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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Carina Garland

Australian Labor Party · CHISHOLM · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$130,145+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
150th / 258
-7% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$130,145
Quarters on record
16
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($60,106)
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 Administration

$60,106
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18,352.35
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,311.83
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,485.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,265.66
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,178.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,007.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,117.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,628.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,165.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$800.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$640.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$625.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$454.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$373.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$267.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$206.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$148.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$147.70
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$145.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$139.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$139.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$137.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$132.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$122.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$112.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$111.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$88.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$83.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$73.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$61.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$38.01

Office Facilities

$32,130
—IPEA$32,129.54

Employee Travel

$15,311
Domestic TravelIPEA$15,311.31

Travel Allowance

$8,694
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
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

$7,092
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,136.93
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,136.93
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,136.93
COMCARIPEA$239.57
COMCARIPEA$216.29
COMCARIPEA$191.87
COMCARIPEA$189.65
COMCARIPEA$187.43
COMCARIPEA$185.21
COMCARIPEA$179.63
COMCARIPEA$166.67
COMCARIPEA$162.23
COMCARIPEA$160.66
COMCARIPEA$160.01
COMCARIPEA$155.57
COMCARIPEA$155.57
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$137.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$88.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$86.34
COMCARIPEA$84.36
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$78.16
COMCARIPEA$77.46
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$76.13
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.21
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$58.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$40.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$14.55
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$13.08
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$13.08
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$6,658
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$660.52

Telecommunications

$154
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$75.11
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.61
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$38.03

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