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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Deborah O'Neill

Australian Labor Party · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$126,424+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
159th / 258
-10% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$126,424
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($40,360)
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

$40,360
—IPEA$40,359.66

Employee Travel

$28,760
Domestic TravelIPEA$28,759.75

Travel Allowance

$15,144
Travel AllowanceIPEA$2,254.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,497.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$998.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$998.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$834.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$363.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$363.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

International Travel

$11,326
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$11,198.53
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$194.82
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA-$67.84

Other Car Costs

$9,973
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,185.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,185.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,185.70
COMCARIPEA$540.48
COMCARIPEA$539.40
COMCARIPEA$536.04
COMCARIPEA$534.30
COMCARIPEA$489.28
COMCARIPEA$471.66
COMCARIPEA$465.84
COMCARIPEA$460.02
COMCARIPEA$423.66
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$214.38
COMCARIPEA$179.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$168.99
COMCARIPEA$166.26
COMCARIPEA$135.72
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$131.28
COMCARIPEA$95.76
COMCARIPEA$88.80
COMCARIPEA$84.02
COMCARIPEA$82.14
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Office Administration

$9,443
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,052.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,636.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$991.28
PublicationsIPEA$499.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$366.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$300.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
PublicationsIPEA$180.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$175.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$127.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$120.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$43.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$39.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$39.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.12
PublicationsIPEA$25.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.52
PublicationsIPEA$23.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.60
PublicationsIPEA$19.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.84
PublicationsIPEA$10.86
PublicationsIPEA$10.86
PublicationsIPEA$10.86
PublicationsIPEA$10.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.31
PublicationsIPEA$1.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.82
PublicationsIPEA$0.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$60.21

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$4,306
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$395.62
FaresIPEA$382.81
FaresIPEA$380.51
FaresIPEA$376.16
FaresIPEA$364.01
FaresIPEA$252.07
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$204.97
FaresIPEA$204.97
FaresIPEA$204.97
FaresIPEA$47.66

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$3,001
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$1,027.78
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$849.78
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$435.48
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$200.12
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$169.66
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$130.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$114.50
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$25.49
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$23.11
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$14.49
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$10.57

Family Travel

$2,913
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$631.02
COMCARIPEA$565.20
COMCARIPEA$522.18
COMCARIPEA$516.36
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$206.12
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$206.12
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$1,199
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$179.43
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$167.34
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$166.79
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$120.00
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$95.45
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.35
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.35
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.35
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$63.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$63.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$63.55
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$20.00

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