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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Melissa Price

Liberal Party of Australia · DURACK · WA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$222,422+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
44th / 258
+59% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$222,422
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 ($84,678)
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 Defence Industry (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

$84,678
—IPEA$84,678.14

Employee Travel

$62,815
Domestic TravelIPEA$62,814.76

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$29,241
FaresIPEA$2,828.64
FaresIPEA$2,416.57
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,383.67
FaresIPEA$2,383.67
FaresIPEA$1,294.24
FaresIPEA$897.63
FaresIPEA$897.63
FaresIPEA$886.98
FaresIPEA$636.47
FaresIPEA$583.27
FaresIPEA$390.00
FaresIPEA$390.00
FaresIPEA$390.00
FaresIPEA$339.48
FaresIPEA$334.22
FaresIPEA$226.58

Office Administration

$19,927
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,644.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,563.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,512.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,910.12
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$430.01
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$410.83
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$300.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$294.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$152.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$149.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$136.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$117.64
PublicationsIPEA$94.55
PublicationsIPEA$92.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.44
PublicationsIPEA$70.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.12
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.03
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$47.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$68.18

Travel Allowance

$9,419
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,960.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$298.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$149.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$149.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$149.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$149.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$149.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$149.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$149.00

Other Car Costs

$8,974
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$2,040.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,366.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,366.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,366.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,000.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,000.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,000.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$810.74
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$810.74
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$370.50
COMCARIPEA$164.28
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$119.88
COMCARIPEA$117.66
COMCARIPEA$117.66
COMCARIPEA$115.44
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$106.03
COMCARIPEA$102.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$101.68
COMCARIPEA$97.68
COMCARIPEA$93.24
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$89.20
COMCARIPEA$88.80
COMCARIPEA$88.80
COMCARIPEA$88.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$79.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$78.72
COMCARIPEA$77.70
COMCARIPEA$77.70
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$61.91
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$58.89
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$52.76
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$14.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
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
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$2,318.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$3,048.65

Family Travel

$5,769
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$2,383.68
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$1,355.58
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$911.35
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$390.00
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$390.00
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$338.87

Telecommunications

$978
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$266.17
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$265.59
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$234.02
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$60.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$31.77

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$621
Electorate DutiesIPEA$179.13
Electorate DutiesIPEA$174.97
Electorate DutiesIPEA$168.89
Electorate DutiesIPEA$139.75
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$133.70
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA-$174.97

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