House · Jan-Mar 2026

Jess Teesdale

Australian Labor Party · BASS · TAS

Period

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026

Modelled estimate

$94,616+$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

208th / 258

-33% vs median

this MPall MPs (258)

Reported · IPEA

Expenses this quarter

$94,616

Quarters on record

Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal

Salary & allowances

$73,040

Includes allowances

Superannuation

$8,996

15.4% of base + loading

Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($31,661)

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

Remuneration breakdown

Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036

Base salary	Standard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)	$58,415
Electorate allowance	Electorate office and operations	$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)	Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement	$4,875
Superannuation	15.4% 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 Administration

$31,661

Printing and Communications	IPEA	$18,700.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$8,100.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$893.20
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$836.10
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$373.76
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$329.55
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$246.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$245.30
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$238.64
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$217.98
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$190.91
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$170.45
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$145.26
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$104.49
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$103.47
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$101.44
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$60.24
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$49.45
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$44.21
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$40.55
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$36.53
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$33.10
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$31.53
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$29.10
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$27.70
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$26.76
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$25.50
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$24.14
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$22.73
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$20.33
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$17.26
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$17.08
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$15.20
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$14.10
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$13.79
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$13.71
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$13.29
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$12.93
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$11.44
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$11.16
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$10.56
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$10.40
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$10.14
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$10.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8.59
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8.50
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8.03
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$7.02
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$5.58
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$5.50
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$4.71
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$4.45
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$4.40
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$4.20
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$3.61
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$3.44
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$3.05
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2.99
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2.73
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2.06
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1.24
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1.19
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.80
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.56
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.18
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.04
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$0.34
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$0.77
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$8.93
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$16.55
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$19.50
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$25.08

Office Facilities

$21,484

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IPEA

$21,484.01

Employee Travel

$17,893

Domestic Travel

IPEA

$17,892.70

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$9,860

Fares	IPEA	$886.97
Fares	IPEA	$603.82
Fares	IPEA	$593.77
Fares	IPEA	$593.77
Fares	IPEA	$593.77
Fares	IPEA	$513.13
Fares	IPEA	$498.91
Fares	IPEA	$493.42
Fares	IPEA	$488.92
Fares	IPEA	$488.92
Fares	IPEA	$488.92
Fares	IPEA	$405.44
Fares	IPEA	$396.53
Fares	IPEA	$396.53
Fares	IPEA	$337.40
Fares	IPEA	$337.39
Fares	IPEA	$323.95
Fares	IPEA	$323.95
Fares	IPEA	$215.76
Fares	IPEA	$205.89
Fares	IPEA	$168.18
Fares	IPEA	$168.18
Fares	IPEA	$168.18
Fares	IPEA	$168.18

Travel Allowance

$5,152

Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,610.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,288.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,288.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$966.00

Other Car Costs

$4,362

Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1,259.42
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1,259.42
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1,259.42
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$159.12
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$151.85
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$137.93
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$124.07
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1.79
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1.79
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1.79
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1.79
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1.79
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1.79

Family Travel

$3,757

Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$580.81
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$494.66
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$486.01
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$483.22
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$476.04
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$417.03
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$411.23
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$408.44

Telecommunications

$447

Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$170.27
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$145.27
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$131.63

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