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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Rebekha Sharkie

Independent · MAYO · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$162,573+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
92nd / 258
+16% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$162,573
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 ($52,434)
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

$52,434
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$7,990.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,150.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,501.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,233.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,214.29
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,864.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,786.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,725.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,556.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,490.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,214.29
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,170.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$909.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$909.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$893.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$752.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$650.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$650.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.00
PublicationsIPEA$498.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$446.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$417.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$403.68
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
PublicationsIPEA$366.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$364.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$312.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$306.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$306.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$300.00
PublicationsIPEA$293.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$271.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$260.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$260.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$260.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$260.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$242.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$242.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$227.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$220.89
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$204.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$204.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$204.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$204.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$204.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$204.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$204.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$201.82
PublicationsIPEA$180.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$142.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$140.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$140.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$140.72
PublicationsIPEA$125.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$123.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$122.07
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$110.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$103.26
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$84.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$78.77
PublicationsIPEA$73.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$70.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.48
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$65.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$65.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$65.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$64.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$63.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$63.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$63.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$63.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$63.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$60.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.90
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$48.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$48.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$38.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$36.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$26.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$26.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$26.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$26.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$24.00
PublicationsIPEA$23.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.39
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.93
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.54
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.90
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$2.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$7.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$8.21
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$40.19
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$86.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$102.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$142.80

Office Facilities

$51,311
—IPEA$51,311.49

Employee Travel

$29,961
Domestic TravelIPEA$29,960.93

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$12,986
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,278.09
FaresIPEA$1,227.36
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$925.09
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$785.87
FaresIPEA$752.93
FaresIPEA$481.16
FaresIPEA$334.30
FaresIPEA$314.83
FaresIPEA$304.52
FaresIPEA$293.87
FaresIPEA$8.67
FaresIPEA-$147.92
FaresIPEA-$147.92

Other Car Costs

$9,132
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,657.24
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,657.24
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,657.24
COMCARIPEA$213.90
COMCARIPEA$209.46
COMCARIPEA$167.28
COMCARIPEA$155.40
COMCARIPEA$149.52
COMCARIPEA$146.52
COMCARIPEA$144.30
COMCARIPEA$139.62
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$115.44
COMCARIPEA$115.44
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$114.82
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$110.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$110.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$109.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$107.76
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$107.17
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$106.57
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$101.47
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$97.16
COMCARIPEA$96.24
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$95.72
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$93.37
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$91.74
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$87.08
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$85.43
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$76.30
COMCARIPEA$73.02
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$71.78
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$70.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$70.00
COMCARIPEA$68.82
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$67.95
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.58
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$39.49
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$37.89
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$33.55
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$13.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$13.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Travel Allowance

$4,830
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Telecommunications

$1,918
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$381.82
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$86.36

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