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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Luke Gosling

Australian Labor Party · SOLOMON · NT

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$190,440+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
66th / 258
+36% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$190,440
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Employee Travel ($63,066)
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

Employee Travel

$63,066
Domestic TravelIPEA$63,065.98

Office Facilities

$43,240
—IPEA$43,239.75

Office Administration

$35,239
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$6,765.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,456.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,360.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,350.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,193.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,565.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,800.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,800.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,800.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,360.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,160.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$956.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$412.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$330.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$268.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$211.68
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$83.93
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.91
PublicationsIPEA$36.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.63
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$7.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.03
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$1,800.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$25,273
FaresIPEA$2,387.50
FaresIPEA$2,102.18
FaresIPEA$1,998.52
FaresIPEA$1,671.53
FaresIPEA$1,624.47
FaresIPEA$1,539.63
FaresIPEA$1,530.88
FaresIPEA$1,527.43
FaresIPEA$1,397.21
FaresIPEA$1,238.20
FaresIPEA$1,044.64
FaresIPEA$1,036.53
FaresIPEA$926.64
FaresIPEA$861.87
FaresIPEA$861.83
FaresIPEA$837.59
FaresIPEA$690.47
FaresIPEA$636.81
FaresIPEA$448.54
FaresIPEA$412.72
FaresIPEA$380.46
FaresIPEA$375.30
FaresIPEA$375.29
FaresIPEA$247.21
FaresIPEA$228.37
FaresIPEA$168.38
FaresIPEA$139.21
FaresIPEA$108.23
FaresIPEA$104.79
FaresIPEA$104.79
FaresIPEA$44.05
FaresIPEA$36.76
FaresIPEA$23.08
FaresIPEA-$1,837.83

Travel Allowance

$8,705
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$918.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$447.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$145.00

Other Car Costs

$7,422
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,278.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,278.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,278.16
COMCARIPEA$242.62
COMCARIPEA$177.60
COMCARIPEA$170.58
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$161.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$158.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$154.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$149.86
COMCARIPEA$145.01
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$136.50
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$127.91
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$122.86
COMCARIPEA$111.00
COMCARIPEA$86.58
COMCARIPEA$78.41
COMCARIPEA$78.41
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$73.26
COMCARIPEA$68.82
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$55.35
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

International Travel

$6,516
Representing a MinisterIPEA$4,967.41
Representing AustraliaIPEA$1,422.41
Representing AustraliaIPEA$126.00

Telecommunications

$717
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$149.98
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$263
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$86.89
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$52.63
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$46.44
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$40.78
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$35.80

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