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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026
David Pocock
Independent · ACT
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$72,103+$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
226th / 258
-49% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$72,103
Quarters on record
15
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($48,772)
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
$48,772| — | IPEA | $48,771.87 |
Office Administration
$18,425| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $8,100.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5,400.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $4,120.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $700.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $28.52 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $27.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.15 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $9.28 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.05 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $3.47 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.76 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.53 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.28 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.16 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.88 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.76 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.35 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.21 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.19 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.18 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.03 |
Other Car Costs
$3,469| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,151.95 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,151.95 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,151.95 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $4.50 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $4.50 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $4.50 |
Employee Travel
$765| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $765.20 |
Telecommunications
$672| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $136.18 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $136.18 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $136.18 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $136.18 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $31.77 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $31.77 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $31.77 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $31.77 |
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