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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Melissa McIntosh

Liberal Party of Australia · LINDSAY · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$192,636+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
63rd / 258
+37% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$192,636
Quarters on record
28
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($105,973)
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 Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (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 Administration

$105,973
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$28,227.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18,656.93
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$12,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10,590.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,875.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,421.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,804.38
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,400.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,593.97
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,376.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,136.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,100.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$952.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$900.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$836.10
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$750.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$714.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$650.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$619.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$603.14
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$581.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$535.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$525.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.97
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$448.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$357.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$299.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$255.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$255.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$234.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$202.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$178.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$169.89
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$159.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$143.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$143.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$135.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$134.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$90.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$87.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$85.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$49.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.19
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.54
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$10.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$71.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$168.37

Office Facilities

$37,781
—IPEA$37,781.04

Employee Travel

$34,017
Domestic TravelIPEA$34,016.88

Travel Allowance

$7,084
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Other Car Costs

$6,221
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,236.56
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,236.56
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,236.56
COMCARIPEA$355.24
COMCARIPEA$324.50
COMCARIPEA$292.30
COMCARIPEA$269.36
COMCARIPEA$259.38
COMCARIPEA$188.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$115.85
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$112.25
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$111.55
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$104.65
COMCARIPEA$93.95
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.81
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$87.09
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$61.64
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$33.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$3.08
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$1,151
FaresIPEA$796.35
FaresIPEA$354.59

Telecommunications

$409
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18

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