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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Anthony Chisholm

Australian Labor Party · QLD · Assistant Minister for Resources

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$137,175+$98,889reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
138th / 258
-2% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$137,175
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$87,644
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$11,245
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: Assistant Minister for ResourcesLargest category: Employee Travel ($52,791)
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)$98,889
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Additional office loadingMinisterial or office-holder duties$14,604
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$11,245
Total remuneration & super$98,889
Note: Auto-applied Assistant Minister for Resources (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

$52,791
Domestic TravelIPEA$52,790.76

Office Facilities

$48,751
—IPEA$48,750.79

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$14,953
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$1,185.62
FaresIPEA$1,185.62
FaresIPEA$1,185.62
FaresIPEA$1,094.91
FaresIPEA$1,091.59
FaresIPEA$963.59
FaresIPEA$963.58
FaresIPEA$891.65
FaresIPEA$856.92
FaresIPEA$807.39
FaresIPEA$752.00
FaresIPEA$750.43
FaresIPEA$467.05
FaresIPEA$360.12
FaresIPEA$70.00
FaresIPEA$7.99
FaresIPEA-$70.00

Other Car Costs

$9,721
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,994.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,994.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,994.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$166.51
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$151.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$147.44
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$146.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$144.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$142.28
COMCARIPEA$139.35
COMCARIPEA$137.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$136.68
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$124.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$118.73
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$93.07
COMCARIPEA$86.58
COMCARIPEA$86.07
COMCARIPEA$77.19
COMCARIPEA$72.75
COMCARIPEA$72.75
COMCARIPEA$72.75
COMCARIPEA$72.75
COMCARIPEA$72.75
COMCARIPEA$72.75
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$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Travel Allowance

$8,409
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$856.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$514.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$456.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$143.00

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$1,241
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$449.26
Official DutiesIPEA$309.18
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$187.56
Official DutiesIPEA$149.56
Official DutiesIPEA$131.83
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$13.24

Office Administration

$896
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$159.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$46.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$43.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.19
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$0.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.34

Telecommunications

$414
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$71.36
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$59.88
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$57.44
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$56.97
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$56.77
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$56.77
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$55.05

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