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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Josh Dolega

Australian Labor Party · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$102,755+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
196th / 258
-27% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$102,755
Quarters on record
4
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Employee Travel ($32,951)
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

Employee Travel

$32,951
Domestic TravelIPEA$32,950.73

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$21,433
FaresIPEA$1,544.56
FaresIPEA$1,247.01
FaresIPEA$1,036.19
FaresIPEA$979.85
FaresIPEA$979.85
FaresIPEA$884.16
FaresIPEA$839.81
FaresIPEA$832.11
FaresIPEA$832.11
FaresIPEA$832.11
FaresIPEA$795.35
FaresIPEA$646.91
FaresIPEA$635.87
FaresIPEA$629.88
FaresIPEA$629.87
FaresIPEA$629.87
FaresIPEA$555.13
FaresIPEA$521.38
FaresIPEA$514.82
FaresIPEA$514.82
FaresIPEA$500.13
FaresIPEA$500.13
FaresIPEA$458.80
FaresIPEA$437.31
FaresIPEA$427.38
FaresIPEA$425.79
FaresIPEA$412.72
FaresIPEA$384.32
FaresIPEA$384.32
FaresIPEA$380.51
FaresIPEA$380.51
FaresIPEA$329.29
FaresIPEA$205.32
FaresIPEA$107.73
FaresIPEA$7.99
FaresIPEA$7.98
FaresIPEA$0.86

Office Administration

$17,564
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,695.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,609.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,492.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,240.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$877.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$876.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$836.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$645.19
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$511.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$501.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$472.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$460.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$390.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$291.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$276.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$252.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$247.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$224.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$224.24
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$206.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$150.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$129.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$58.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$54.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.59
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$38.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$32.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$32.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.06
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$41.59

Office Facilities

$14,678
—IPEA$14,677.94

Travel Allowance

$11,423
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,932.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,311.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$459.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$437.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$379.00

Family Travel

$2,081
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$903.35
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$556.43
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$415.88
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$205.32

Other Car Costs

$1,634
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$112.88
COMCARIPEA$89.88
COMCARIPEA$74.12
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$568
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.16
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$108.71
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$100.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.73

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$423
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$332.26
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$36.76
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$28.39
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$25.90

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