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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Peter Whish-Wilson

Australian Greens · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$87,900+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
215th / 258
-37% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$87,900
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: Employee Travel ($35,980)
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

Employee Travel

$35,980
Domestic TravelIPEA$35,980.28

Office Administration

$17,751
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,090.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$999.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$995.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$129.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$112.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$32.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$102.27

Office Facilities

$14,147
—IPEA$14,147.10

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$11,101
FaresIPEA$1,092.75
FaresIPEA$891.90
FaresIPEA$886.41
FaresIPEA$868.54
FaresIPEA$785.02
FaresIPEA$590.42
FaresIPEA$577.55
FaresIPEA$577.55
FaresIPEA$492.27
FaresIPEA$478.14
FaresIPEA$478.13
FaresIPEA$408.18
FaresIPEA$398.73
FaresIPEA$398.73
FaresIPEA$396.53
FaresIPEA$370.32
FaresIPEA$323.95
FaresIPEA$321.75
FaresIPEA$321.75
FaresIPEA$226.92
FaresIPEA$205.44
FaresIPEA$9.99
FaresIPEA$4.57
FaresIPEA-$4.57

Travel Allowance

$7,938
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$854.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00

Telecommunications

$718
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.38
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$161.18
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$117.27
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$117.27

Other Car Costs

$191
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,338.87
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$259.05
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$259.05
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$93.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$78.35
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.10
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$72.73
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA-$388.48

Family Travel

$73
COMCARIPEA$72.73

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