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Senate · Apr–Jun 2026

James Paterson

Liberal Party of Australia · VIC

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 Administration ($50,954)
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 Administration

$50,954
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$6,699.06
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,440.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5,272.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,000.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4,736.23
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,691.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,085.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,689.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,250.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$945.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$900.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$714.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$698.80
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$671.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$665.24
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$610.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$552.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$498.16
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$481.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$479.93
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$410.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$363.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$296.90
PublicationsIPEA$236.36
PublicationsIPEA$236.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$223.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$178.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$170.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$156.43
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$156.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$143.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$140.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$139.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$122.73
PublicationsIPEA$103.47
PublicationsIPEA$103.47
PublicationsIPEA$94.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$85.68
PublicationsIPEA$65.45
PublicationsIPEA$65.45
PublicationsIPEA$65.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$65.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$63.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$61.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$60.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$60.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$60.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$59.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$59.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$59.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$59.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$59.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$59.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$58.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$57.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$57.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$57.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$57.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$56.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$56.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$55.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$55.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$54.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$53.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$53.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$53.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$48.00
PublicationsIPEA$45.45
PublicationsIPEA$45.45
PublicationsIPEA$45.45
PublicationsIPEA$45.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.21
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$42.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$32.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$20.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$8.93
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$2,691.00

Employee Travel

$50,394
Domestic TravelIPEA$50,394.38

Office Facilities

$43,670
—IPEA$43,669.64

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$17,293
FaresIPEA$2,939.80
FaresIPEA$2,676.93
FaresIPEA$960.99
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$693.53
FaresIPEA$669.77
FaresIPEA$669.77
FaresIPEA$669.77
FaresIPEA$669.77
FaresIPEA$562.40
FaresIPEA$562.40
FaresIPEA$479.56
FaresIPEA$377.95
FaresIPEA$276.36
FaresIPEA$229.25

Other Car Costs

$12,387
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,253.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,149.21
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,149.21
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,149.21
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,077.93
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,077.93
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,077.93
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$191.69
COMCARIPEA$165.23
COMCARIPEA$165.23
COMCARIPEA$161.25
COMCARIPEA$148.91
COMCARIPEA$145.25
COMCARIPEA$143.03
COMCARIPEA$142.86
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$140.94
COMCARIPEA$138.59
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$136.37
COMCARIPEA$133.81
COMCARIPEA$133.37
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$131.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$131.22
COMCARIPEA$127.49
COMCARIPEA$115.10
COMCARIPEA$114.17
COMCARIPEA$106.56
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$104.16
COMCARIPEA$95.63
COMCARIPEA$91.97
COMCARIPEA$91.19
COMCARIPEA$78.95
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$75.85
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$63.30
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

Travel Allowance

$8,568
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$894.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$413.00

International Travel

$6,885
Official VisitsIPEA$6,203.02
Official VisitsIPEA$430.00
Official VisitsIPEA$252.00

Family or Nominee Travel

$2,275
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$269.59
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$269.59
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$269.59
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$269.59
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$269.59
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$269.59
COMCARIPEA$156.98
COMCARIPEA$145.25
COMCARIPEA$126.71
COMCARIPEA$91.19
COMCARIPEA$71.04
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$489
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$158.40
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$157.80
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.35
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.35

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