Tanya Plibersek
MP for Sydney · Australian Labor Party
Minister for Social 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 Tanya’s own words. The register records what an interest is, not what it is worth.
2. Trusts and nominee companies
Family and business trusts and nominee companies, whether a beneficial interest is held or the member is a trustee.
- Coutts-Trotter Family Trust · Shares and cash · Sole beneficiary
- Jessie Street Trust · Charitable trust · Annual grant awarded to a
- community organisation
3. Real estate
Real estate, giving the suburb or area only and the purpose for which it is owned.
- Rosebery, NSW · Residential
- Kingston, ACT · Residential
- Caringbah, NSW · Investment
- Llubjana, Slovenia · Investment
- Rosebery, NSW · Residential
- Caringbah, NSW · Investment
- Llubjana, Slovenia · Investment
4. Directorships
Directorships of companies, and the activities of those companies.
- Jessie Street Trust (Trustee) · Charitable trust
- TCorp (ex-Officio Director) · Financial services partner to the NSW public sector
- iCare (ex-Officio Director) · and the state's central borrowing authority
- Sydney Metro (ex-Officio Director) · Insurance and care services to people, businesses
- and communities of NSW
- Sydney Metro public transport
- Anna Coutts-Trotter (Co-Founder and Director, · Charitable services
- The Survivor Hub)
6. Liabilities
The nature of any liability and the creditor concerned. Amounts are not required.
- Mortgage on Rosebery residence · Westpac
- Mortgage on Kingston residence · Westpac
- Mortgage on Caringbah property · Westpac
- Mortgage on Llubjana property · Westpac
- Mortgage on Rosebery residence · Westpac
- Mortgage on Caringbah property · Westpac
- Mortgage on Llubjana property · Westpac
8. Savings and investment accounts
Saving or investment accounts, their nature and the institution holding them. Balances are not required.
- Savings · Qudos
- Savings · Westpac
- Savings · NAB
- Anna Coutts-Trotter - savings · Qudos
- Joseph Coutts-Trotter - savings · Qudos
- Louis Coutts-Trotter - savings · Qudos
10. Other sources of income
The nature of any other substantial source of income.
- Salary
- Salary
- Anna Coutts-Trotter - salary
- Joseph Coutts-Trotter - salary
13. Memberships
Membership of any organisation where a conflict of interest with public duties could arise.
- Member - Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch), CPSU, EMILY's List Australia, Jessie Street Trust,
- Family Drug Support, Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development, Australian Republican
- Movement, Evatt Foundation
- One-off donations to various charities
- Fellow - Institute of Public Administration of Australia
- Chair - Heads of State and Territory Treasuries
- Anna Coutts-Trotter - Member, Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch)
- Joseph Coutts-Trotter - Member, Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch)
14. Other interests
Any other interest the member considers holds the potential for a conflict.
- Qantas Chairman's Lounge - complimentary membership
- Virgin Australia Lounge - complimentary membership
- Secretary, NSW Treasury
- Qantas Chairman's Lounge - complimentary membership
- Anna Coutts-Trotter - Lifeline DV Ambassador, National Women's Safety Gender Based Violence
- working group with the Working Women Alliance - member, Qantas Frequent Flyer Platinum status
Nothing declared under shareholdings, partnerships, bonds and debentures, other assets over $7,500, gifts, sponsored travel or hospitality.
2 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.
- tobacco plain packaging
- increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- recognising local government in the Constitution
- stem cell research
- increasing funding for university education
- decreasing the private health insurance rebate
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
- privatising government-owned assets
- increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- the Intervention in the Northern Territory
- an emissions reduction fund
- increasing funding for road infrastructure
- decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- deregulating undergraduate university fees
- increasing accessibility of government data and documents
Voted both ways
Positions where Tanya’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.
Work expenses
all expenses$1,595,361 claimed over 4 quarters (Jul–Sep 2025 to Apr–Jun 2026), 2.60× the median for NSW.
- Employee Travel$566k
- Office Facilities$542k
- Office Administration$324k
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$91k
- Other Car Costs$42k
- Travel Allowance$22k
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 Tanya Plibersek at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-31.