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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Julie Collins

Australian Labor Party · FRANKLIN · TAS · Cabinet Minister

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$232,220+$130,909reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
38th / 258
+66% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$232,220
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$115,391
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$15,518
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: Cabinet MinisterLargest category: Employee Travel ($106,200)
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)$130,909
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Additional office loadingMinisterial or office-holder duties$42,351
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$15,518
Total remuneration & super$130,909
Note: Auto-applied Cabinet Minister (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

$106,200
Domestic TravelIPEA$106,199.55

Office Administration

$54,587
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$12,308.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10,351.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$9,970.81
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,549.51
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,614.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,926.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$961.46
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$781.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$580.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$580.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$528.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$501.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$446.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$363.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$334.44
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$320.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$297.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$267.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$265.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$230.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$222.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$189.79
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$164.98
PublicationsIPEA$136.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$75.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$72.97
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$68.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$55.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$50.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$50.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$47.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$26.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$0.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$6.75

Office Facilities

$28,850
—IPEA$28,849.87

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$25,373
FaresIPEA$1,512.66
FaresIPEA$1,326.41
FaresIPEA$1,066.69
FaresIPEA$1,054.26
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$999.88
FaresIPEA$979.87
FaresIPEA$979.87
FaresIPEA$866.17
FaresIPEA$863.73
FaresIPEA$816.51
FaresIPEA$793.07
FaresIPEA$779.11
FaresIPEA$775.27
FaresIPEA$760.11
FaresIPEA$760.11
FaresIPEA$729.59
FaresIPEA$658.35
FaresIPEA$636.71
FaresIPEA$636.71
FaresIPEA$632.05
FaresIPEA$606.32
FaresIPEA$582.13
FaresIPEA$569.05
FaresIPEA$548.05
FaresIPEA$522.57
FaresIPEA$504.56
FaresIPEA$504.56
FaresIPEA$453.38
FaresIPEA$440.46
FaresIPEA$329.29
FaresIPEA$302.89
FaresIPEA$250.55
FaresIPEA$242.77
FaresIPEA$215.57
FaresIPEA$201.21
FaresIPEA$170.22
FaresIPEA$148.52
FaresIPEA$128.44

Travel Allowance

$8,389
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$972.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$856.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$486.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$428.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$173.00

Other Car Costs

$7,142
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$907.82
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$907.82
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$907.82
COMCARIPEA$257.28
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$136.50
COMCARIPEA$135.42
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$112.86
COMCARIPEA$109.08
COMCARIPEA$96.54
COMCARIPEA$91.44
COMCARIPEA$81.92
COMCARIPEA$77.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$77.13
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$76.84
COMCARIPEA$73.26
COMCARIPEA$72.90
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$72.06
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$71.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$69.60
COMCARIPEA$68.60
COMCARIPEA$68.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$58.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Family Travel

$630
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$316.32
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$314.09

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$625
Official DutiesIPEA$302.29
Official DutiesIPEA$271.59
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$42.88
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$8.12

Telecommunications

$425
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.62

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