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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

David Shoebridge

Australian Greens · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$138,994+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
134th / 258
-1% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$138,994
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 ($75,771)
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 Facilities

$75,771
—IPEA$75,770.58

Employee Travel

$20,933
Domestic TravelIPEA$20,933.30

Office Administration

$20,747
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,620.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,613.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,295.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,950.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,950.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,448.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,448.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,448.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$724.48
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$318.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$254.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$226.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$156.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$78.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02

Travel Allowance

$11,753
Travel AllowanceIPEA$3,864.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,932.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,341.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$826.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$137.00

Other Car Costs

$4,048
COMCARIPEA$299.70
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$259.60
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$259.60
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$259.60
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$259.60
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$259.60
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$259.60
COMCARIPEA$202.02
COMCARIPEA$137.30
COMCARIPEA$137.12
COMCARIPEA$136.50
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$126.20
COMCARIPEA$120.70
COMCARIPEA$117.66
COMCARIPEA$102.42
COMCARIPEA$102.12
COMCARIPEA$93.24
COMCARIPEA$88.40
COMCARIPEA$76.56
COMCARIPEA$73.26
COMCARIPEA$71.04
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$68.82
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$3,217
FaresIPEA$904.89
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$358.59
FaresIPEA$358.59
FaresIPEA$252.07
FaresIPEA$204.97
FaresIPEA$204.97
FaresIPEA-$242.00
FaresIPEA-$242.00

Family Travel

$2,052
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$657.34
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$657.34
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$621.93
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Cabcharge / Other Car CostsIPEA$49.09
Cabcharge / Other Car CostsIPEA$49.09
Cabcharge / Other Car CostsIPEA-$49.09

Telecommunications

$279
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$88.70
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$57.52
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$55.52
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$26.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.60
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.20

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$194
Party Political DutiesIPEA$161.14
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$32.90

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