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Salary, super & work expenses · Apr–Jun 2026
Modelled estimate$147,423+$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
174th / 280
-17% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$147,423
▲ 37% vs Jan-Mar 2026 · ▼ 8.0% vs Apr-Jun 2025
Quarters on record
33
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($96,353)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Apr–Jun 2026). See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
Expenditure by category
Remuneration breakdown
Quarterly breakdown (Apr–Jun 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 Administration
$96,353| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $27,281.18 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $20,480.59 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $15,064.67 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $7,560.21 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $2,699.26 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,500.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,350.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1,337.76 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,313.70 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,250.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,096.03 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $995.97 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $960.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $960.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $933.60 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $880.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $880.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $880.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $840.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $705.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $640.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $625.24 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $480.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $434.70 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $434.51 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $404.17 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $390.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $390.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $390.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $364.85 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $350.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $350.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $350.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $306.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $228.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $225.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $223.90 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $135.45 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $127.27 |
| Publications | IPEA | $113.64 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $111.74 |
| Publications | IPEA | $95.36 |
| Publications | IPEA | $75.27 |
| Publications | IPEA | $59.55 |
| Publications | IPEA | $34.86 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $27.26 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $17.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $12.84 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $12.05 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $10.48 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $9.38 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.40 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $3.11 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.77 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | -$9.09 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | -$11.36 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | -$11.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | -$93.11 |
Office Facilities
$43,629| — | IPEA | $43,628.62 |
Other Car Costs
$5,437| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,335.77 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,335.77 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,335.77 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $911.08 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $160.04 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $88.46 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $75.53 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $69.64 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $58.53 |
International Travel
$808| Parliamentary Delegations | IPEA | $430.00 |
| Parliamentary Delegations | IPEA | $378.00 |
Travel Allowance
$499| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $499.00 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$430| Fares | IPEA | $214.87 |
| Fares | IPEA | $214.87 |
Telecommunications
$267| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $134.45 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $132.55 |
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