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House · Jan-Mar 2026

David Moncrieff

Australian Labor Party · HUGHES · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$142,173+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
126th / 258
+1% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$142,173
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 ($82,305)
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

Office Administration

$82,305
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$38,739.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$24,054.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,350.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,783.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,800.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,100.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,003.32
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$950.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$800.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$747.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$584.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$550.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$318.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$267.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$156.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$154.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$141.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$129.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$115.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$115.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$109.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$102.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$100.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$86.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$82.71
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$53.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$47.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$46.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$40.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$39.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$107.65
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$211.36

Office Facilities

$30,532
—IPEA$30,532.04

Employee Travel

$14,321
Domestic TravelIPEA$14,321.47

Travel Allowance

$10,562
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,272.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,272.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,272.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,272.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Other Car Costs

$4,012
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$250.80
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$249.04
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$249.04
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$249.04
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$249.04
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$249.04
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$249.04
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$248.16
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$216.48
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$203.16
COMCARIPEA$166.50
COMCARIPEA$166.10
COMCARIPEA$153.22
COMCARIPEA$143.96
COMCARIPEA$143.60
COMCARIPEA$143.60
COMCARIPEA$139.50
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$131.66
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$131.66
COMCARIPEA$88.76
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$52.80

Telecommunications

$441
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$60.00

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