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House · Jan-Mar 2026
Claire Clutterham
Australian Labor Party · STURT · SA
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$127,741+$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
158th / 258
-9% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$127,741
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 ($52,192)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
Expenditure by category
Remuneration breakdown
Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036
| Base salary | Standard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4) | $58,415 |
| Electorate allowance | Electorate office and operations | $9,750 |
| Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu) | Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement | $4,875 |
| Superannuation | 15.4% 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
$52,192| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $25,694.39 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $7,880.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $6,249.19 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $2,820.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,500.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,198.55 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,060.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $705.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $640.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $491.74 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $436.05 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $418.46 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $392.78 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $380.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $334.78 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $307.50 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $306.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $300.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $228.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $158.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $148.96 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $145.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $137.94 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $111.10 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $100.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $27.77 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $8.82 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $6.64 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.92 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.68 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.64 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.23 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.19 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.04 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.02 |
Office Facilities
$37,328| — | IPEA | $37,328.15 |
Employee Travel
$16,234| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $16,234.30 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$10,479| Fares | IPEA | $1,286.84 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,286.84 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,286.84 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,278.09 |
| Fares | IPEA | $957.52 |
| Fares | IPEA | $809.10 |
| Fares | IPEA | $791.26 |
| Fares | IPEA | $791.26 |
| Fares | IPEA | $594.57 |
| Fares | IPEA | $555.08 |
| Fares | IPEA | $555.08 |
| Fares | IPEA | $286.58 |
Travel Allowance
$8,016| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,610.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,610.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,610.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,288.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $966.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $499.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $433.00 |
Other Car Costs
$2,019| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $127.32 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $122.88 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $111.78 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $105.12 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $100.68 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $91.02 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $89.88 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $76.26 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $70.80 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| Parking | IPEA | $35.95 |
| Parking | IPEA | $22.12 |
Telecommunications
$836| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $309.09 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $263.64 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $263.64 |
Family Travel
$573| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $286.58 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $286.58 |
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$62| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $24.55 |
| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $18.95 |
| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $18.95 |
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