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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Lisa Darmanin

Australian Labor Party · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$76,723+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
224th / 258
-45% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$76,723
Quarters on record
8
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($32,626)
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 Facilities

$32,626
—IPEA$32,626.46

Employee Travel

$24,190
Domestic TravelIPEA$24,189.70

Travel Allowance

$6,762
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Other Car Costs

$5,791
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,006.98
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,006.98
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,006.98
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$76.26
COMCARIPEA$76.26
COMCARIPEA$74.04
COMCARIPEA$74.04
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$71.67
COMCARIPEA$69.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$67.90
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$64.85
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$64.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$62.90
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$60.52
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$58.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$54.35
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$54.18
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$54.13
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$51.28
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.31
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$46.24
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$45.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$44.05
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.38
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$5,613
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$276.36

Office Administration

$1,638
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$514.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$369.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$227.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$139.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$112.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$40.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.01
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$5.68

Telecommunications

$103
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$102.73

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