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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Andrew Bragg

Liberal Party of Australia · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$134,652+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
140th / 258
-4% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$134,652
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 Facilities ($82,967)
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 Shadow Minister for Environment (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 Facilities

$82,967
—IPEA$82,967.32

Employee Travel

$17,196
Domestic TravelIPEA$17,196.16

Office Administration

$13,028
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,500.00
PublicationsIPEA$549.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$475.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$163.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$138.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$119.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$119.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$119.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$119.08
PublicationsIPEA$89.47
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$59.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$45.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$38.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.15

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$10,314
FaresIPEA$1,218.62
FaresIPEA$1,218.62
FaresIPEA$1,218.62
FaresIPEA$1,067.33
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$467.05
FaresIPEA$266.93
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$239.68

Other Car Costs

$5,577
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$700.62
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$700.62
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$700.62
COMCARIPEA$465.69
COMCARIPEA$401.82
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$251.35
COMCARIPEA$144.60
COMCARIPEA$137.28
COMCARIPEA$113.52
COMCARIPEA$112.86
COMCARIPEA$109.86
COMCARIPEA$104.34
COMCARIPEA$99.56
COMCARIPEA$97.98
COMCARIPEA$95.76
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$93.60
COMCARIPEA$88.46
COMCARIPEA$85.07
COMCARIPEA$78.00
COMCARIPEA$77.70
COMCARIPEA$76.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$75.81
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$74.57
COMCARIPEA$70.20
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$20.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Travel Allowance

$4,508
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Telecommunications

$1,062
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$188.88
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$165.33
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$159.96
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$99.09
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$99.09
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$99.09
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$99.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$60.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.76
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.45

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