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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

David Smith

Australian Labor Party · BEAN · ACT

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$107,908+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
183rd / 258
-23% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$107,908
Quarters on record
32
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($59,114)
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

$59,114
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$20,624.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$12,597.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,355.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,810.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,574.70
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,338.35
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,150.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$960.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$891.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$764.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$720.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$696.38
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$600.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$545.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$454.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$454.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$414.32
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$403.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$402.06
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$391.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$390.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$390.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$390.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$368.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$368.68
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$320.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$267.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$245.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$225.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$184.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$150.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$135.45
PublicationsIPEA$113.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$90.00
PublicationsIPEA$57.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$45.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$32.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
PublicationsIPEA$19.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$9.22
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36

Office Facilities

$38,361
—IPEA$38,360.75

Other Car Costs

$4,076
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,335.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,335.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,335.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$68.54

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$3,308
FaresIPEA$788.15
FaresIPEA$745.76
FaresIPEA$534.83
FaresIPEA$496.74
FaresIPEA$296.68
FaresIPEA$239.68
FaresIPEA$206.12

Employee Travel

$2,059
Domestic TravelIPEA$2,059.48

Telecommunications

$530
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.55
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.55
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.55
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.55

Travel Allowance

$459
Travel AllowanceIPEA$459.00

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