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Senate · Apr–Jun 2026

Helen Polley

Australian Labor Party · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Apr–Jun 2026
Modelled estimate
$0+—reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$0
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
—
No salary data seeded
Superannuation
—
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($41,545)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Apr–Jun 2026). 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)

Expenditure detail

Office Facilities

$41,545
—IPEA$41,544.70

Employee Travel

$34,684
Domestic TravelIPEA$34,684.07

Office Administration

$25,544
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4,370.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3,025.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,395.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,052.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,880.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,880.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,600.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,500.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,072.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,044.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$923.44
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$909.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$874.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$527.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$437.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$394.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$168.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$160.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$139.75
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$132.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$130.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$101.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$99.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$96.00
PublicationsIPEA$93.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$78.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$77.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$74.58
PublicationsIPEA$74.55
PublicationsIPEA$74.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$68.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$63.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$59.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.80
Telephonic ServicesIPEA$39.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
PublicationsIPEA$18.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.59
PublicationsIPEA$7.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$6.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.44
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$1,044.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$1,072.73

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$18,676
FaresIPEA$1,095.58
FaresIPEA$1,061.19
FaresIPEA$949.94
FaresIPEA$765.34
FaresIPEA$752.36
FaresIPEA$738.28
FaresIPEA$738.28
FaresIPEA$735.94
FaresIPEA$678.18
FaresIPEA$678.18
FaresIPEA$669.54
FaresIPEA$646.60
FaresIPEA$630.11
FaresIPEA$624.69
FaresIPEA$622.93
FaresIPEA$613.57
FaresIPEA$555.49
FaresIPEA$522.42
FaresIPEA$515.10
FaresIPEA$498.91
FaresIPEA$437.32
FaresIPEA$431.40
FaresIPEA$428.55
FaresIPEA$419.35
FaresIPEA$412.54
FaresIPEA$412.54
FaresIPEA$408.18
FaresIPEA$396.53
FaresIPEA$323.95
FaresIPEA$318.52
FaresIPEA$274.02
FaresIPEA$267.69
FaresIPEA$238.86
FaresIPEA$238.86
FaresIPEA$226.92
FaresIPEA$30.00
FaresIPEA-$341.10
FaresIPEA-$341.10

Travel Allowance

$11,969
Travel AllowanceIPEA$2,254.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$874.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$459.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$437.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$428.00

Other Car Costs

$10,495
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,377.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,377.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,377.57
COMCARIPEA$328.56
COMCARIPEA$303.90
COMCARIPEA$218.18
COMCARIPEA$173.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$171.03
COMCARIPEA$146.28
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.91
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$130.12
COMCARIPEA$117.30
COMCARIPEA$107.34
COMCARIPEA$88.87
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$80.33
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$68.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$62.04
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$56.56
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$56.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$54.21
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$52.05
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$29.86
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Family or Nominee Travel

$3,059
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$622.93
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$569.98
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$558.15
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$461.72
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$345.83
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$252.91
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$247.36

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$845
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$329.16
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$281.18
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$214.50
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$20.52

Telecommunications

$542
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$149.90
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$149.90
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$149.90
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.96
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.45

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