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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Karen Grogan

Australian Labor Party · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$101,204+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
199th / 258
-28% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$101,204
Quarters on record
19
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($28,295)
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

Office Administration

$28,295
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18,663.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,818.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$859.68
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$653.12
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$653.12
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$653.12
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$653.11
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$635.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$360.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$349.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$148.96
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$145.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$137.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$130.90
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$111.10
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$88.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$77.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$52.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$43.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.61
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$20.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$20.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Telephonic ServicesIPEA$20.00
Telephonic ServicesIPEA$20.00
Telephonic ServicesIPEA$20.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.30
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$14.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$20.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$45.45

Employee Travel

$23,469
Domestic TravelIPEA$23,469.35

Office Facilities

$22,698
—IPEA$22,697.53

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$12,980
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,278.09
FaresIPEA$980.84
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$721.51
FaresIPEA$673.03
FaresIPEA$632.05
FaresIPEA$522.57
FaresIPEA$286.58
FaresIPEA$177.84

Travel Allowance

$7,084
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00

Other Car Costs

$5,623
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$881.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$619.84
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$619.84
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$389.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$349.00
COMCARIPEA$202.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$179.00
COMCARIPEA$146.52
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
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$120.66
COMCARIPEA$94.02
COMCARIPEA$91.80
COMCARIPEA$87.36
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$60.38
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$57.21
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$45.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Telecommunications

$1,055
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$381.82
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.38
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36

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