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House · Apr–Jun 2026

Kara Cook

Australian Labor Party · BONNER · QLD

Salary, super & work expenses · Apr–Jun 2026
Modelled estimate
$0+—reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$0
Quarters on record
4
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
—
No salary data seeded
Superannuation
—
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($47,200)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Apr–Jun 2026). 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)

Expenditure detail

Office Administration

$47,200
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$11,224.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,745.62
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,089.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,363.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,786.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,250.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,250.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,194.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,194.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,008.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$915.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$906.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$906.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$900.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
PublicationsIPEA$660.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$632.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$393.90
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$380.43
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$377.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$363.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$333.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$305.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$216.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$186.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$181.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$125.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$96.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$94.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$93.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$86.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$75.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$47.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$39.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$38.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$53.59

Office Facilities

$37,228
—IPEA$37,227.68

Employee Travel

$24,639
Domestic TravelIPEA$24,639.45

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$12,301
FaresIPEA$1,239.09
FaresIPEA$1,239.09
FaresIPEA$1,239.09
FaresIPEA$1,239.09
FaresIPEA$1,239.09
FaresIPEA$1,239.09
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$845.73
FaresIPEA$816.14
FaresIPEA$816.14

Family or Nominee Travel

$7,355
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$816.14
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$305.43
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$305.43
COMCARIPEA$77.45
COMCARIPEA$71.30
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Travel Allowance

$6,118
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Other Car Costs

$5,670
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,314.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,314.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,314.48
COMCARIPEA$137.97
COMCARIPEA$137.90
COMCARIPEA$137.90
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$136.58
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$116.31
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$113.34
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$101.58
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$98.67
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$93.43
COMCARIPEA$91.60
COMCARIPEA$90.77
COMCARIPEA$88.55
COMCARIPEA$88.55
COMCARIPEA$71.30
COMCARIPEA$71.30
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$17.27

Telecommunications

$655
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$143.12
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.21
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$88.18
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$88.18
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$88.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$55.90
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00

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