Simon Kennedy

We estimate Simon Kennedy received a parliamentary salary of: $442,650

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: $178,242
• Printing and Communications: $50,270
• Office Consumables and Services: $24,950
• Publications: $924
• Private-Plated Vehicle: $4,564
• COMCAR: $1,888
• Telecommunications - Usage: $402
• Travel Allowance: $4,508
• Fares: $19,007
• Parliamentary Duties: $374
• Domestic Travel: $20,173
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $51,184

• Taylor vows to run coal ‘long and hard’ and scrap EV concessions in budget reply – as it happened
• PM says opposition ‘reduced to a farce’ as government targeted over CGT – as it happened
• The ‘Oscars for political nerds’ or a threat to democracy? Grab a ticket, it’s Canberra’s budget fundraiser season
• Labor backs Greens inquiry into gas export tax – as it happened
• Crossbench MPs pressure Labor over gas export tax – as it happened
• Major parties knock back inquiry into racism and sexism in the Senate – as it happened
• Labor approves 4.41% increase for health insurance premiums – as it happened
• Police clash with protesters as thousands rally to oppose Israeli president’s visit – as it happened
• PM praises ‘very significant’ Indonesia security pact – as it happened
• Australian prime minister praises Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed as ‘best of our country’

• 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.
• Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’ (2025-10-23)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy while the government races to get its environmental laws through parliament.
• 10 ways we can better respond to the pandemic in a trauma-informed way (2021-10-07)
  Christina Heris, Catherine Chamberlain, Cindy Woods, Helen Herrman, Janine Mohamed, Michelle Kennedy, Shannon Bennetts, Simon Graham
  The COVID-19 pandemic is a stressful time for all, and even more so for people experiencing trauma-related stress. How can public health emergency responses avoid further trauma for vulnerable people?
• Welcome to the Museum of Australian Women’s History (2013-03-08)
  Natalie Kon-yu
  Situated in Melbourne’s busy Arts Precinct, by the Yarra and the Botanical Gardens, is Victoria’s newest museum and the first museum in the country dedicated to Australian women’s history. The Museum of…
• Morrison cuts a swathe through the public service, with five departmental heads gone (2019-12-05)
  Michelle Grattan
  Morrison said the shrinking of the number of departments was “to ensure the services that Australians rely on are delivered more efficiently and effectively”.
• Day Seven: The debate that did not grip the nation (2013-08-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  Tonight’s debate was not a debate. It was a joint news conference and a dull one at that. There was not the head-to-head exchanges and jousting that a genuine “debate” requires. There was no knock out…
• A question for the treasurer: how do you treat mental health without measuring well-being? (2020-10-11)
  Carla Liuzzo
  In February Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg called the idea of a well-being budget ‘laughable’. It’s time he took it seriously.
• Beyond GDP: Chalmers’ historic moment to build wellbeing (2022-06-23)
  Warwick Smith
  Australia’s treasury helped inspire NZ and other governments to adopt well-being budgets – now, years later, we look set to get one too. So what are the challenges ahead?
• Friday essay: ‘epic fury’ – the men of MAGA might be the most emotional US leaders ever (2026-03-12)
  Natalie Kon-yu, Emily Booth, Michael Burke, Tom Clark
  The emotional outbursts of MAGA men can seem spontaneous and even silly – but we should take them seriously, especially when they apply to war.
• Neale Daniher was ferocious and inspirational, whether on the footy field or fighting ‘the Beast’ (2026-05-25)
  Vaughan Cruickshank, Brendon Hyndman
  Neale Daniher has lost his brave fight against motor neurone disease, but his legacy will live on.
• Democratic organizations struggle with democracy, too. Here’s what they can do about it (2024-02-07)
  Simon Pek, Jeffrey Kennedy
  Mini-publics, a type of participatory process, can help revitalize democracy in democratic member-based organizations.
• Universities can foster more deliberative democracy — starting by empowering students (2022-10-17)
  Simon Pek, Jeffrey Kennedy
  Universities should look to democratic innovations seen in society like ‘mini publics’ where citizens deliberate about critical issues in representative forums.
• Below the Line: How much are the parties spending on ads? And how come One Nation’s Townsville candidate lives in Melbourne? – podcast (2022-05-06)
  In this episode of our election podcast, our expert panel dissect the interest rate rise, political ad spending and the impact of early voting – which opens on Monday May 9.
• A history of assassination reveals how ‘targeted killings’ became an extension of state power (2026-02-16)
  Kevin Foster
  Shot, stabbed, poisoned with frog toxin – a new book reveals how the killing of political opponents has emerged from the shadows of government secrecy.
• Medical crowdfunding supports the wealthy and endangers privacy – here’s how to make it more ethical (2019-06-26)
  Jeremy Snyder, Glenn Cohen, Peter Chow White, Valorie A. Crooks
  Medical crowdfunding raises billions of dollars annually – mostly for those who already have good jobs and own their own homes.
• The folk philosophy of Bob Dylan: riffs, grifters, history – and a terrific playlist (2022-12-06)
  David McCooey
  Critic Greil Marcus sees Bob Dylan as constantly rewriting the national songbook. And in his weird, funny new book, Dylan does just that.
• 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’.
• How anti-vaccine sentiment helped raise funds and saved the lives of some B.C. ostriches (2025-10-15)
  Jeremy Snyder, Claire Wilson
  Leveraging political hot topics can make crowdfunding campaigns more successful. A recent proposed ostrich cull garnered a lot of attention from high-profile people.
• JFK 60 years on: his leadership style and the reality behind the myths (2023-11-20)
  Leo McCann, Simon Mollan
  JFK’s leadership style has been hugely influential, acting as a model emulated by subsequent presidents including Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
• Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy (2025-03-31)
  Simon F. Haeder
  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vision for US health policy prioritizes deregulation and leaves Americans with fewer benefits, services and protections.
• Sparkling and inspiring: Charles Kennedy was a rare politician (2015-06-02)
  Emma Sanderson-Nash
  The former Liberal Democrat leader was an inspiration to his party and the outside world.
• When life imitates art, and believable fiction inspires national politics (2016-07-11)
  Simon Willmetts
  For art to imitate life is understandable, but politics inspired by films can be a recipe for disaster.
• Fond farewell to the ‘babies’ of Watergate (2015-01-07)
  Richard A. Arenberg
  An era has ended. The last of the “Watergate Babies” has left the Congress. The nickname was applied to the class of House Democratic freshmen elected in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal. There…
• It’s not wrong for Donald Trump to trust Vladimir Putin (2017-02-14)
  Eszter Simon
  Great powers are often deadly rivals, but their leaders can still learn to communicate properly.
• Trump’s inaugural address will probably end up as just a footnote in history (2017-01-19)
  Simon Hall
  Trump will be the 44th man to take to the inaugural podium. Very few have left a mark on it.
• What’s gone wrong in the seven countries Trump included in his ban? Essential reads (2017-01-31)
  Emily Costello
  This roundup from our archives explains some of the major conflicts unfolding in the seven countries singled out by Trump’s executive order.
• Bullying, violence, intimidation and suicide – why it’s time to rediscover dignity in prisons (2014-10-22)
  Ian Cummins
  The huge increase in suicides in prison, along with violence and instances of poor care, demonstrate the sorry state of modern prisons today. The latest 2013-14 annual report from the chief inspector of…
• The Russian economy is headed for collapse (2022-03-10)
  Eric Werker
  With Russia’s “great power status” tied closely to economic power, the country’s crumbling economy is putting Putin’s claims to legitimacy at risk.
• Beyond GDP: changing how we measure progress is key to tackling a world in crisis – three leading experts (2022-08-18)
  Paul Allin, Diane Coyle, Tim Jackson
  Amid the global threats posed by climate change, spiralling energy costs, insecure employment and widening inequality, the need to rethink our notion of progress is now an urgent priority.
• Indigenous basket-weaving makes an excellent digital math lesson (2019-01-23)
  Veselin Jungic
  In an attempt to respond to the TRC’s calls to action, academic disciplines such as mathematics can contribute through community-led partnerships with Indigenous peoples.