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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Jacqui Lambie

Independent · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$117,551+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
168th / 258
-16% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$117,551
Quarters on record
35
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Employee Travel ($57,563)
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

$57,563
Domestic TravelIPEA$57,563.02

Office Administration

$23,870
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$6,900.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,893.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,857.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,780.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$326.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$296.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$209.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$203.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$198.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$198.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$181.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$109.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$103.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$84.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$83.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$82.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$81.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$76.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$65.00
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.33
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$49.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
PublicationsIPEA$18.09
PublicationsIPEA$18.09
PublicationsIPEA$18.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.19
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$326.38

Office Facilities

$15,674
—IPEA$15,674.04

Travel Allowance

$8,933
Travel AllowanceIPEA$3,220.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$2,254.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,504.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,504.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$918.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$918.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$726.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$726.00
Cancelled AccommodationIPEA$310.91
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$726.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$918.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$1,504.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$5,359
FaresIPEA$1,132.71
FaresIPEA$852.24
FaresIPEA$636.79
FaresIPEA$544.66
FaresIPEA$501.99
FaresIPEA$412.72
FaresIPEA$384.32
FaresIPEA$297.31
FaresIPEA$240.35
FaresIPEA$212.18
FaresIPEA$141.09
FaresIPEA$3.07

Other Car Costs

$5,039
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,443.38
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,443.38
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,443.38
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$124.74
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$118.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$116.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$115.58
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$113.78
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$113.08
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Telecommunications

$884
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.22
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.16
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$102.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$99.09
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$99.09
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$99.09

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$229
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$153.82
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$75.02

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