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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Rob Mitchell

Australian Labor Party · MCEWEN · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$197,322+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
58th / 258
+41% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$197,322
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 ($123,390)
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

$123,390
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$62,918.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$20,980.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$13,395.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,244.71
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,048.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,964.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,497.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,595.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$985.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$905.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$836.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$501.66
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$485.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$485.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$422.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$380.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$357.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$354.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$291.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$291.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$243.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$218.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$190.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$188.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$181.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$181.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$170.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$149.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$145.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$137.51
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$127.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$111.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$101.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$101.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$101.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$96.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$79.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$58.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.90
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$54.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$4.08
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$33.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$84.77

Office Facilities

$35,955
—IPEA$35,955.20

Employee Travel

$16,615
Domestic TravelIPEA$16,615.28

Other Car Costs

$8,528
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,585.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,585.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,585.83
COMCARIPEA$256.08
COMCARIPEA$256.08
COMCARIPEA$253.08
COMCARIPEA$248.64
COMCARIPEA$247.20
COMCARIPEA$244.20
COMCARIPEA$242.76
COMCARIPEA$239.76
COMCARIPEA$229.44
COMCARIPEA$225.00
COMCARIPEA$224.22
COMCARIPEA$199.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$97.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.11
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$90.92
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$90.05
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$89.15
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.71
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.67
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$81.82
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$70.05
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$53.48
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$6,865
FaresIPEA$1,043.17
FaresIPEA$1,043.17
FaresIPEA$1,043.17
FaresIPEA$1,043.17
FaresIPEA$628.45
FaresIPEA$412.72
FaresIPEA$412.72
FaresIPEA$412.72
FaresIPEA$412.72
FaresIPEA$412.72

Travel Allowance

$4,508
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Telecommunications

$1,460
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$323.30
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$289.30
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$283.80
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$30.69
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$26.54
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$26.39
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.28

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