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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Claire Chandler

Liberal Party of Australia · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$62,607+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
229th / 258
-55% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$62,607
Quarters on record
27
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($18,462)
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 Shadow Cabinet Minister (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

$18,462
—IPEA$18,461.62

Employee Travel

$15,909
Domestic TravelIPEA$15,909.09

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$12,601
FaresIPEA$991.13
FaresIPEA$888.69
FaresIPEA$888.69
FaresIPEA$879.94
FaresIPEA$658.35
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$609.13
FaresIPEA$606.32
FaresIPEA$537.20
FaresIPEA$533.92
FaresIPEA$519.39
FaresIPEA$513.48
FaresIPEA$506.47
FaresIPEA$445.00
FaresIPEA$401.98
FaresIPEA$401.98
FaresIPEA$376.83
FaresIPEA$334.26
FaresIPEA$281.15
FaresIPEA$245.98
FaresIPEA$201.21
FaresIPEA$175.90
FaresIPEA$175.90
FaresIPEA$175.90

Travel Allowance

$7,720
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$459.00

Other Car Costs

$5,486
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$961.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$961.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$961.26
COMCARIPEA$145.01
COMCARIPEA$135.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$111.00
COMCARIPEA$102.42
COMCARIPEA$98.32
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$94.17
COMCARIPEA$93.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.11
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$89.39
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$88.15
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$87.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$87.18
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$82.47
COMCARIPEA$73.04
COMCARIPEA$68.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$16.71
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Office Administration

$1,897
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$462.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$323.18
PublicationsIPEA$227.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$174.65
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$150.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$72.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$55.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$49.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.19
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36

Telecommunications

$457
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.40
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.15
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$76
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$46.60
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$14.61
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$14.60

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