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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Sarah Witty

Australian Labor Party · MELBOURNE · VIC

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$144,141+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
119th / 258
+3% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$144,141
Quarters on record
4
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($70,848)
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

$70,848
—IPEA$70,847.87

Employee Travel

$24,278
Domestic TravelIPEA$24,277.84

Office Administration

$20,393
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,584.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,965.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,614.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,600.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$714.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$632.57
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$615.47
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$597.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$581.59
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$370.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$334.44
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$283.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$230.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$220.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$199.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$191.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$145.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$122.35
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$112.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$104.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$89.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$79.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$74.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.98
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$39.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$2.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$46.31

International Travel

$10,780
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$9,856.28
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$844.25
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$75.18
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$4.24

Other Car Costs

$6,356
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,370.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,370.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,370.20
COMCARIPEA$303.89
COMCARIPEA$174.11
COMCARIPEA$156.81
COMCARIPEA$155.21
COMCARIPEA$145.55
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$142.25
COMCARIPEA$141.93
COMCARIPEA$141.89
COMCARIPEA$138.63
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$118.29
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$22.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$16.71
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$16.71
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$2.86

Travel Allowance

$5,474
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$5,354
FaresIPEA$674.79
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$669.27
FaresIPEA$551.34
FaresIPEA$473.42
FaresIPEA$469.90
FaresIPEA$469.90
FaresIPEA$469.90
FaresIPEA$461.83
FaresIPEA$444.08

Telecommunications

$365
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$173.22
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$103.43
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$87.99

Family Travel

$162
COMCARIPEA$95.63
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$132
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$39.05
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$38.68
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$35.54
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$18.67

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