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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Jess Collins

Liberal Party of Australia · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$128,949+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
156th / 258
-8% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$128,949
Quarters on record
3
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($103,655)
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

$103,655
—IPEA$103,655.45

Travel Allowance

$7,084
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,932.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Employee Travel

$5,449
Domestic TravelIPEA$5,449.32

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$5,419
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$606.19
FaresIPEA$252.07
FaresIPEA$206.12

Office Administration

$5,041
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,300.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$982.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$960.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$606.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$580.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$373.80
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$71.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$48.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$9.83

Other Car Costs

$2,187
COMCARIPEA$169.12
COMCARIPEA$148.50
COMCARIPEA$139.50
COMCARIPEA$139.50
COMCARIPEA$139.50
COMCARIPEA$139.50
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$132.84
COMCARIPEA$126.54
COMCARIPEA$113.62
COMCARIPEA$108.08
COMCARIPEA$103.64
COMCARIPEA$93.24
COMCARIPEA$83.66
COMCARIPEA$77.00
COMCARIPEA$72.90
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$200
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$42.20
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$41.60
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.90
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

-$87
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$45.39
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$45.20
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$30.75
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$29.99
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$19.12
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$19.12
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$19.12
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$29.99
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$29.99
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$30.75
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$30.75
Party Political DutiesIPEA-$41.57
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$56.25

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