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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Jason Wood

Liberal Party of Australia · LA TROBE · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$105,543+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
192nd / 258
-25% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$105,543
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 ($36,498)
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 Shadow Minister for International Development and Pacific Island Affairs (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

$36,498
Domestic TravelIPEA$36,497.91

Office Facilities

$31,068
—IPEA$31,067.55

Office Administration

$13,533
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,759.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,728.30
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,794.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$893.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$893.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$612.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$590.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$418.43
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$363.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$342.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$214.61
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$150.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$101.65
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$72.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$52.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$25.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.13
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$0.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$1.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$8.93
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$8.93
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$68.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$90.91

Other Car Costs

$8,869
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,468.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,468.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,468.57
COMCARIPEA$379.62
COMCARIPEA$373.33
COMCARIPEA$372.25
COMCARIPEA$354.84
COMCARIPEA$341.47
COMCARIPEA$339.25
COMCARIPEA$335.59
COMCARIPEA$334.51
COMCARIPEA$317.05
COMCARIPEA$136.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$116.64
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$110.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$90.92
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$87.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$81.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$79.66
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$76.61
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$76.47
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.47
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.46
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$29.22
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$8,172
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,016.46
FaresIPEA$842.68
FaresIPEA$674.79
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$646.91
FaresIPEA$628.46

Travel Allowance

$5,796
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Telecommunications

$1,110
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$189.38
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$497
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$497.07

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