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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Ged Kearney

Australian Labor Party · COOPER · VIC · Assistant Minister for Social Services

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$192,198+$98,889reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
64th / 258
+37% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$192,198
Quarters on record
33
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$87,644
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$11,245
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: Assistant Minister for Social ServicesLargest category: Office Administration ($81,004)
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)$98,889
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Additional office loadingMinisterial or office-holder duties$14,604
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$11,245
Total remuneration & super$98,889
Note: Auto-applied Assistant Minister for Social Services (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

$81,004
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$16,250.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$14,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10,171.29
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$9,600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$9,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,900.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,900.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,950.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,337.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$976.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$477.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$375.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$368.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$368.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$367.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$348.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$334.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$265.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$224.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$184.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$182.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$149.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$148.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$122.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$81.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$70.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$60.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$60.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$60.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$59.27
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$43.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.16
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$24.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$136.36

Office Facilities

$49,524
—IPEA$49,523.76

Employee Travel

$40,382
Domestic TravelIPEA$40,382.00

Other Car Costs

$7,519
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$965.97
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$965.97
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$965.97
COMCARIPEA$688.50
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$574.64
COMCARIPEA$493.62
COMCARIPEA$477.34
COMCARIPEA$363.64
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$247.28
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$115.08
COMCARIPEA$96.24
COMCARIPEA$91.80
COMCARIPEA$91.02
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$87.35
COMCARIPEA$84.00
COMCARIPEA$78.48
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$75.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$75.36
COMCARIPEA$69.90
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$66.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$52.86
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.97
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Travel Allowance

$6,118
Travel AllowanceIPEA$2,576.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$2,576.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$5,533
FaresIPEA$807.17
FaresIPEA$674.79
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$234.98
FaresIPEA$5.92
FaresIPEA$5.92
FaresIPEA$5.92
FaresIPEA-$5.92
FaresIPEA-$5.92
FaresIPEA-$5.92

Family Travel

$1,610
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$674.79
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$674.79
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$260.34

Telecommunications

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

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