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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Ash Ambihaipahar

Australian Labor Party · BARTON · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$106,767+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
188th / 258
-24% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$106,767
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 Facilities ($48,691)
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 Facilities

$48,691
—IPEA$48,691.36

Office Administration

$27,094
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,440.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,197.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,800.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,784.75
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,674.51
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,270.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$934.44
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$710.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$645.19
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$640.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$545.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$527.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$525.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$440.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$300.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$272.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$188.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$184.34
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$148.96
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$137.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$130.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$126.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$120.96
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$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$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$96.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$96.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$92.17
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$90.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$90.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$83.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$72.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$61.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$46.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$46.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$9.48

Employee Travel

$14,695
Domestic TravelIPEA$14,694.84

Travel Allowance

$9,016
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,932.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Other Car Costs

$4,577
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,233.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,233.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,233.27
COMCARIPEA$137.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$114.37
COMCARIPEA$100.76
COMCARIPEA$99.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$94.97
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$90.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$76.96
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$69.66

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$1,682
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$214.87
FaresIPEA$214.87

Telecommunications

$1,012
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$360.05
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$281.42
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$250.53
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$120.00

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