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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Mike Freelander

Australian Labor Party · MACARTHUR · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$101,274+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
198th / 258
-28% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$101,274
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 Administration ($37,184)
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 Administration

$37,184
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$15,892.66
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$9,730.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,307.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,052.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$960.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$399.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$278.46
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$252.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$252.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$252.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$252.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$252.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$251.28
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$113.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$55.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.13
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$39.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.36

Office Facilities

$34,010
—IPEA$34,009.65

Employee Travel

$19,729
Domestic TravelIPEA$19,728.58

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

$1,821
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$183.98
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.23
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
Private Vehicle AllowanceIPEA$126.10
COMCARIPEA$93.24
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$1,181
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$166.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$166.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$166.16
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$149.99
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$118.16
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$118.16
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$118.16
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.73
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$27.27
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$27.27
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$27.27

Family Travel

$266
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

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