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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Glenn Sterle

Australian Labor Party · WA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$165,495+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
87th / 258
+18% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$165,495
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: Employee Travel ($42,002)
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

Employee Travel

$42,002
Domestic TravelIPEA$42,002.48

Office Facilities

$40,971
—IPEA$40,971.47

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$30,868
FaresIPEA$3,033.39
FaresIPEA$2,840.34
FaresIPEA$2,580.14
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,383.67
FaresIPEA$2,121.87
FaresIPEA$2,001.75
FaresIPEA$1,897.08
FaresIPEA$1,897.08
FaresIPEA$1,435.66
FaresIPEA$1,071.38
FaresIPEA$1,016.46
FaresIPEA$994.57
FaresIPEA$994.57
FaresIPEA$922.40
FaresIPEA$888.57
FaresIPEA$692.76
FaresIPEA$669.74
FaresIPEA$315.07
FaresIPEA$310.44
FaresIPEA$264.58
FaresIPEA$144.46

International Travel

$30,599
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$20,837.97
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$5,764.54
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$3,996.77

Other Car Costs

$10,242
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,784.84
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,784.84
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,784.84
COMCARIPEA$532.97
COMCARIPEA$501.89
COMCARIPEA$173.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$168.62
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$161.39
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$157.97
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$157.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$150.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$148.72
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$147.69
COMCARIPEA$142.38
COMCARIPEA$136.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$119.88
COMCARIPEA$106.86
COMCARIPEA$102.12
COMCARIPEA$102.12
COMCARIPEA$102.12
COMCARIPEA$102.12
COMCARIPEA$99.90
COMCARIPEA$94.02
COMCARIPEA$91.02
COMCARIPEA$88.80
COMCARIPEA$84.36
COMCARIPEA$82.92
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Travel Allowance

$8,583
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$854.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$768.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$424.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$242.00

Telecommunications

$1,112
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.12
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$120.00
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.35
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

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$666
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$345.26
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$159.62
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$85.91
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$31.35
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$25.48
Electorate DutiesIPEA$18.28

Office Administration

$449
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$70.60
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$54.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.12

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