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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026
Katy Gallagher
Australian Labor Party · ACT · Cabinet Minister
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$99,651+$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
202nd / 258
-29% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$99,651
Quarters on record
35
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$115,391
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$15,518
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: Cabinet MinisterLargest category: Office Facilities ($55,402)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
Expenditure by category
Remuneration breakdown
Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$130,909
| Base salary | Standard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4) | $58,415 |
| Additional office loading | Ministerial or office-holder duties | $42,351 |
| 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) | $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
Office Facilities
$55,402| — | IPEA | $55,401.78 |
Employee Travel
$20,703| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $20,703.34 |
Office Administration
$12,567| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $8,000.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $1,300.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $651.73 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $635.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $575.80 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $420.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $225.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $152.27 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $150.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $96.68 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $90.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $52.28 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $50.05 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $25.65 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $25.09 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $20.44 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $20.15 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $19.68 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $15.40 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $10.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $9.16 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.41 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.30 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $3.01 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.83 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.55 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.54 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.90 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.24 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.08 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.08 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.03 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.02 |
Other Car Costs
$6,512| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,327.06 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,090.63 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,090.63 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,090.63 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $389.00 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $349.00 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $179.00 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $139.50 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $81.70 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $81.54 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $77.48 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $73.55 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $73.13 |
| Parking | IPEA | $72.73 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $72.12 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $70.05 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $66.75 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $54.05 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $52.06 |
| Parking | IPEA | $46.82 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $32.88 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $0.23 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $0.23 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $0.23 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $0.23 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $0.23 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $0.23 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$3,433| Fares | IPEA | $1,319.30 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,319.29 |
| Fares | IPEA | $534.37 |
| Fares | IPEA | $260.34 |
Telecommunications
$548| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $163.47 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $130.30 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $127.01 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $127.01 |
Travel Allowance
$486| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $486.00 |
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