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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Cassandra Fernando

Australian Labor Party · HOLT · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$116,775+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
170th / 258
-17% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$116,775
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 Facilities ($51,763)
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

$51,763
—IPEA$51,763.05

Employee Travel

$20,633
Domestic TravelIPEA$20,633.29

Office Administration

$19,710
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,072.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,968.12
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,952.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,894.23
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,850.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,755.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$384.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$340.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$330.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$321.38
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$283.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$209.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$198.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$177.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$121.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$99.69
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$68.49
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$67.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$65.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$45.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$1,500.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$8,524
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$851.43
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$564.81

Other Car Costs

$7,415
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,325.47
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,325.47
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,325.47
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$660.00
COMCARIPEA$194.39
COMCARIPEA$191.09
COMCARIPEA$182.99
COMCARIPEA$182.99
COMCARIPEA$175.55
COMCARIPEA$174.11
COMCARIPEA$174.11
COMCARIPEA$174.11
COMCARIPEA$173.33
COMCARIPEA$164.45
COMCARIPEA$157.79
COMCARIPEA$156.35
COMCARIPEA$151.13
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$113.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$94.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$93.18
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$86.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.86
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$50.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Travel Allowance

$5,474
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Family Travel

$2,747
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$1,043.17
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$1,043.17
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$660.52

Telecommunications

$508
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09

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