Peter Whish-Wilson

We estimate Peter Whish-Wilson 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: $104,973
• Travel Allowance: $10,992
• Office Consumables and Services: $5,567
• Printing and Communications: $5,056
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $262
• Telecommunications - Usage: $324
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $2,585
• COMCAR: $2,993
• Parliamentary Duties: $335
• Fares: $19,026
• Domestic Travel: $33,846
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $23,987

• Hanson claims credit for immigration plans; PM arrives in Brunei – as it happened
• ‘Denial machine’: climate misinformation is fuelling conflict in Australian communities, inquiry finds
• Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws
• Virginia Bell formally commences royal commission role – as it happened
• Victorian government sets date for formal apology to First Nations people – as it happened
• ‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
• News Corp Australia chair says outlets not part of climate crisis ‘denial machine’
• Climate-sceptic IPA refuses to reveal funders in fiery Senate inquiry
• Shark feeding frenzy spotted near shore at popular Australian surf beach
• Ley had ‘a really strong point to make’ on Joy Division T-shirt, Liberal MP says – as it happened

• Politics podcast: Peter Whish-Wilson on the need for a royal commission into banks (2016-04-07)
  Michelle Grattan
  The global scandal surrounding the release of the Panama papers and Malcolm Turnbull's criticism of Australian banks have put the spotlight on the often murky world of banking and finance.
• Di Natale takes Hanson-Young out of asylum seeker area (2016-08-25)
  Michelle Grattan
  Sarah Hanson-Young – a loud voice on asylum-seeker issues – has lost a battle with her leader, Richard Di Natale, to keep her immigration portfolio in the Greens reshuffle.
• 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.
• Backpacker tax deal finally – at One Nation’s 15% rate (2016-11-28)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government has made another retreat on its backpacker tax, dropping its proposed rate from 19% to 15% in a deal that will get through the Senate crossbench.
• The competition test attracts odd political bedfellows, but isn’t going away (2015-09-18)
  Russell Miller
  The new Turnbull government should follow the lead of the Harper Review and introduce an ‘effects’ test on market power.
• Conditions built into Frydenberg’s okay for Chinese baby formula takeover (2019-11-15)
  Michelle Grattan
  The proposed acquisition of infant formula producer Bellamy’s Australia Ltd by China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited has been given approval by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Strict, legally enforceable conditions…
• Turnbull and Shorten haggle over detail of citizenship disclosure system (2017-11-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are inching toward an agreement on the form of a citizenship declaration that each MP would have to make within weeks.
• Unrepentant Hanson hopes burqa stunt will create debate (2017-08-17)
  Michelle Grattan
  Pauline Hanson’s stunt of wearing a burqa into the Senate on Thursday drew a swingeing attack from George Brandis.
• ‘Command and control’ banks have got ethics and culture all wrong (2016-03-17)
  Carl Rhodes
  Banks may pay lip service to ethical cultures but often curtail the critical questioning that allows ethical issues to be surfaced in the first place.
• Japan’s new whaling program is a small win for whales, but… (2014-11-20)
  Indi Hodgson-Johnston, Julia Jabour
  This week, Japan announced a research plan for its New Scientific Whale Research Program in the Antarctic Ocean, to replace previous programs. In March this year, Japan’s previous whaling program, JARPA…
• Election 2013 brings a mixed result for the Greens (2013-09-08)
  Narelle Miragliotta
  In the final days of the election campaign, Greens leader Christine Milne implored voters to “Abbott-proof” the Senate by voting Green on election day. Milne’s exhortation was, in many respects, an open…
• An unexpected win for consumers of financial advice comes out of PUP implosion (2014-11-19)
  Michelle Grattan
  Australia’s financial services industry has been thrown into turmoil by the spectacular implosion of the Palmer United Party (PUP) and an independent stand by its supposed ally, Motoring Enthusiast Ricky…
• Milne fights battle for Green relevance (2013-02-21)
  Michelle Grattan
  Greens leader Christine Milne faces her existential moment at the coming election. Her predecessor Bob Brown took the Greens to their present high point - nine senators and the sole balance of power in…
• Tide turned: surveys show the public has lost its appetite for shark culls (2017-12-18)
  Chris Pepin-Neff, Thomas Wynter
  A Senate committee has recommended an end to sharks culls and nets. According to surveys, the public is on board with the idea of ending policies that are lethal to sharks.
• View from The Hill: Australia’s bid for Julian Assange’s freedom presents formidable problems for Joe Biden (2023-09-08)
  Michelle Grattan
  Anthony Albanese’s request for the Americans to drop their bid to extradite Assange has fallen on firmly blocked ears.
• State of the states: a handful of votes could decide Tasmania’s Liberal-held seats (2016-06-16)
  Dain Bolwell, Richard Eccleston
  All three Tasmanian Liberal-held House of Representatives seats – Bass, Lyons and Braddon – will be critical to the election result.
• State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign (2022-05-16)
  Paul Williams, John Phillimore, Mark Rolfe, Michael Lester, Rob Manwaring, Zareh Ghazarian
  In the first week of the campaign we journeyed around the country with a team of politics experts. Now we retrace our steps to look at what’s happened since.
• State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia (2022-04-13)
  Paul Williams, John Phillimore, Mark Rolfe, Michael Lester, Rob Manwaring, Zareh Ghazarian
  What are the key seats and issues affecting Australians? Six experts tell us what to expect in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.
• Friday essay: Australia’s ‘quarry noir’ mines our anxiety about our biggest industry (2026-02-16)
  Meg Brayshaw
  Mining has driven Australia’s prosperity and way of life. It’s also environmentally and socially destructive. Our mining crime novels explore this tension.