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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Patrick Conaghan

National Party of Australia · COWPER · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$146,642+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
111th / 258
+5% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$146,642
Quarters on record
28
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($54,659)
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 Assistant Treasurer (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

$54,659
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,448.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,224.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,224.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,520.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,200.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,198.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,990.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,400.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,148.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,697.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,600.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,504.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,337.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,244.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,003.32
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$640.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$640.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$640.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$475.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$437.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$396.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$291.88
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$283.04
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$280.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$234.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$220.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$203.69
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$194.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$192.13
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$181.29
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$181.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$151.61
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$120.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$89.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$72.95
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$69.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$53.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$47.38
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$40.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$38.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.28

Office Facilities

$47,386
—IPEA$47,385.55

Employee Travel

$17,875
Domestic TravelIPEA$17,874.90

Travel Allowance

$8,546
Travel AllowanceIPEA$3,864.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$409.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$409.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$7,810
FaresIPEA$741.97
FaresIPEA$639.32
FaresIPEA$630.57
FaresIPEA$630.57
FaresIPEA$527.87
FaresIPEA$527.87
FaresIPEA$501.39
FaresIPEA$492.64
FaresIPEA$389.94
FaresIPEA$389.94
FaresIPEA$389.94
FaresIPEA$365.61
FaresIPEA$328.59
FaresIPEA$328.59
FaresIPEA$243.08
FaresIPEA$239.72
FaresIPEA$239.72
FaresIPEA$202.70

Other Car Costs

$6,196
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,414.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,414.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,414.00
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$118.32
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$116.59
COMCARIPEA$112.98
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$112.89
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$109.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$108.66
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$108.49
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$106.89
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$96.61
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$88.26
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Family Travel

$3,000
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$2,451.26
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$548.29

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$715
Party Political DutiesIPEA$714.79

Telecommunications

$457
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.71
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09

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