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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Mehreen Faruqi

Australian Greens · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$138,609+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
135th / 258
-1% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$138,609
Quarters on record
31
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($72,448)
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

$72,448
—IPEA$72,447.90

Employee Travel

$28,905
Domestic TravelIPEA$28,904.86

Office Administration

$19,011
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,125.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,004.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$948.30
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$925.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$760.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$480.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$375.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$375.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$375.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$311.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$311.84
PublicationsIPEA$203.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$185.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$184.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$150.76
PublicationsIPEA$122.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$111.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$98.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$74.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.96
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$47.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$40.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.61
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.14
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$31.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.97
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.93
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.06

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$8,299
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$660.52
FaresIPEA$660.46
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$617.16
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$239.68
FaresIPEA$239.68

Travel Allowance

$6,688
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$459.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Other Car Costs

$2,802
COMCARIPEA$139.50
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$136.50
COMCARIPEA$136.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$88.46
COMCARIPEA$86.58
COMCARIPEA$85.07
COMCARIPEA$79.58
COMCARIPEA$77.36
COMCARIPEA$73.26
COMCARIPEA$72.92
COMCARIPEA$72.26
COMCARIPEA$70.70
COMCARIPEA$70.70
COMCARIPEA$70.70
COMCARIPEA$68.82
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$456
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09

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