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House · Jan-Mar 2026
Dai Le
Independent · FOWLER · NSW
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$111,354+$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
179th / 258
-21% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$111,354
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 ($55,697)
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 Facilities
$55,697| — | IPEA | $55,696.77 |
Office Administration
$34,171| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $7,617.38 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $4,543.64 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $4,309.09 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $3,800.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $3,250.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $2,727.27 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,800.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,771.82 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,771.82 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $990.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $891.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $890.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $852.22 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $700.36 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $550.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $227.70 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $134.22 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $114.55 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $114.55 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $114.55 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $113.82 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $105.90 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $90.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $90.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $90.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $88.91 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $82.80 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $63.20 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $16.22 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $15.76 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $13.86 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $8.82 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.16 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $3.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.78 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.34 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.56 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.56 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.52 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.96 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.20 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.03 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | -$3,800.00 |
Employee Travel
$13,058| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $13,057.61 |
Travel Allowance
$4,508| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,288.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,288.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $966.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $644.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $322.00 |
Other Car Costs
$2,556| COMCAR | IPEA | $307.12 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $233.20 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $233.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $211.64 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $183.36 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $153.56 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $124.04 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $123.70 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $123.70 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $123.70 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $123.70 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $123.70 |
| Private Vehicle Allowance | IPEA | $123.70 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $106.56 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $105.08 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $89.54 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$1,110| Fares | IPEA | $609.10 |
| Fares | IPEA | $501.07 |
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$254| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $154.61 |
| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $99.33 |
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