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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Sam Rae

Australian Labor Party · HAWKE · VIC · Minister for Aged Care and Seniors

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$256,765+$120,797reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
32nd / 258
+83% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$256,765
Quarters on record
15
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$106,629
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$14,169
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: Minister for Aged Care and SeniorsLargest category: Office Administration ($86,416)
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)$120,797
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Additional office loadingMinisterial or office-holder duties$33,589
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$14,169
Total remuneration & super$120,797
Note: Auto-applied Minister for Aged Care and Seniors (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

$86,416
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$48,198.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$18,481.38
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,730.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,310.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,272.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,136.01
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,642.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$909.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$908.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$893.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$836.10
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$631.82
PublicationsIPEA$585.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$446.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$364.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$325.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$325.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$325.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$325.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$325.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$325.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$175.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$165.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$143.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$138.22
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$108.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$102.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$79.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$64.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$45.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$43.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.06
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$9.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.97
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.46
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$4.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$8.31
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$9.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$26.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$49.43

Employee Travel

$75,068
Domestic TravelIPEA$75,068.18

Office Facilities

$62,717
—IPEA$62,716.66

Other Car Costs

$12,967
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,403.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,403.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,403.01
COMCARIPEA$313.02
COMCARIPEA$307.14
COMCARIPEA$307.14
COMCARIPEA$304.14
COMCARIPEA$299.70
COMCARIPEA$297.48
COMCARIPEA$295.26
COMCARIPEA$293.82
COMCARIPEA$293.04
COMCARIPEA$290.82
COMCARIPEA$288.60
COMCARIPEA$288.60
COMCARIPEA$288.60
COMCARIPEA$286.38
COMCARIPEA$276.06
COMCARIPEA$275.28
COMCARIPEA$262.74
COMCARIPEA$249.42
COMCARIPEA$233.88
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$228.25
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$225.72
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$219.56
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$202.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$194.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$193.83
COMCARIPEA$185.04
COMCARIPEA$184.26
COMCARIPEA$168.72
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$109.56
COMCARIPEA$82.14
COMCARIPEA$82.14
COMCARIPEA$75.24
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
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

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$10,146
FaresIPEA$1,154.50
FaresIPEA$1,151.27
FaresIPEA$811.72
FaresIPEA$724.10
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$533.06
FaresIPEA$506.71
FaresIPEA$478.65
FaresIPEA$469.90
FaresIPEA$469.90
FaresIPEA$469.90
FaresIPEA$362.50
FaresIPEA$276.36
FaresIPEA$241.36
FaresIPEA$240.03
FaresIPEA$229.25
FaresIPEA$229.25
FaresIPEA$229.25
FaresIPEA$229.25

Travel Allowance

$8,856
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$972.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$478.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$478.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA-$478.00

Telecommunications

$596
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$199.50
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$198.40
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$198.30

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