House · Jan-Mar 2026

Meryl Swanson

Australian Labor Party · PATERSON · NSW

Period

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026

Modelled estimate

$142,201+$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

125th / 258

+1% vs median

this MPall MPs (258)

Reported · IPEA

Expenses this quarter

$142,201

Quarters on record

Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal

Salary & allowances

$73,040

Includes allowances

Superannuation

$8,996

15.4% of base + loading

Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($58,141)

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

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 Administration

$58,141

Printing and Communications	IPEA	$9,429.34
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$6,838.88
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2,990.40
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2,990.40
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$2,403.17
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$2,272.72
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$2,146.15
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$1,772.73
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$1,772.73
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1,504.98
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$1,318.18
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$1,119.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1,071.84
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$907.37
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$897.12
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$836.10
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$800.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$782.75
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$747.60
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$747.60
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$714.56
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$697.91
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$678.96
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$672.84
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$654.88
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$650.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$600.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$598.08
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$598.08
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$523.32
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$498.35
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$480.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$480.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$437.82
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$437.82
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$436.36
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$431.16
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$400.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$368.68
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$368.68
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$368.68
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$368.68
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$368.68
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$335.45
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$314.90
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$306.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$251.51
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$228.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$224.28
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$214.33
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$153.87
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$145.94
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$114.21
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$112.16
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$89.41
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$74.76
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$74.76
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$74.76
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$67.11
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$64.71
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$64.44
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$57.27
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$57.27
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$57.27
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$56.91
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$45.45
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$45.45
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$40.01
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$34.36
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$25.52
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$23.94
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$22.68
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$21.83
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$21.26
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$19.30
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$16.20
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$14.95
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$14.91
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$13.86
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$12.46
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$11.84
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$11.56
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$9.38
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$6.63
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$6.53
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$5.76
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$3.65
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$3.37
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$3.26
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2.50
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2.35
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1.53
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1.03
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.58
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.58
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.31
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.31
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.24
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$55.30
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$209.59
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$359.30

Office Facilities

$41,831

—

IPEA

$41,830.97

Employee Travel

$18,115

Domestic Travel

IPEA

$18,115.45

Other Car Costs

$7,208

Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1,389.25
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1,389.25
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$1,389.25
COMCAR	IPEA	$511.62
COMCAR	IPEA	$235.12
COMCAR	IPEA	$221.20
COMCAR	IPEA	$181.82
COMCAR	IPEA	$168.72
COMCAR	IPEA	$154.55
COMCAR	IPEA	$133.14
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$129.28
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$117.04
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$114.24
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$114.08
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$109.38
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$108.05
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$107.00
COMCAR	IPEA	$104.34
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$103.70
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$99.24
COMCAR	IPEA	$91.02
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$89.49
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$79.72
COMCAR	IPEA	$66.60
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$0.23
Private-Plated Vehicle	IPEA	$0.23

International Travel

$5,858

Parliamentary Delegations	IPEA	$5,536.33
Parliamentary Delegations	IPEA	$260.11
Parliamentary Delegations	IPEA	$61.20

Travel Allowance

$5,152

Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,610.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,288.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$966.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$966.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$322.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$4,439

Fares	IPEA	$625.90
Fares	IPEA	$625.90
Fares	IPEA	$625.90
Fares	IPEA	$512.55
Fares	IPEA	$512.55
Fares	IPEA	$512.55
Fares	IPEA	$511.82
Fares	IPEA	$511.82

Telecommunications

$1,457

Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$226.36
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$166.64
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$166.64
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$166.64
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$126.36
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$113.63
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$108.18
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$108.18
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$108.18
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$108.18
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	$108.18
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$60.00
Telecommunications - Residential - Official	IPEA	-$109.96

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