Sue Lines

We estimate Sue Lines 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: $294,127
• Office Consumables and Services: $4,966
• Printing and Communications: $1,224
• Telecommunications - Usage: $456
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $532
• Travel Allowance: $9,420
• Fares: $16,968
• Electorate Duties: $1,094
• COMCAR: $1,540
• Domestic Travel: $80,815
• International Travel: $62,268
• Official Visits: $43,430
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $71,414

• ASX suffers more heavy losses as Middle East crisis spooks investors – as it happened
• Payman, Thorpe and Faruqi demand Labor change parliamentary rules to counter ‘overt’ racism
• Hanson calls censure motion a ‘stunt’ before leaving chamber – as it happened
• Police clash with protesters as thousands rally to oppose Israeli president’s visit – as it happened
• David Pocock says PM ‘seems to be holding up’ gambling ad reform – as it happened
• Senate resumes after Hanson suspended from parliament – as it happened
• Optus customer who reported triple-zero outage told to go to store – as it happened
• Senator calls out ‘incredibly childish stunts’ – as it happened
• No positive STI results to date as testing of children in case of accused childcare paedophile continues – as it happened
• Mehreen Faruqi sanctioned for Gaza sign protest as Greens senator accused of ‘street theatre’

• Referendum legislation passes 52-19 to applause but Lidia Thorpe condemns ‘assimilation day’ (2023-06-19)
  Michelle Grattan
  The vote took place with the public gallery crowded with supporters, and was received with long applause.
• Lidia Thorpe alleges she was ‘sexually assaulted’ by Liberal senator David Van – a claim he brands ‘disgusting’ (2023-06-14)
  Michelle Grattan
  Thorpe made the claim while Van was attacking Labor for politicising the Brittany Higgins allegation that she was raped in the office of then minister Linda Reynolds in 2019
• View from The Hill: An ugly fracas in the Senate leads to suspension of Lidia Thorpe (2024-11-27)
  Michelle Grattan
  Wednesday in the Senate saw one of the ugliest incidents in recent memory in that chamber. Which lead to Senator Lidia Thorpe being temporarily suspended.
• Audit Commission should consider revenues, hearing told (2014-02-05)
  The Abbott Government’s Commission of Audit should consider revenue raising measures as well as reviewing expenditure, a Senate inquiry has heard today. The Commission has been tasked with “[making] recommendations…
• Audit Commission’s secrecy and haste makes for bad policy (2014-01-16)
  Ian McAuley
  Treasurer Joe Hockey expected yesterday’s public hearing into the Commission of Audit would be a “show trial” and a “stunt”. And at face value he was right. Those who hoped Tony Shepherd or the other Commissioners…
• Mining vs rivers: a single line on a map could determine the future of water in the Northern Territory (2022-11-08)
  Sue Jackson, Matthew Currell
  There are fears the Northern Territory government will allow gas and other industries to extract substantially more water from the environment than is currently allowed.
• Inside the story: Leigh Sales, ordinary days and crafting empathy ‘between the lines’ (2019-05-05)
  Sue Joseph
  Part memoir, part investigation, Leigh Sales’s recent book Any Ordinary Day provides rare insight into the journalistic craft.
• Explainer: what does ‘intersectionality’ mean? (2019-02-26)
  Carolyn D'Cruz
  The term initially focussed on the intersection between race and gender, but more recent uses have extended to include sexuality, gender diversity and disability.
• Friday essay: jilted lovers could once sue for breach of promise – did we lose something in abolishing this law? (2023-11-02)
  Alecia Simmonds
  Australians could once claim compensation for injuries arising from a broken engagement. Today, the responsibility for romantic injury has been individualised and feminised, its pain trivialised.
• Politicians suing for defamation is usually a bad idea: here’s why (2019-03-19)
  Michael Douglas
  When the media genuinely behave badly, this should be called out by politicians. But doing so through the courts is not a good idea, nor conducive to democracy.
• Tuvalu: to be or not to be, a personal experience (2012-03-27)
  Sue Bandaranaike
  The idyllic coral atolls of Tuvalu are west of the International Date Line and north of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. These islands, just 4.5 metres above sea level, have been the focus of recent climate…
• Climate science is now more certain than ever. Here’s how it can make a difference in Australian court cases (2021-08-12)
  Laura Schuijers
  IPCC reports are often used as legal tool for bringing the powerful to account. And the more Australia’s governments and businesses lag on climate change, the more litigation we’re likely to see.
• FactCheck: has education spending gone up while student achievement has stalled or declined? (2016-09-07)
  Sue Thomson, Peter Goss
  The Productivity Commission has said that education spending has substantially increased over the last decade but student achievement has shown little or no improvement. Is that true?
• Can you sue someone for giving you a bad reference? (2017-02-06)
  David Rolph
  In many cases, a reference will contain negative things about its subject. This is part of a reference’s design: the referee should give a full and frank assessment.
• Adani beware: coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable (2019-08-12)
  John Quiggin
  The decision of Suncorp to dump coal, just months after the re-election of the Morrison government, makes it clear that insurers can’t afford wishful thinking.
• The Greens’ election wins are not so surprising when you look at Queensland’s political history (2022-05-31)
  Jon Piccini
  If anything, Brisbane has long-mirrored the broader Queensland rebellious streak when it comes to politics.
• Arts companies should be able to tell governments to bugger off (2014-02-05)
  Stuart Glover
  The joke was in, then out, then in again. Over the last week a story reminding us of the delicate politics of arts funded by the government and the need for good governance leaked out of the Queensland…
• FactCheck Q&A: does Australia have one of the most unequal education systems in the OECD? (2016-04-22)
  Sue Thomson
  Writer and social commentator Jane Caro told Q&A that Australia has one of the most unequal education systems in the OECD. Is that right?
• ‘Could do better’: top Australian economists award the budget a cautious pass (2020-10-25)
  Peter Martin
  Asked to grade the budget A to F, none give it an E or an F, but only two give it an A. Most think it passed or barely passed, and there’s a lot they would like improved.
• Reducing energy use is a big winner for business and the climate (2016-05-25)
  Wei Sue
  Companies could improve their profits 2-10% each year by saving energy, according to a world-first attempt to assess energy performance.
• Family Values review: David Williamson’s new uncomfortable, confronting play (2020-01-24)
  Ian Maxwell
  Director Lee Lewis is at the top of her game in this play about family relations, Australia’s treatment of refugees, and the privledge inherent in the audience.
• Criminalising dissent: anti-protest law is an ominous sign of the times (2014-11-28)
  Brendan Gogarty
  The Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Bill – locally known as the “anti-protest” bill – was passed by Tasmanian parliament late on Tuesday night. The law was introduced as part of the government’s…
• Doctors shouldn’t be forced to dob in unfit drivers (2013-12-17)
  Mark King
  Few states mandate that doctors or other health professionals must report unfit drivers to licensing authorities – and for good reason. Driving is an everyday practice for many Australians, but that doesn’t…
• Mal Washer and Judi Moylan: two MPs who did things their way (2013-06-19)
  Michelle Grattan
  In early 1998, Mal Washer was asked to seek Liberal preselection for the West Australian seat of Moore, where he’d been in general practice for more than a quarter of a century. Washer was chosen unopposed…
• How a near-perfect rectangular iceberg formed (2018-10-28)
  Sue Cook
  Geometric icebergs can form around Antarctica, although such a perfect rectangle is unusual.
• View from The Hill: Parliament should care about its reputation even if Leyonhjelm doesn’t value his (2018-07-02)
  Michelle Grattan
  Leyonhjelm’s conduct is at the extreme end of the discourteous, sometimes boorish, discourse that too often is characterising political exchanges.
• The problems with relying on the bank of mum and dad (2015-04-05)
  Mamiza Haq
  First home buyers looking to break into the housing market are turning to their parents, but it’s not a risk-free proposition for either party.
• The politics of public monuments: it’s time Australians looked at what, and whom, we commemorate (2017-08-24)
  Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
  Many of our public commemorations honour people and incidents that brought great harm to others. We need to look at what that says about us, and how we build more inclusive public memorials.
• Top economists want JobSeeker boosted $100+ per week, tied to wages (2020-11-29)
  Peter Martin
  Two-thirds of those surveyed want it linked to wages.
• Farmers and services industry the winners under the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal (2018-01-24)
  Giovanni Di Lieto
  The new TPP means fewer barriers for Australian exports, but there a number of loose ends – not least if the United States decides to rejoin.