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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Julian Leeser

Liberal Party of Australia · BEROWRA · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$157,294+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
100th / 258
+12% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$157,294
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($69,021)
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 Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians (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

$69,021
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$17,307.51
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10,045.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$7,405.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,545.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4,466.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4,466.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,911.37
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,727.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,150.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$869.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$834.38
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$745.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$729.99
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$690.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$460.48
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$440.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$440.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$440.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$429.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$406.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$406.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$386.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$386.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$386.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$350.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$338.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$338.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$231.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$231.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$231.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$193.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$147.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$147.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$124.16
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$118.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$84.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$77.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.67
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$46.61
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$43.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$42.79
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$40.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.07
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$11.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.90
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$45.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$68.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$113.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$357.65

Office Facilities

$38,277
—IPEA$38,277.03

Employee Travel

$20,156
Domestic TravelIPEA$20,155.80

Other Car Costs

$13,124
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,426.66
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,426.66
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,426.66
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,349.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,349.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,349.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,349.10
COMCARIPEA$288.00
COMCARIPEA$275.32
COMCARIPEA$273.10
COMCARIPEA$272.90
COMCARIPEA$259.58
COMCARIPEA$256.08
COMCARIPEA$251.34
COMCARIPEA$247.94
COMCARIPEA$244.68
COMCARIPEA$236.34
COMCARIPEA$224.70
COMCARIPEA$220.52
COMCARIPEA$204.72
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.91
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$126.18
COMCARIPEA$96.54
COMCARIPEA$89.10
ParkingIPEA$88.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$88.13
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.24
COMCARIPEA$72.26
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$66.39
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$32.95
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$32.61
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$16.67
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$16.04
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$15.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$15.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$11.33
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$9.56
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$8.21
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$7.09
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$15.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$15.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$1,349.10

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$11,064
FaresIPEA$1,218.62
FaresIPEA$1,218.62
FaresIPEA$1,067.33
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$310.44

Travel Allowance

$5,585
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Telecommunications

$257
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$98.05
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$83.95
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$75.45

International Travel

-$190
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA-$189.98

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