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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Garth Hamilton

Liberal Party of Australia · GROOM · QLD

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$189,749+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
67th / 258
+35% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$189,749
Quarters on record
22
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($68,224)
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 Shadow Assistant Minister for Energy Security and Affordability (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

$68,224
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$14,080.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,478.58
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,685.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4,466.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,243.48
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,319.42
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,985.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,943.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,585.88
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,481.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,315.37
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,280.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,280.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,834.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,648.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,607.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,277.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,003.32
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$736.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$672.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$672.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$598.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$570.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$564.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$564.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$564.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$564.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$433.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$424.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$213.82
PublicationsIPEA$100.00
PublicationsIPEA$96.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.45
PublicationsIPEA$67.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$63.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$37.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$2.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$360.83

International Travel

$37,805
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$20,175.48
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$14,327.57
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$3,301.84

Office Facilities

$33,061
—IPEA$33,060.87

Employee Travel

$18,686
Domestic TravelIPEA$18,686.20

Other Car Costs

$10,581
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$2,191.36
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,710.72
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,710.72
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,710.72
COMCARIPEA$493.10
COMCARIPEA$484.22
COMCARIPEA$482.00
COMCARIPEA$481.49
COMCARIPEA$477.56
COMCARIPEA$464.24
COMCARIPEA$455.36
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$418.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$370.50
COMCARIPEA$343.36
COMCARIPEA$217.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$149.70
COMCARIPEA$148.74
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$142.86
COMCARIPEA$141.84
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$101.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$75.94
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$834.06
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$1,214.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$1,500.75

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$10,472
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$1,091.59
FaresIPEA$1,082.84
FaresIPEA$1,082.84
FaresIPEA$1,082.84
FaresIPEA$963.59
FaresIPEA$963.59
FaresIPEA$822.93
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$602.49
FaresIPEA$515.04
FaresIPEA$444.08

Travel Allowance

$8,726
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$998.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$998.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$998.00

Family Travel

$1,664
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$832.02
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$832.02

Telecommunications

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

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