Pat Conaghan
MP for Cowper · Liberal–National Coalition
Shadow Assistant Treasurer · Shadow Minister for Financial Services
Pay
- Base salary
- $239,270
- Salary
- $239,270
- Electorate allowance, on top
- not reported
The allowance depends on the division's area. The rate for this office is not published.
Registrable interests
the whole registerAs declared on the Register of Members’ Interests, in Pat’s own words. The register records what an interest is, not what it is worth.
3. Real estate
Real estate, giving the suburb or area only and the purpose for which it is owned.
- Port Macquarie · Residential
- Port Macquarie · Residential
6. Liabilities
The nature of any liability and the creditor concerned. Amounts are not required.
- Mortgage · Westpac
- Personal loan · Commonwealth Bank
- Mortgage · Westpac
8. Savings and investment accounts
Saving or investment accounts, their nature and the institution holding them. Balances are not required.
- Savings · Commonwealth
- Savings · Westpac
- Savings · ING
9. Other assets over $7,500
Any other asset, excluding household and personal effects, valued over $7,500.
- Vehicle
Nothing declared under shareholdings, trusts and nominee companies, directorships, partnerships, bonds and debentures, other sources of income, gifts, sponsored travel or hospitality, memberships, other interests.
4 notifications of alteration have been lodged since this statement. They are listed on the original rather than merged into it here, because matching a deletion back to the item it removes would risk misstating the declaration.
Voted consistently for
95% or more of their votes supported these positions.
- privatising government-owned assets
- decreasing availability of welfare payments
- increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- an Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- maintaining or increasing defence spending
- drug testing welfare recipients
- privatising certain government services
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
- increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- restricting foreign ownership
- increasing consumer protections
- decreasing the gender pay gap
- increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- strengthening gun control laws
Voted both ways
Positions where Pat’s votes fall on both sides. Each of these policies groups dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. Follow a link to see the votes.
- 50%making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- 54%climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)
- 42%limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- 62%increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- 36%protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- 33%increasing funding for university education
Work expenses
all expenses$740,691 claimed over 4 quarters (Jul–Sep 2025 to Apr–Jun 2026), 1.21× the median for NSW.
- Office Administration$308k
- Office Facilities$189k
- Employee Travel$113k
- Travel Allowance$45k
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$39k
- Other Car Costs$29k
How to read this
- They Vote For You groups related divisions into plain-language "policies" and scores how often each member voted with that position. Those groupings are editorial judgements made by the OpenAustralia Foundation, not official parliamentary categories.
- An agreement score in the middle of the range means the member voted on both sides of that policy over time. That is normal: policies aggregate dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. We deliberately publish no "flip-flop" score, because when we measured it, almost every member qualified — it reflects how the scoring works, not anyone's conduct.
- Attendance excludes periods before a member was elected, but members may be absent for legitimate reasons including illness, parental leave, or official duties. A low rate is not by itself evidence of anything.
- Only members currently serving are included. A vote is recorded against the person, not the seat.
- Work expenses cover offices, staff, travel and communications. Claims are certified by the parliamentarian and administered by IPEA.
- Totals are not directly comparable between members. Electorate size drives travel costs, and ministers travel more than backbenchers. Members are therefore compared against the median for their own state or territory.
- Former parliamentarians — including former prime ministers, who retain certain entitlements — are reported separately and excluded from member comparisons.
- IPEA publishes quarterly and later issues adjustments for administrative errors. Figures for recent quarters may change slightly.
Full record for Pat Conaghan at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-31.