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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Alicia Payne

Australian Labor Party · CANBERRA · ACT

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$144,297+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
118th / 258
+3% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$144,297
Quarters on record
27
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($98,649)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.

Quarter-over-quarter

Work expenses — reported by IPEA
Remuneration composition — modelled

Expenditure by category

Expenditure by category (reported by IPEA)

Remuneration breakdown

Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$8,996
Total remuneration & super$82,036
Note: Auto-applied Backbencher (2025-26); quarterly = annual / 4
How is this modelled?▾

Modelled from Remuneration Tribunal determinations. Best-effort approximations, not IPEA-reported amounts.

Vehicle entitlement
All members modelled as taking the $19,500/yr cash-in-lieu allowance. IPEA car/COMCAR lines are treated as separate travel costs.
Electorate allowance
Baseline rate ($39,700/yr) applied for all representatives; geographic scaling not yet modelled.
Committee loadings
Additional loadings for committee chairs, whips and minor office holders are currently untracked.
Mid-quarter transitions
Modelled on the most recent active role within the quarter (known approximation).

Full detail on the methodology page.

Expenditure detail

Office Administration

$98,649
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$36,567.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$28,226.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$17,936.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,504.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,150.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,085.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,005.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$893.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$893.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$681.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$681.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$681.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$681.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$681.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$681.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$585.39
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$440.53
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$431.89
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$429.30
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$406.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$364.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$305.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$167.22
PublicationsIPEA$155.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$140.65
PublicationsIPEA$93.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$92.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$90.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$76.21
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$48.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$34.85
PublicationsIPEA$29.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$47.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$117.21

Office Facilities

$40,676
—IPEA$40,676.37

Other Car Costs

$4,464
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,321.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,321.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,321.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$78.25
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$65.36
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$56.36
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$52.85
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$51.29
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.51
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$46.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$39.61
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$28.35
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$25.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.92
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.46
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Telecommunications

$508
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09

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