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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Leah Blyth

Liberal Party of Australia · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$116,150+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
172nd / 258
-17% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$116,150
Quarters on record
5
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($44,761)
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 Assistant Minister for Defence Infrastructure (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

$44,761
—IPEA$44,761.18

Employee Travel

$19,658
Domestic TravelIPEA$19,657.96

International Travel

$11,995
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$11,120.32
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$522.72
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$240.92
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$88.73
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$22.58

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$11,955
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,278.09
FaresIPEA$1,236.11
FaresIPEA$1,236.10
FaresIPEA$1,227.36
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$785.87
FaresIPEA$286.58
FaresIPEA$286.58

Travel Allowance

$9,699
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,932.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$894.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$894.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$894.00

Office Administration

$7,842
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,269.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$927.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$535.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$501.66
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$393.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$359.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$359.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$359.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$357.28
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$333.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$218.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$177.26
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$175.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$166.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$140.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$127.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$126.38
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$112.59
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$110.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$106.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$90.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$90.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$53.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$52.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$52.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$45.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$32.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.00
PublicationsIPEA$23.64
PublicationsIPEA$23.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.24
PublicationsIPEA$18.17
PublicationsIPEA$18.17
PublicationsIPEA$18.17
PublicationsIPEA$18.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.93
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$0.19
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$32.34

Other Car Costs

$7,090
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,000.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$964.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$964.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$964.50
COMCARIPEA$161.20
COMCARIPEA$146.16
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$125.10
COMCARIPEA$119.88
COMCARIPEA$116.22
COMCARIPEA$111.78
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$103.43
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$101.92
COMCARIPEA$98.46
COMCARIPEA$98.46
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.61
COMCARIPEA$89.58
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$88.90
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$85.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$84.52
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.78
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$82.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$80.38
COMCARIPEA$76.56
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$60.15
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$45.55
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$27.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$27.27
ParkingIPEA$27.27
ParkingIPEA$15.45
ParkingIPEA$14.55
ParkingIPEA$13.83
ParkingIPEA$11.13
ParkingIPEA$8.18
ParkingIPEA$8.18
ParkingIPEA$6.45
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.46
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.46
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$1,650
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$384.90
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$378.99
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$378.99
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$295.50
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$210.84
Party Political DutiesIPEA$186.35
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$171.56
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$21.53
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$378.99

Telecommunications

$1,434
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$381.82
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$126.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$126.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$126.36

Family Travel

$67
COMCARIPEA$66.60

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