This site aggregates publicly available data from IPEA, the Remuneration Tribunal, and the Department of Finance. It is not affiliated with the Australian Government.
OpenBench.au
← Register

House · Jan-Mar 2026

Elizabeth Watson-Brown

Australian Greens · RYAN · QLD

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$181,739+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
80th / 258
+30% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$181,739
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 Administration ($80,619)
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

$80,619
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$19,552.24
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$16,595.48
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$14,927.93
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,777.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,980.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,269.54
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$780.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$687.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$672.84
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$650.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$650.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$650.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$645.84
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$645.84
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$645.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$581.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$570.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$550.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$550.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$411.32
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$382.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$375.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$318.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$305.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$299.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$294.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$217.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$167.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$155.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$149.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$133.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$128.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$99.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$99.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$76.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$74.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$62.60
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$47.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$45.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$0.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$0.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$4.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$6.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$56.82

Office Facilities

$65,110
—IPEA$65,110.05

Employee Travel

$20,346
Domestic TravelIPEA$20,345.51

Travel Allowance

$6,762
Travel AllowanceIPEA$2,898.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$6,762
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$1,185.62
FaresIPEA$1,185.62
FaresIPEA$807.39

Other Car Costs

$1,337
COMCARIPEA$234.32
COMCARIPEA$145.01
COMCARIPEA$138.86
COMCARIPEA$138.86
COMCARIPEA$138.86
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$127.25
COMCARIPEA$109.49
COMCARIPEA$96.17
COMCARIPEA$70.80

Telecommunications

$508
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09

Family Travel

$295
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$294.80

Related parliamentarians

Same party and chamber, ranked by expenses this quarter.