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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Richard Dowling

Australian Labor Party · TAS

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$90,005+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
213th / 258
-36% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$90,005
Quarters on record
3
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($31,004)
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

$31,004
—IPEA$31,003.99

Employee Travel

$25,802
Domestic TravelIPEA$25,802.19

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$10,313
FaresIPEA$1,063.01
FaresIPEA$842.68
FaresIPEA$822.11
FaresIPEA$793.07
FaresIPEA$661.43
FaresIPEA$658.35
FaresIPEA$658.35
FaresIPEA$617.15
FaresIPEA$615.07
FaresIPEA$615.07
FaresIPEA$600.55
FaresIPEA$600.54
FaresIPEA$525.97
FaresIPEA$525.97
FaresIPEA$497.72
FaresIPEA$215.57

Travel Allowance

$8,771
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$499.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$433.00

Office Administration

$6,823
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,820.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$705.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$430.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$300.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$156.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$117.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$108.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$107.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$75.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
PublicationsIPEA$18.34
PublicationsIPEA$18.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.22
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$228.00

Other Car Costs

$6,591
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,222.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,222.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,222.14
COMCARIPEA$141.84
COMCARIPEA$139.50
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$128.40
COMCARIPEA$124.32
COMCARIPEA$121.88
COMCARIPEA$101.90
COMCARIPEA$96.54
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$94.65
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.47
COMCARIPEA$77.70
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$75.64
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$48.69
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$22.17
ParkingIPEA$10.18
ParkingIPEA$10.18
ParkingIPEA$6.36
ParkingIPEA$5.09
ParkingIPEA$5.09
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
ParkingIPEA$1.27

Telecommunications

$629
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$141.62
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$114.16
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$81.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$81.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$68.14

Family Travel

$73
COMCARIPEA$72.90

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