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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Alison Penfold

National Party of Australia · LYNE · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$162,857+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
91st / 258
+16% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$162,857
Quarters on record
4
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($87,195)
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

$87,195
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$26,878.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8,932.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,739.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,487.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,106.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,699.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,680.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,404.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,260.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,260.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,156.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,080.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,080.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$960.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$620.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$578.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$560.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$560.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$560.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$525.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$459.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$457.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$420.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$420.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$363.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$300.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$290.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$290.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$280.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$272.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$272.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$272.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$209.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$208.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$208.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$208.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$201.03
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$195.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$195.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$190.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$189.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$181.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$181.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$178.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$177.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$177.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$135.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$113.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.28
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$93.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$81.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$77.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$69.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$68.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$60.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$54.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$50.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$50.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$6.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$22.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$35.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$54.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$272.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$381.43

Office Facilities

$34,553
—IPEA$34,553.24

Employee Travel

$18,106
Domestic TravelIPEA$18,105.63

Other Car Costs

$7,832
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,768.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,768.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,768.01
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$343.20
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$205.92
COMCARIPEA$137.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$112.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$108.58
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$105.30
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$103.43
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$102.68
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$99.42
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$97.68
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$97.67
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$96.31
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$95.28
ParkingIPEA$93.18
ParkingIPEA$93.18
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$88.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.07
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$77.45
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$64.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$33.96
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.46
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Travel Allowance

$7,406
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$7,108
FaresIPEA$772.02
FaresIPEA$772.02
FaresIPEA$763.27
FaresIPEA$620.01
FaresIPEA$620.01
FaresIPEA$514.63
FaresIPEA$514.63
FaresIPEA$497.87
FaresIPEA$497.86
FaresIPEA$382.13
FaresIPEA$382.13
FaresIPEA$257.24
FaresIPEA$257.24
FaresIPEA$257.24

Telecommunications

$579
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.58
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$31.77

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$77
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$77.15

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