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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Maria Kovacic

Liberal Party of Australia · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$129,396+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
152nd / 258
-8% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$129,396
Quarters on record
12
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($54,814)
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 Productivity and Deregulation (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

$54,814
—IPEA$54,814.01

Employee Travel

$39,886
Domestic TravelIPEA$39,885.67

Office Administration

$13,435
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,625.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,625.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,625.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,210.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$272.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02

Travel Allowance

$7,184
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$459.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$409.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$409.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$7,110
FaresIPEA$1,194.37
FaresIPEA$867.48
FaresIPEA$867.48
FaresIPEA$844.62
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$617.16
FaresIPEA$214.87

Other Car Costs

$6,379
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$999.92
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$999.92
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$999.92
COMCARIPEA$252.72
COMCARIPEA$157.36
COMCARIPEA$147.00
COMCARIPEA$147.00
COMCARIPEA$146.90
COMCARIPEA$146.90
COMCARIPEA$145.01
COMCARIPEA$143.40
COMCARIPEA$140.26
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$128.80
COMCARIPEA$122.14
COMCARIPEA$112.88
COMCARIPEA$111.98
COMCARIPEA$111.04
COMCARIPEA$102.60
COMCARIPEA$91.40
COMCARIPEA$87.66
COMCARIPEA$78.48
COMCARIPEA$72.26
COMCARIPEA$70.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$70.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$69.03
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$53.25
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$453
Party Political DutiesIPEA$453.34

Telecommunications

$135
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$60.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.40
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00

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