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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Paul Keating

Australian Labor Party

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$46,633+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
231st / 258
-67% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$46,633
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 ($41,604)
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

$41,604
—IPEA$41,603.79

Other Car Costs

$3,667
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,074.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,074.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,074.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$88.06
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$74.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$66.90
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$62.18
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$61.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$55.47
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$35.38
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Telecommunications

$747
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$178.60
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$170.62
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.27
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$63.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$63.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$63.55
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$5.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$5.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$5.45

Office Administration

$581
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$108.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.16

Employee Travel

$34
Domestic TravelIPEA$34.05

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