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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Sarah Hanson-Young

Australian Greens · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$105,425+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
193rd / 258
-25% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$105,425
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 Facilities ($46,220)
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

$46,220
—IPEA$46,220.35

Employee Travel

$16,598
Domestic TravelIPEA$16,597.96

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$12,647
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,286.84
FaresIPEA$1,163.21
FaresIPEA$1,067.33
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$957.52
FaresIPEA$816.48
FaresIPEA$797.96
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$676.64
FaresIPEA$585.82
FaresIPEA$417.34
FaresIPEA$405.73
FaresIPEA$252.83
FaresIPEA$215.01
FaresIPEA$177.15

Office Administration

$12,562
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,197.00
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$929.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$920.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$475.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$475.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$475.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$475.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$475.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$443.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$299.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$265.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$199.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$139.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$97.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$91.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$78.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$77.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$39.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.30
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
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.64
PublicationsIPEA$28.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.67
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$2.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$3.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$4.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$33.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$33.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$77.02

Travel Allowance

$11,222
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,996.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,932.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$854.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00

Family Travel

$2,860
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$776.78
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$765.20
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$756.11
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$561.51

Other Car Costs

$1,456
COMCARIPEA$143.60
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$136.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$125.45
COMCARIPEA$112.50
COMCARIPEA$104.00
COMCARIPEA$88.80
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$1,055
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$381.82
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$336.36

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$806
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$301.83
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$276.93
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$34.24
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$28.11
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$25.13
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$21.87
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$19.37
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$19.11
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$17.93
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$17.47
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$17.07
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$13.35
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$13.25

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