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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Malcolm Roberts

Pauline Hanson's One Nation · QLD

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$114,932+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
175th / 258
-18% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$114,932
Quarters on record
35
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($45,776)
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

$45,776
—IPEA$45,776.40

Employee Travel

$36,568
Domestic TravelIPEA$36,567.77

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$9,257
FaresIPEA$1,004.62
FaresIPEA$825.23
FaresIPEA$816.48
FaresIPEA$816.48
FaresIPEA$816.14
FaresIPEA$807.39
FaresIPEA$633.76
FaresIPEA$448.21
FaresIPEA$440.13
FaresIPEA$426.31
FaresIPEA$337.58
FaresIPEA$336.54
FaresIPEA$266.93
FaresIPEA$266.93
FaresIPEA$266.93
FaresIPEA$266.93
FaresIPEA$171.76
FaresIPEA$160.18
FaresIPEA$148.52

Travel Allowance

$8,319
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$826.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$409.00

Office Administration

$7,589
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,000.00
PublicationsIPEA$272.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$138.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$134.79
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$131.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$126.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$86.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$70.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$70.23
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$55.46
PublicationsIPEA$33.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.09

Family Travel

$2,946
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$2,261.77
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$266.93
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$266.93
COMCARIPEA$150.71

Other Car Costs

$2,905
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$451.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$451.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$451.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$213.98
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$206.94
ParkingIPEA$149.09
ParkingIPEA$141.82
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
ParkingIPEA$136.36
COMCARIPEA$133.20
ParkingIPEA$122.73
ParkingIPEA$78.18
COMCARIPEA$66.60
ParkingIPEA$13.64
ParkingIPEA$13.64

Telecommunications

$951
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$135.95
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$135.76
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$134.17
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$134.09
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$102.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$102.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$102.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$102.73

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$621
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$409.97
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$133.53
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$30.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$18.13
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$16.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$13.34

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