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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Malcolm Turnbull

Liberal Party of Australia · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$99,877+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
201st / 258
-29% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$99,877
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: Office Facilities ($83,681)
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

$83,681
—IPEA$83,681.25

Other Car Costs

$6,779
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,488.32
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,488.32
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,074.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$796.39
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$796.39
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$370.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$250.00
COMCARIPEA$168.72
COMCARIPEA$117.96
COMCARIPEA$88.80
COMCARIPEA$73.90
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$65.33
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Family Travel

$3,968
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$1,092.50
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$887.71
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$887.71
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$650.98
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$449.23

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$3,763
FaresIPEA$887.71
FaresIPEA$887.71
FaresIPEA$887.71
FaresIPEA$650.98
FaresIPEA$449.23

Office Administration

$1,181
PublicationsIPEA$1,067.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$46.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.93
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.39

Telecommunications

$504
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.19
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77

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