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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026
Jordon Steele-John
Australian Greens · WA
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$93,727+$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
210th / 258
-33% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$93,727
Quarters on record
34
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($51,563)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
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 Facilities
$51,563| — | IPEA | $51,563.26 |
Office Administration
$17,774| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $7,012.50 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $6,723.75 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $3,037.75 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $235.20 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $198.88 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $167.06 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $77.54 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $30.67 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $30.12 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $23.50 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $16.56 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $15.02 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $13.92 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.76 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.48 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $6.20 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.99 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.51 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $4.97 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.72 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.56 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.51 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.76 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.02 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.60 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.32 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.32 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.30 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | -$23.60 |
Employee Travel
$9,400| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $9,399.73 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$7,139| Fares | IPEA | $2,392.42 |
| Fares | IPEA | $2,383.67 |
| Fares | IPEA | $2,362.60 |
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$3,457| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $1,923.13 |
| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $904.91 |
| Party Political Duties | IPEA | $487.86 |
| Electorate Duties | IPEA | $141.22 |
Travel Allowance
$3,345| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,610.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,288.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $447.00 |
Other Car Costs
$619| COMCAR | IPEA | $222.58 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $213.70 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $182.62 |
Telecommunications
$431| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $144.93 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $108.22 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $102.23 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $25.15 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $25.00 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $25.00 |
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