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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Jana Stewart

Australian Labor Party · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$107,580+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
184th / 258
-23% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$107,580
Quarters on record
16
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($37,949)
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

Office Facilities

$37,949
—IPEA$37,949.26

Employee Travel

$28,679
Domestic TravelIPEA$28,678.57

Office Administration

$18,786
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10,831.34
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,370.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,279.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,191.02
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$550.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$413.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$315.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$150.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$145.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$144.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$120.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$94.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$91.88
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$61.35
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$35.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$28.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.14
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$204.81

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$9,273
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,016.46
FaresIPEA$963.43
FaresIPEA$963.43
FaresIPEA$674.79
FaresIPEA$628.45
FaresIPEA$469.90
FaresIPEA$394.12
FaresIPEA-$963.43

Other Car Costs

$6,822
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,379.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,379.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,379.14
COMCARIPEA$170.70
COMCARIPEA$161.82
COMCARIPEA$137.40
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$111.78
COMCARIPEA$96.24
COMCARIPEA$94.02
COMCARIPEA$93.24
COMCARIPEA$82.92
ParkingIPEA$68.86
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$23.56
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$17.86
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$14.41
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50

Travel Allowance

$5,843
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$369.00

Telecommunications

$227
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$90.49
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$73.14
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$63.55

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