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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Nick McKim

Australian Greens · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$67,778+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
227th / 258
-52% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$67,778
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 ($19,035)
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

$19,035
—IPEA$19,035.25

Office Administration

$12,260
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,290.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,563.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,075.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$836.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$435.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$381.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$381.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$381.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$381.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$381.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$288.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$274.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$236.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$236.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$236.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$236.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$199.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$121.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.00
PublicationsIPEA$81.79
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$60.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$53.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$47.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$47.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$46.44
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$45.45
PublicationsIPEA$45.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.53
PublicationsIPEA$36.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$13.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.03
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$1.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$1.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$33.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$107.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$381.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$476.51

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$11,387
FaresIPEA$1,048.68
FaresIPEA$779.11
FaresIPEA$695.39
FaresIPEA$638.96
FaresIPEA$630.73
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$614.43
FaresIPEA$584.93
FaresIPEA$537.20
FaresIPEA$527.92
FaresIPEA$527.92
FaresIPEA$524.85
FaresIPEA$522.23
FaresIPEA$489.15
FaresIPEA$478.33
FaresIPEA$478.33
FaresIPEA$464.97
FaresIPEA$411.72
FaresIPEA$392.91
FaresIPEA$344.63
FaresIPEA$296.17
FaresIPEA$284.08
FaresIPEA$269.09
FaresIPEA$258.88
FaresIPEA$240.02
FaresIPEA$214.87
FaresIPEA$190.98
FaresIPEA$10.75
FaresIPEA-$190.98
FaresIPEA-$344.63
FaresIPEA-$464.97
FaresIPEA-$695.39

Employee Travel

$9,593
Domestic TravelIPEA$9,593.44

Travel Allowance

$8,048
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$998.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00

Other Car Costs

$6,971
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,338.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,338.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,338.00
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$130.62
COMCARIPEA$111.00
COMCARIPEA$88.80
COMCARIPEA$88.58
COMCARIPEA$85.44
COMCARIPEA$84.66
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$80.49
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$80.41
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$77.03
COMCARIPEA$75.26
COMCARIPEA$73.04
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$72.48
COMCARIPEA$70.20
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$61.89
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$58.61
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$31.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Telecommunications

$484
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.23
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.20
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18

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