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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Dave Sharma

Liberal Party of Australia · WENTWORTH · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$85,567+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
219th / 258
-39% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$85,567
Quarters on record
28
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($40,291)
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 Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (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

$40,291
—IPEA$40,291.47

Employee Travel

$19,657
Domestic TravelIPEA$19,657.44

Travel Allowance

$8,694
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Office Administration

$8,604
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,048.07
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,635.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$893.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$454.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$398.55
PublicationsIPEA$373.57
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$350.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$334.44
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$239.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$234.63
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$193.46
PublicationsIPEA$171.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$135.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$117.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$113.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$72.97
PublicationsIPEA$65.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$64.65
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$51.02
PublicationsIPEA$48.15
PublicationsIPEA$47.27
PublicationsIPEA$47.27
PublicationsIPEA$37.50
PublicationsIPEA$36.80
PublicationsIPEA$36.36
PublicationsIPEA$36.36
PublicationsIPEA$34.09
PublicationsIPEA$31.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.09
PublicationsIPEA$25.00
PublicationsIPEA$25.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.93
PublicationsIPEA$13.99
PublicationsIPEA$13.99
PublicationsIPEA$13.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$9.51
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.41
PublicationsIPEA$4.54
PublicationsIPEA$4.54
PublicationsIPEA$4.54
PublicationsIPEA$4.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$39.99

Other Car Costs

$5,764
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,590.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,590.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,590.70
COMCARIPEA$147.67
COMCARIPEA$138.06
COMCARIPEA$88.46
COMCARIPEA$84.02
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$70.70
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$40.91
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$30.22
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$22.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$11.67
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$5.99
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.63

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$1,349
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$252.07
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$240.03

Telecommunications

$699
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$194.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$194.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$117.27
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$117.27
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$508
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$414.98
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$51.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$33.48
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.33

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