravan. Staged in the Malthouse Theatre’s forecourt, it is a sweet look at class and gender.
• Death on the Great Barrier Reef: how dead coral went from economic resource to conservation symbol (2016-10-18)
  Rohan Lloyd
  Once upon a time dead coral was something to be celebrated on the Great Barrier Reef.
• With commercial galleries an endangered species, are art fairs a necessary evil? (2019-05-14)
  Sasha Grishin
  Embarrassed directors of well-established commercial art galleries will quietly confess that often they scarcely get more than a dozen visitors a day. Can art fairs help fill the void?
• An open letter from 1,200 Australian academics on the Djab Wurrung trees (2020-11-04)
  Peta Malins, Crystal McKinnon, Kim Kruger, Paola Balla
  After the Directions Tree was cut down last week, Australian academics - both Indigenous and non-Indigenous - have come together in ‘sorrow and anger’.
• Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time (2025-09-02)
  Rohan Lloyd
  In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.
• On the Pacific, the new government must be bold and go big. Here’s how the repair work could begin (2022-05-23)
  Patricia A. O'Brien
  To repair our relationship with the Pacific, the new government must make swift decisions addressing the climate emergency. But that’s just the starting point.
• US takes a renewed interest in the Pacific – and China’s role in it (2022-09-13)
  Patricia A. O'Brien
  At the end of September, US President Jo Biden will host Pacific leaders at the White House – a sign the US is taking the region, and China’s role in it, more seriously.
• Pacific nations grapple with COVID’s terrible toll and the desperate need for vaccines (2021-08-03)
  Patricia A. O'Brien
  Having been protected by geography early in the pandemic, Pacific nations are now battling serious outbreaks and struggling to get their people vaccinated.
• In the wake of the China-Solomon Islands pact, Australia needs to rethink its Pacific relationships (2022-04-22)
  Patricia A. O'Brien
  There is a long history shaping the recent pact between China and the Solomons- and it should jolt Australia into rethinking its relationships in the Pacific region.
• Friday essay: ‘the problem is that my success seems to get in his way’ – the fraught terrain of literary marriages (2023-06-22)
  Kerrie Davies
  ‘Literary couples are a plague,’ wrote Elsa Morante, married to Alberto Moravia. They’re one of the couples in this lively exploration of what happens when two writers share loves and lives.
• Bohemian, artist, conservationist: breathing humanity into the man who fought to protect Queensland’s rainforest and reef (2024-06-18)
  Rohan Lloyd
  Born into a wealthy family, John Büsst left Melbourne for north Queensland where he campaigned against planned oil and gas exploration of the reef in the 1960s. His story was little known, until now.
• The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls (2025-03-12)
  Aram Sinnreich, Robert W. Gehl
  The fediverse promises an egalitarian, noncommercial alternative to Big Tech for social media, but there’s a lot of work needed to make it work.
• Colombian militants have a new plan for the country, and it’s called ‘insurgent feminism’ (2017-07-03)
  Camille Boutron
  Demilitarised female guerrillas in Colombia are hoping to spark a new women’s movement based in the FARC’s revolutionary ideals.
• Fish in a major South African river are full of microplastics (2022-07-24)
  Dalia Saad
  The Vaal River, which serves more than 11 million people, is considerably polluted with microplastics.
• The Angela Merkel model – or how to succeed in German politics (2017-09-21)
  Patricia Hogwood
  Few thought she’d go the distance when she first came to power. That was more than a decade ago.
• Filipino sailors dock in Mexico … and help invent tequila? (2025-07-21)
  Stephen Acabado
  Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping to shape what would become Mexico’s national spirit.
• Inside a reintegration camp for Colombia’s ex-guerrilla fighters: ‘Words of reconciliation are our only weapons now’ (2022-06-06)
  Camilo Tamayo Gomez, Gavin Hart
  The outcome of Colombia’s presidential election has major implications for the survival of its historic peace deal, and the prospects of former combatants who have committed to a life without conflict
• Strait of Hormuz crisis: how danger and uncertainty can affect the mental health of seafarers (2026-09-10)
  Patricia Kennedy, Anita Rayegani, Eka Siradze
  Research links unsafe conditions, long hours and poor sleep with worse mental health at sea. Conflict can intensify each of these pressures.
• Five must-read novels on the environment and climate crisis (2020-07-09)
  Ti-han Chang
  Eco-fiction to help you rethink your role in the climate crisis.