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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Anne Ruston

Liberal Party of Australia · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$130,116+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
151st / 258
-7% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$130,116
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Employee Travel ($64,059)
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 Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (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

Employee Travel

$64,059
Domestic TravelIPEA$64,058.98

Office Facilities

$20,080
—IPEA$20,079.51

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$19,048
FaresIPEA$1,415.55
FaresIPEA$1,392.49
FaresIPEA$1,392.49
FaresIPEA$1,392.49
FaresIPEA$1,392.49
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,278.09
FaresIPEA$1,278.09
FaresIPEA$963.59
FaresIPEA$909.08
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$555.08
FaresIPEA$555.08
FaresIPEA$507.09
FaresIPEA$373.23

Travel Allowance

$9,742
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,944.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,036.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$956.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$518.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$518.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$478.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$428.00

Office Administration

$6,618
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$880.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$720.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$668.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$625.24
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$441.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$427.02
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$416.97
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$381.54
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$365.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$357.28
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$239.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$218.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$145.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$110.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$104.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$76.71
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$70.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$69.84
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$68.49
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$67.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.86
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$22.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$0.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$43.20

Other Car Costs

$6,579
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$672.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$672.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$672.45
COMCARIPEA$364.34
COMCARIPEA$351.02
COMCARIPEA$231.66
COMCARIPEA$195.00
COMCARIPEA$145.01
COMCARIPEA$145.01
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$136.20
COMCARIPEA$136.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$98.46
COMCARIPEA$97.98
COMCARIPEA$96.24
COMCARIPEA$94.02
COMCARIPEA$92.88
COMCARIPEA$89.58
COMCARIPEA$87.36
COMCARIPEA$82.92
COMCARIPEA$82.92
COMCARIPEA$79.92
COMCARIPEA$76.00
COMCARIPEA$72.26
COMCARIPEA$71.04
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$2,045
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$400.63
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$346.25
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$339.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$205.45
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$205.45
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$205.45
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$205.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$45.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$45.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$45.45

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$1,171
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$1,102.56
Official DutiesIPEA$136.73
Official DutiesIPEA$21.96
Official DutiesIPEA$16.27
Official DutiesIPEA$15.97
Official DutiesIPEA$15.93
Official DutiesIPEA$13.88
Official DutiesIPEA$13.31
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$165.33

Family Travel

$774
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$774.29

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