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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026
Marielle Smith
Australian Labor Party · SA
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$82,484+$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
222nd / 258
-41% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$82,484
Quarters on record
27
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($40,612)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
Expenditure by category
Remuneration breakdown
Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036
| Base salary | Standard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4) | $58,415 |
| Electorate allowance | Electorate office and operations | $9,750 |
| Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu) | Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement | $4,875 |
| Superannuation | 15.4% 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
$40,612| — | IPEA | $40,612.47 |
Employee Travel
$16,941| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $16,941.01 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$11,310| Fares | IPEA | $1,286.84 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,286.84 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,278.09 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,236.11 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,154.50 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,154.50 |
| Fares | IPEA | $957.52 |
| Fares | IPEA | $809.10 |
| Fares | IPEA | $780.10 |
| Fares | IPEA | $780.10 |
| Fares | IPEA | $479.74 |
| Fares | IPEA | $479.74 |
| Fares | IPEA | $286.58 |
| Fares | IPEA | $60.15 |
| Fares | IPEA | $60.14 |
| Fares | IPEA | -$780.10 |
Other Car Costs
$6,542| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,328.97 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,328.97 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $1,328.97 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $114.00 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $105.12 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $102.90 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $101.05 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $100.98 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $98.46 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $96.69 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $96.24 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $96.00 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $95.80 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $95.46 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $82.92 |
| Private-Plated Vehicle | IPEA | $75.55 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $74.34 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| Parking | IPEA | $20.91 |
Travel Allowance
$3,220| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,288.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $966.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $966.00 |
Office Administration
$1,515| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $909.09 |
| Publications | IPEA | $188.64 |
| Publications | IPEA | $182.73 |
| Publications | IPEA | $130.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $59.04 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $52.29 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $8.82 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.97 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.05 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.26 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.31 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.18 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.13 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.05 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | -$22.73 |
Family Travel
$1,289| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $429.57 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $429.57 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $429.57 |
Telecommunications
$1,055| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $381.83 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $336.56 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $336.40 |
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