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Salary, super & work expenses · Apr–Jun 2026
Modelled estimate$37,453+$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
233rd / 280
-79% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$37,453
▲ 5.2% vs Jan-Mar 2026 · ▲ 16% vs Apr-Jun 2025
Quarters on record
37
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($29,620)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Apr–Jun 2026). See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
Expenditure by category
Remuneration breakdown
Quarterly breakdown (Apr–Jun 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
$29,620| — | IPEA | $29,619.59 |
Employee Travel
$2,807| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $2,806.69 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$2,278| Fares | IPEA | $943.74 |
| Fares | IPEA | $943.74 |
| Fares | IPEA | $390.42 |
Other Car Costs
$1,877| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $208.66 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $208.66 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $147.51 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $114.00 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $106.86 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $102.12 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $100.68 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $93.24 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $84.36 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $82.14 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $82.14 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $73.90 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $72.90 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
Telecommunications
$791| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $263.64 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $263.64 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $263.64 |
Office Administration
$81| Additional Printing and Communications | IPEA | $73.11 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $6.80 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.69 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.49 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.07 |
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