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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Barbara Pocock

Australian Greens · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$110,172+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
182nd / 258
-21% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$110,172
Quarters on record
15
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($45,959)
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

$45,959
—IPEA$45,958.59

Employee Travel

$26,218
Domestic TravelIPEA$26,217.52

Office Administration

$15,159
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,220.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,760.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,760.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,760.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,760.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,760.00
PublicationsIPEA$1,290.00
PublicationsIPEA$308.86
PublicationsIPEA$180.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$133.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$133.16
PublicationsIPEA$113.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$101.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$84.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$83.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.77
PublicationsIPEA$79.09
PublicationsIPEA$79.09
PublicationsIPEA$79.09
PublicationsIPEA$79.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.79
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.03

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$9,990
FaresIPEA$1,837.83
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,278.09
FaresIPEA$1,236.11
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$780.10
FaresIPEA$752.93
FaresIPEA$509.36
FaresIPEA$462.18
FaresIPEA$277.00
FaresIPEA-$462.18
FaresIPEA-$509.36
FaresIPEA-$752.93
FaresIPEA-$1,837.83

Travel Allowance

$8,694
Travel AllowanceIPEA$3,542.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$1,587
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$905.70
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$342.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$339.27
Party Political DutiesIPEA$24.00
Party Political DutiesIPEA$22.16
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$22.16
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$24.00

Other Car Costs

$1,289
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$118.44
COMCARIPEA$78.48
COMCARIPEA$76.26
COMCARIPEA$76.26
COMCARIPEA$74.04
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$1,055
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$381.82
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.39
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36

Family Travel

$223
COMCARIPEA$89.58
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

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