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Parliament’s Portfolio

Patrick Conaghan

NationalsMember for Cowperparliaments 46–48

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.

Declared company interests

Declared real estate

The registers record location at suburb or area level only.

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

Other declared interests

  • Mortgage
    Self
    Liability47P ↗
    Westpac
  • Mortgage
    Spouse/partner
    Liability47P ↗
    Westpac
  • Mortgage - home Mortgage - investment Car lease (amarok) Car Lease (Mercedes Benz ML250) Car lease (C250) Personal loan Credit card
    Self
    Liability46P ↗
    Westpac Westpac VW financial services Mercedes Benz finance BMW finance Commonwealth Bank Commonwealth bank
  • Mortgage Personal loan
    Self
    Liability48P ↗
    Westpac Commonwealth Bank
  • Mortgage Residential Mortgage investment Credit card
    Spouse/partner
    Liability46P ↗
    Westpac Westpac Westpac
  • Saving
    Self
    Accounts46P ↗
    Commonwealth
  • Savings
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts46P ↗
    ING
  • Savings
    Dependent child
    Accounts46P ↗
    Commonwealth
  • Savings
    Self
    Accounts48P ↗
    Commonwealth
  • Savings Savings
    Spouse/partner
    Accounts48P ↗
    Westpac ING
  • Vehicle
    Self
    Other assets47P ↗
  • Vehicle Amoarok Vehicle Mercedes
    Self
    Other assets46P ↗
  • Income from employment
    Spouse/partner
    Other income47P ↗
  • Legal services (passive income) Conaghan Lawyers Parliamentary income
    Self
    Other income46P ↗
  • Secretarial services - Conaghan Lawyers Employment - Oz Design Port Macquarie
    Spouse/partner
    Other income46P ↗
  • Qantas - Lounge
    Self
    Gift47P ↗
  • children from family members or personal friends in a purely personal capacity need not be
    Dependent child
    Gift46P ↗
  • 4 Tickets to Westpac Corporate Box for day two of the Pink Test Ashes Tour, Sydney, 5 Jan 2026.
    Self
    Sponsored travel48P ↗
  • 4 complimentary tickets in general admission at the Perth Ashes cricket test from Cricket Australia on Friday 21 November 2025
    Self
    Sponsored travel48P ↗
  • Qantas Chairman Lounge
    Self
    Sponsored travel48P ↗
  • Travel and accommodation to Indonesia with the Save the Children Foundation 16-26 January 2024 as part of joint parliamentary delegation.
    Holder not stated
    Sponsored travel47P ↗
  • Accomodation and food at RIMPAC parliamentary exchange program 13 July - 23 July 2022 in Hawaii. Flights paid for by myself
    Self
    Sponsored travel47P ↗
  • Upgrade from Bronze to Emerald Qantas Club Upgrade to Virgin Business
    Self
    Sponsored travel46P ↗
  • South West Rocks Surf Club - active member
    Self
    Office held47P ↗
  • Scholarship from the Mc Kinnon Institute for the Advanced Political Leaders Program 2023 including accommodation, meals and incidentals
    Holder not stated
    Other interest47P ↗

Register of Members’ Interests / Register of Senators’ Interests, Parliament of Australia — as at 29 January 2026. Report an error

Method & caveats

Australian federal parliamentarians must declare certain interests in the Register of Members’ Interests (House of Representatives) and the Register of Senators’ Interests. For holdings — shares, real estate, trusts, liabilities, assets — the registers record what is held and do not record quantity, value, purchase price or income. Nothing on this page states or implies the size of any holding, any gain or loss, or any trading activity.

Two items are different, because the form itself asks for a value: gifts and sponsored travel. Where a member stated an amount there, it appears as they wrote it. That figure is the declared value of a gift or a trip — never the size of a holding, and never a total.

Dates are the dates a declaration appeared in, or was removed from, the register — not transaction dates. A removal can mean an asset was disposed of, a declaration was corrected, or the member left parliament.

Company names are free text as written by the member. We link a declaration to an ASX listing only on an exact normalised match, a ticker the member stated, or a human-verified alias, so many declarations appear as text only. Real-estate declarations are suburb- or area-level; the registers contain no street addresses, and some declared locations do not map to a single ABS suburb.

Rows are declared as held by the member (“Self”), their spouse or partner, or a dependent child, exactly as the register records them. Members’ seats, parties and chambers change between parliaments.

Extracted from primary PDFs published by the Parliament of Australia; parliamentary material, © Commonwealth of Australia. Corrections are annotated, not silently applied. Not financial advice.