30
entries currently declared
Patrick Conaghan
NPMember for CowperNSWparliaments 46–48
- 46th–47th · Member for Cowper · Party not recorded
- 48th · Member for Cowper · Nationals
Portrait: Wikimedia Commons — City of Coffs Harbour (CC BY 3.0). Not a Parliament of Australia image.
This page covers the 44th, 45th and 48th Parliaments in full. We have read only part of the 46th and 47th Parliaments — this member’s own document may be among those still unread. An empty section below means we have no recorded entry — not that the member declared nothing.
1
ASX-listed companies named
2
real-estate declarations
5
liabilities entries
8
gifts and sponsored travel
29 Jan 2026
register last updated
Counts of register entries currently declared — never an amount.
About these counts
The registers record what is held and not quantity or value, so none of these is an amount. One real-estate entry can cover more than one property, so that figure is a floor rather than a count of properties.
What is declared, at a glance
- Sponsored travel6
- Liability5
- Accounts5
- Other income3
- Shareholdings2
- Other (6)9
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Sponsored travel | 6 |
| Liability | 5 |
| Accounts | 5 |
| Other income | 3 |
| Shareholdings | 2 |
| Real estate | 2 |
| Other assets | 2 |
| Gift | 2 |
| Directorship | 1 |
| Office held | 1 |
| Other interest | 1 |
| Total | 30 |
- Self18
- Spouse/partner8
- Dependent child2
- Holder not stated2
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Self | 18 |
| Spouse/partner | 8 |
| Dependent child | 2 |
| Holder not stated | 2 |
| Total | 30 |
Entries declared over time
Monthly count of currently-declared entries whose start date the register records. Entries with no stated date are never given one.
| Month | Count |
|---|---|
| 2021-09 | 0 |
| 2021-10 | 0 |
| 2021-11 | 0 |
| 2021-12 | 0 |
| 2022-01 | 0 |
| 2022-02 | 0 |
| 2022-03 | 0 |
| 2022-04 | 0 |
| 2022-05 | 0 |
| 2022-06 | 0 |
| 2022-07 | 0 |
| 2022-08 | 0 |
| 2022-09 | 0 |
| 2022-10 | 0 |
| 2022-11 | 0 |
| 2022-12 | 0 |
| 2023-01 | 0 |
| 2023-02 | 0 |
| 2023-03 | 0 |
| 2023-04 | 0 |
| 2023-05 | 0 |
| 2023-06 | 0 |
| 2023-07 | 0 |
| 2023-08 | 1 |
| 2023-09 | 1 |
| 2023-10 | 1 |
| 2023-11 | 1 |
| 2023-12 | 1 |
| 2024-01 | 1 |
| 2024-02 | 1 |
| 2024-03 | 2 |
| 2024-04 | 2 |
| 2024-05 | 2 |
| 2024-06 | 2 |
| 2024-07 | 2 |
| 2024-08 | 2 |
| 2024-09 | 2 |
| 2024-10 | 2 |
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2024-12 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 2 |
| 2025-02 | 2 |
| 2025-03 | 2 |
| 2025-04 | 2 |
| 2025-05 | 2 |
| 2025-06 | 2 |
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-08 | 3 |
| 2025-09 | 3 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2025-11 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 5 |
25 entries without a stated date are not plotted.
| Industry | Distinct companies |
|---|---|
| Insurance | 1 |
Declared interests
Every published entry we hold for this member, in the register’s own categories and its own words. The registers record location at suburb or area level only. Each entry links to the original document it was read from.
Declared for
Showing 30 of 30 entries.
| Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Shareholdings (2) | |||
| Conaghan Lawyers Pty Limited Private company | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
| IAG · Insurance Australia Group | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Real estate (2) | |||
| Port Macquarie NSW | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
| Port Macquarie NSW | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Directorship (1) | |||
| Conaghan Lawyers Pty Limited Private company | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Liability (5) | |||
| MortgageWestpac | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 47P ↗ |
| MortgageWestpac | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 47P ↗ |
| Mortgage - home Mortgage - investment Car lease (amarok) Car Lease (Mercedes Benz ML250) Car lease (C250) Personal loan Credit cardWestpac Westpac VW financial services Mercedes Benz finance BMW finance Commonwealth Bank Commonwealth bank | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
| Mortgage Personal loanWestpac Commonwealth Bank | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 48P ↗ |
| Mortgage Residential Mortgage investment Credit cardWestpac Westpac Westpac | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Accounts (5) | |||
| SavingCommonwealth | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
| SavingsING | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
| SavingsCommonwealth | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 48P ↗ |
| SavingsCommonwealth | Dependent child | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
| Savings SavingsWestpac ING | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 48P ↗ |
Other assets (2) | |||
| Vehicle | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 47P ↗ |
| Vehicle Amoarok Vehicle Mercedes | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Other income (3) | |||
| Income from employment | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 47P ↗ |
| Legal services (passive income) Conaghan Lawyers Parliamentary income | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
| Secretarial services - Conaghan Lawyers Employment - Oz Design Port Macquarie | Spouse/partner | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Gift (2) | |||
| Qantas - Lounge | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 47P ↗ |
| children from family members or personal friends in a purely personal capacity need not be | Dependent child | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Sponsored travel (6) | |||
| 4 Tickets to Westpac Corporate Box for day two of the Pink Test Ashes Tour, Sydney, 5 Jan 2026. | Self | Declared since 29 Jan 2026 | 48P ↗ |
| 4 complimentary tickets in general admission at the Perth Ashes cricket test from Cricket Australia on Friday 21 November 2025 | Self | Declared since 5 Dec 2025 | 48P ↗ |
| Qantas Chairman Lounge | Self | Declared since 6 Aug 2025 | 48P ↗ |
| Travel and accommodation to Indonesia with the Save the Children Foundation 16-26 January 2024 as part of joint parliamentary delegation. | Holder not stated | Declared since 18 Mar 2024 | 47P ↗ |
| Accomodation and food at RIMPAC parliamentary exchange program 13 July - 23 July 2022 in Hawaii. Flights paid for by myself | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 47P ↗ |
| Upgrade from Bronze to Emerald Qantas Club Upgrade to Virgin Business | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 46P ↗ |
Office held (1) | |||
| South West Rocks Surf Club - active member | Self | Declared; start date not stated | 47P ↗ |
Other interest (1) | |||
| Scholarship from the Mc Kinnon Institute for the Advanced Political Leaders Program 2023 including accommodation, meals and incidentals | Holder not stated | Declared since 2 Aug 2023 | 47P ↗ |
Funding returns lodged with the AEC
Only returns that name this parliamentarian are shown. Money declared as given to a party, a branch or an associated entity is not shown here and is not attributable to any individual.
Election returns linked to this member
Returns this member is linked to, newest first. Linking is per return and exact — an election that does not appear here has not been shown to lack one.
- 2025 Federal ElectionCandidateCowper, NSW · National Party of Australia - N.S.W.Lodged as “CONAGHAN, Patrick John”Lodged a return declaring no giftsAEC return ↗
- 2022 Federal electionCandidateCowper, NSW · National Party of Australia - N.S.W.Lodged as “CONAGHAN, Patrick John”Lodged a return declaring no giftsAEC return ↗
- 2019 Federal electionCandidateCowper, NSW · National Party of Australia - N.S.W.Lodged as “CONAGHAN, Patrick John”Lodged a return declaring no giftsAEC return ↗
Annual member and senator returns are lodged by a small number of parliamentarians: the whole corpus holds 52 of them. Returns lodged by senators are linked to their profiles where the name on the lodged return matches the name we hold for them; where it does not, the return stays here unlinked rather than being attached to a guess. The Registers of Senators' Interests have not been read into this site yet, so a senator can appear here with a funding return and no declared interests beside it, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a record of what they declared. A parliamentarian with no return has not been shown to have received nothing — most never lodge one.
Amounts below the disclosure threshold in force for a given year are not published by the AEC and are absent from these figures. A low total means little was disclosed, not that little was received.
Source: AEC Transparency Register, reused under CC BY 4.0. © Commonwealth of Australia. The AEC does not endorse this site or its analysis.
Suburbs represented
Suburbs in Cowper. Representing a suburb has nothing to do with owning anything in it.
138 suburbs
Aldavilla · Allgomera · Arakoon · Argents Hill · Austral Eden · Bakers Creek (Nambucca Valley - NSW) · Barraganyatti · Bellbrook · Bellimbopinni · Bellingen · Belmore River · Bielsdown Hills · Blackmans Point · Boambee · Boambee East · Bonville · Bostobrick · Bowraville · Brierfield · Brinerville · Brooklana · Buckra Bendinni · Bundagen · Burnt Bridge · Burrapine · Cascade (NSW) · Clybucca · Coffs Harbour · Collombatti · Comara · Congarinni · Congarinni North · Cooperabung · Corangula · Crescent Head · Darkwood · Deep Creek (Kempsey - NSW) · Deer Vale · Dondingalong · Dorrigo · Dorrigo Mountain · East Kempsey · Eungai Creek · Eungai Rail · Euroka · Fernbank Creek · Fernbrook · Fernmount · Fishermans Reach · Frederickton · Girralong · Gladstone (NSW) · Gleniffer · Grassy Head · Greenhill (NSW) · Gum Scrub · Gumma · Hacks Ferry · Hampden Hall · Hat Head · Hickeys Creek · Hydes Creek · Hyland Park · Jerseyville · Kalang · Kempsey · Kennaicle Creek · Killiekrankie · Kinchela · Kundabung · Limeburners Creek (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) · Macksville · Megan · Millbank (NSW) · Missabotti · Mooneba · Moparrabah · Mungay Creek · Mylestom · Nambucca Heads · Never Never · Newee Creek · North Boambee Valley · North Dorrigo · North Macksville · North Shore (NSW) · Old Station · Pola Creek · Port Macquarie · Rainbow Reach · Raleigh · Repton · Riverside (NSW) · Sawtell · Seven Oaks · Sherwood (Kempsey - NSW) · Skillion Flat · Smithtown · South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW) · South Kempsey · South West Rocks · Spicketts Creek · Stuarts Point · Summer Island · Talarm · Tallowwood Ridge · Tamban · Taylors Arm · Telegraph Point · Temagog · Tewinga · The Hatch · Thora · Thrumster · Thumb Creek · Toormina · Toorooka · Turners Flat · Ulong · Upper Orara · Upper Taylors Arm · Urunga · Utungun · Valery · Valla · Valla Beach · Verges Creek · Warrell Creek · Way Way · West Kempsey · Willawarrin · Willi Willi · Wirrimbi · Wittitrin · Yarrahapinni · Yarranbella · Yarravel · Yessabah