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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026
Sean Bell
Pauline Hanson's One Nation · NSW
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$100,963+$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
200th / 258
-28% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$100,963
Quarters on record
2
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Employee Travel ($39,289)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
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 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
Employee Travel
$39,289| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $39,288.72 |
Office Facilities
$36,101| — | IPEA | $36,100.61 |
Travel Allowance
$8,969| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,610.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $1,288.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $998.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $966.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $966.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $826.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $818.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $726.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $409.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $362.00 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$7,610| Fares | IPEA | $813.84 |
| Fares | IPEA | $622.94 |
| Fares | IPEA | $602.06 |
| Fares | IPEA | $587.71 |
| Fares | IPEA | $543.45 |
| Fares | IPEA | $493.44 |
| Fares | IPEA | $487.44 |
| Fares | IPEA | $452.04 |
| Fares | IPEA | $444.08 |
| Fares | IPEA | $441.13 |
| Fares | IPEA | $414.60 |
| Fares | IPEA | $337.58 |
| Fares | IPEA | $266.93 |
| Fares | IPEA | $239.68 |
| Fares | IPEA | $239.68 |
| Fares | IPEA | $232.95 |
| Fares | IPEA | $232.95 |
| Fares | IPEA | $157.14 |
Other Car Costs
$4,233| COMCAR | IPEA | $487.30 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $480.26 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $419.52 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $384.54 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $380.36 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $369.54 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $360.66 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $263.93 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $228.41 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $215.09 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $206.72 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $97.68 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $73.02 |
Family Travel
$2,811| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $801.20 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $801.20 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $337.58 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $337.58 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $266.93 |
| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $266.93 |
Office Administration
$1,241| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $430.69 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $178.64 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $111.82 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $79.30 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $71.82 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $45.45 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $40.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $36.36 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $31.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $25.50 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $20.27 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $20.10 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $19.70 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $19.40 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $16.71 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $13.86 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $12.78 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $11.82 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $11.04 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $10.21 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $9.09 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.20 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.31 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.23 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.19 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.78 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.64 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.58 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.07 |
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$557| Parliamentary Duties | IPEA | $557.03 |
Telecommunications
$152| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $60.00 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $30.85 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $30.45 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $30.45 |
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