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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Charlotte Walker

Australian Labor Party · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$53,585+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
230th / 258
-62% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$53,585
Quarters on record
3
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Employee Travel ($28,432)
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

Employee Travel

$28,432
Domestic TravelIPEA$28,431.73

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$8,301
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$800.35
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$785.87
FaresIPEA$286.58

Other Car Costs

$6,147
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$969.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$969.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$969.03
COMCARIPEA$176.16
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$129.54
COMCARIPEA$116.22
COMCARIPEA$113.22
COMCARIPEA$109.73
COMCARIPEA$109.56
COMCARIPEA$105.12
COMCARIPEA$100.68
COMCARIPEA$84.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$77.95
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$77.61
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$76.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.55
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$72.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$72.51
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$71.84
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$67.14
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$66.17
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$25.09
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$15.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$15.00

Travel Allowance

$6,118
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Family Travel

$2,277
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$765.20
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$756.11
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$756.11

Office Administration

$1,214
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$350.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$254.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$200.91
PublicationsIPEA$127.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$59.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$42.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.93
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02

Telecommunications

$498
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$118.18
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$78.05
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$78.05
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$78.05
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$72.73
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$72.73

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$343
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$24.20
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$23.45
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$18.56
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$17.85
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$16.80
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$15.32
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$11.19
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$11.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$10.82
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$10.16
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$9.84
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$9.74
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$9.31
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$9.24
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$9.08
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.81
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.75
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.72
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.58
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$7.49

Office Facilities

$255
—IPEA$255.00

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