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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Josh Burns

Australian Labor Party · MACNAMARA · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$117,679+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
167th / 258
-16% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$117,679
Quarters on record
28
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($59,461)
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

$59,461
—IPEA$59,460.54

Office Administration

$24,240
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,500.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,233.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,337.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,170.54
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$771.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$560.57
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$550.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$501.66
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$437.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$437.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$350.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$350.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$350.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$334.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$320.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$218.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$196.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$162.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$96.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$60.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$8.14
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$266.88

Employee Travel

$19,181
Domestic TravelIPEA$19,180.52

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$4,566
FaresIPEA$1,252.95
FaresIPEA$1,043.17
FaresIPEA$675.74
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$352.14
FaresIPEA$352.14
FaresIPEA$229.25

Other Car Costs

$4,557
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,226.28
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,226.28
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,226.28
COMCARIPEA$309.36
COMCARIPEA$261.96
COMCARIPEA$95.46
COMCARIPEA$82.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$30.63
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$30.63
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$16.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$16.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$15.21
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$2.63
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$2.63

International Travel

$2,943
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$2,489.97
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$452.76

Travel Allowance

$1,465
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00

Family Travel

$760
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$660.52
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$99.09

Telecommunications

$508
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09

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