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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Carol Berry

Australian Labor Party · WHITLAM · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$146,101+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
112th / 258
+4% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$146,101
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 Administration ($91,270)
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

$91,270
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$25,545.23
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$23,510.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$20,592.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$6,971.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,960.39
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,960.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,487.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,150.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$521.67
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$507.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$502.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$453.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$446.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$250.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$153.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$150.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$146.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$131.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$102.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$81.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$69.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$69.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$61.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$38.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$8.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$45.45

Office Facilities

$39,488
—IPEA$39,488.29

Travel Allowance

$5,585
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Employee Travel

$4,924
Domestic TravelIPEA$4,923.60

Other Car Costs

$4,332
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$623.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$623.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$370.37
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$253.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$253.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$253.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$253.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$253.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$253.45
COMCARIPEA$146.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$81.15
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$80.76
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.79
COMCARIPEA$72.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$71.68
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$70.31
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$70.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$69.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$68.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$67.02
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$59.76
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$43.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$40.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$40.42
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$38.77

Telecommunications

$501
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$120.00

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