House · Jan-Mar 2026

Scott Buchholz

Liberal Party of Australia · WRIGHT · QLD

Period

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026

Modelled estimate

$148,640+$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

110th / 258

+6% vs median

this MPall MPs (258)

Reported · IPEA

Expenses this quarter

$148,640

Quarters on record

Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal

Salary & allowances

$73,040

Includes allowances

Superannuation

$8,996

15.4% of base + loading

Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Administration ($69,072)

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

Remuneration breakdown

Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036

Base salary	Standard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)	$58,415
Electorate allowance	Electorate office and operations	$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)	Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement	$4,875
Superannuation	15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)	$8,996
Total remuneration & super		$82,036

Note: Auto-applied Shadow Minister for Skills and Training (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

$69,072

Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$14,952.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$14,445.88
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8,932.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$8,365.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$5,000.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$2,600.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$2,500.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2,040.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$1,920.85
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1,332.52
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$909.09
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$893.20
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$535.50
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$490.56
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$357.60
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$322.73
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$322.73
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$254.16
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$253.50
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$229.50
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$209.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$209.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$209.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$209.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$198.96
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$178.64
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$159.00
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$127.27
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$127.27
Printing and Communications	IPEA	$127.27
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$125.40
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$107.42
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$106.30
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$94.44
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$67.11
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$57.27
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$57.27
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$57.27
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$56.91
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$56.08
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$51.60
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$49.56
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$46.24
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$44.67
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$40.60
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$35.30
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$35.18
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$34.55
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$34.20
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$33.16
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$33.16
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$32.29
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$30.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$30.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$30.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$29.64
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$28.88
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$25.80
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$25.66
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$24.62
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$23.66
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$20.80
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$19.80
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$18.15
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$17.70
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$17.42
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$14.57
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$13.90
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$13.86
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$11.97
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$11.49
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$11.46
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$9.39
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8.59
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8.59
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8.59
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$8.09
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$7.97
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$7.86
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$7.28
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$7.19
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$6.86
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$6.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$6.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$6.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$6.00
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$5.73
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$5.48
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$4.81
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2.88
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$2.21
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1.30
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1.24
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$1.18
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.82
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.68
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	$0.52
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$0.45
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$2.32
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$2.81
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$3.58
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$3.67
Printing and Communications	IPEA	-$22.73
Office Consumables and Services	IPEA	-$1,110.43

Office Facilities

$31,181

—

IPEA

$31,181.25

Employee Travel

$23,315

Domestic Travel

IPEA

$23,314.53

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$10,074

Fares	IPEA	$1,195.96
Fares	IPEA	$1,194.37
Fares	IPEA	$1,185.62
Fares	IPEA	$1,185.62
Fares	IPEA	$1,097.21
Fares	IPEA	$977.29
Fares	IPEA	$717.77
Fares	IPEA	$697.40
Fares	IPEA	$643.05
Fares	IPEA	$643.04
Fares	IPEA	$602.49
Fares	IPEA	$467.05
Fares	IPEA	$444.08
Fares	IPEA	$308.80
Fares	IPEA	-$1,286.09

Travel Allowance

$7,536

Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,932.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,610.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$1,288.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$966.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$918.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$459.00
Travel Allowance	IPEA	$363.00

Other Car Costs

$6,302

COMCAR	IPEA	$492.59
COMCAR	IPEA	$447.48
COMCAR	IPEA	$411.96
COMCAR	IPEA	$395.42
COMCAR	IPEA	$388.25
COMCAR	IPEA	$386.28
COMCAR	IPEA	$384.32
COMCAR	IPEA	$384.06
COMCAR	IPEA	$373.22
COMCAR	IPEA	$368.27
COMCAR	IPEA	$363.83
COMCAR	IPEA	$337.44
COMCAR	IPEA	$153.89
COMCAR	IPEA	$138.86
COMCAR	IPEA	$137.40
COMCAR	IPEA	$133.20
COMCAR	IPEA	$133.20
COMCAR	IPEA	$128.76
COMCAR	IPEA	$125.03
COMCAR	IPEA	$105.05
COMCAR	IPEA	$93.95
COMCAR	IPEA	$79.92
COMCAR	IPEA	$70.80
COMCAR	IPEA	$68.82
COMCAR	IPEA	$66.60
COMCAR	IPEA	$66.60
COMCAR	IPEA	$66.60
COMCAR	IPEA	$0.00

Family Travel

$502

Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	$1,217.04
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	-$357.68
Scheduled Commercial Transport	IPEA	-$357.68

Telecommunications

$427

Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$162.73
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$98.65
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$90.31
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$25.00
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$25.00
Telecommunications - Usage	IPEA	$25.00

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$233

Parliamentary Duties

IPEA

$232.52

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