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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Australian Labor Party · HIGGINS · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$112,500+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
177th / 258
-20% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$112,500
Quarters on record
16
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($36,502)
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

$36,502
—IPEA$36,502.25

Office Administration

$26,106
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$17,630.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,052.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$920.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$609.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$602.54
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$412.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$332.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$296.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$144.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$139.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$112.50
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
PublicationsIPEA$63.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$47.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$40.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.42
PublicationsIPEA$34.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$23.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$23.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02

Employee Travel

$12,890
Domestic TravelIPEA$12,889.84

International Travel

$10,879
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$10,004.48
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$522.72
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$240.93
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$88.72
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$22.58

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$10,626
FaresIPEA$1,092.50
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,025.21
FaresIPEA$1,016.46
FaresIPEA$851.43
FaresIPEA$851.43
FaresIPEA$646.91
FaresIPEA$628.45
FaresIPEA$412.72

Other Car Costs

$9,592
COMCARIPEA$1,950.00
COMCARIPEA$735.89
COMCARIPEA$517.40
COMCARIPEA$514.52
COMCARIPEA$448.78
COMCARIPEA$359.64
COMCARIPEA$321.90
COMCARIPEA$274.43
COMCARIPEA$188.70
COMCARIPEA$186.12
COMCARIPEA$176.33
COMCARIPEA$168.48
COMCARIPEA$168.36
COMCARIPEA$168.36
COMCARIPEA$166.50
COMCARIPEA$161.82
COMCARIPEA$155.57
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$139.86
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$136.50
COMCARIPEA$136.50
COMCARIPEA$136.37
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$130.62
COMCARIPEA$125.27
COMCARIPEA$125.27
COMCARIPEA$97.68
COMCARIPEA$93.24
COMCARIPEA$79.92
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$71.04
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Travel Allowance

$5,329
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$499.00

Telecommunications

$219
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$81.39
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$72.92
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$65.14

Family Travel

$201
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$200.98

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$155
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$133.20
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$21.53

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