Senate

Nick McKim

Senator for Tasmania

Australian Greens · GRN

Federal parliamentary service11 years 2 month(s) and 10 days.Duration reported by the Parliamentary Handbook · 28 Oct 2026

Current ministry / shadow entries0Includes office-holder entries such as Cabinet membership; not a count of distinct policy areas.

Parliamentary service

First entered federal Parliament: 19 Aug 2015.

Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.

1 July 2025 – CurrentSenate
Re-elected 2025
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2025Senate
Re-elected 2019
2 July 2016 – 30 June 2019Senate
Elected to the Senate for Tasmania 2016.
19 Aug 2015 – 1 July 2016Senate
Chosen by the Parliament of Tasmania on 19.8.2015 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice C Milne (resigned).

Current responsibilities

Ministry and shadow ministry

No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.

Parliamentary and party offices

Australian Greens Whip in the Senate18 Oct 2021 – Current
Australian Greens Spokesperson for Economic Justice and Treasury, Forests and LGBTIQA+4 June 2025 – Current

These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.

Background before Parliament

Qualifications recorded by Parliament

No qualification is listed in the imported record.

Occupations recorded by Parliament

Advertising and Public Administration from 1999 to 2002.
Wilderness Guide from 1995 to 1999
Organic market gardener, shepherd, remote area mineral exploration, fruit picker to 1999

Appointment history

View 9 dated office and portfolio entries

Australian Greens Spokesperson for Economic Justice and Treasury, Forests and LGBTIQA+4 June 2025 – Current
Australian Greens Spokesperson for Economic Justice and Treasury, Emergency Management and Forests25 Mar 2024 – 4 June 2025
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Economic Justice, Treasury, Home Affairs, Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs17 June 2022 – 25 Mar 2024
Australian Greens Whip in the Senate18 Oct 2021 – Current
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Treasury, Finance and Economic Justice, Immigration and Citizenship, Digital Rights, IT and NBN9 Sept 2020 – 17 June 2022
Co-Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens4 Feb 2020 – 10 June 2022
Australian Greens Spokesperson for Justice, Immigration and Citizenship and Digital Rights and Information Technology5 July 2019 – 9 Sept 2020
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Attorney General; Immigration and Citizenship; Small Business25 Aug 2016 – 5 July 2019
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Attorney-General; Schools; Innovation, Competition Policy and Small Business15 Sept 2015 – 25 Aug 2016

Reported parliamentary expenses

Summary verification pending

Reported office expenditure

April–June 2026 · 2026Q02

A matching record has been staged, but its official summary comparison is not complete. We are withholding the amount until that check passes.

No figure is shown. This does not mean zero spending, missing a declaration or wrongdoing. Salary, office expenditure and declared assets are different records.

Check IPEA’s official expenditure summary

A source match, reporting period and summary reconciliation are required before an amount appears here.

Public financial records

Statutory base salary

Party-size conditions, committee eligibility or office identity still need verification.

$239,270 AUD per year

Base rate effective 30 Aug 2026. This excludes role additions, allowances and personal tax circumstances.

Electorate allowance

$39,700 AUD per financial year under the senator rate.

Tribunal determination · sections 7–8

Checked 28 Oct 2026. Additional offices not matched above remain unverified. A base-only figure is not a verified total salary. Actual expense claims are separate records.

Salary rules Business resources and entitlements Reported parliamentary expenses Senate interests register

A salary rate, expense entitlement, reported office cost and declared asset are different records. Uncollected information is not a zero value.

Declared assets & interests

Public source records · editorial review pending

Initial declaration and later notifications are shown as separate records. These are not a reconstructed list of current holdings or a wealth estimate.

Source update (as supplied): 1/21/2026 1:00:35 PM. Retrieved 2026-10-28. 1 entries withheld pending privacy review. Property locations omitted; family references and possible street addresses withheld for review.

Declaration category

16 source entries shown. One entry can describe several interests.

PropertyInitial declaration · 8/18/2025 11:35:50 AM

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