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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Sharon Claydon

Australian Labor Party · NEWCASTLE · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$133,200+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
144th / 258
-5% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$133,200
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 ($46,268)
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

$46,268
—IPEA$46,268.43

Office Administration

$39,829
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$14,829.68
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,027.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2,052.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,500.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,475.87
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$978.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$637.99
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$619.13
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$602.87
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$600.00
PublicationsIPEA$574.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$459.68
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$450.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$433.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$410.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$373.23
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$370.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$356.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$355.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$251.44
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$208.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$180.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$144.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$139.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$134.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$125.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$114.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$114.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$114.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$113.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$94.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$58.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$49.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.65
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$7.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.71
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$465.91

Employee Travel

$26,743
Domestic TravelIPEA$26,743.18

Travel Allowance

$7,734
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$972.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Other Car Costs

$6,157
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,353.29
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,353.29
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,353.29
COMCARIPEA$243.93
COMCARIPEA$148.38
COMCARIPEA$143.16
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$123.93
COMCARIPEA$123.93
COMCARIPEA$114.14
COMCARIPEA$114.14
COMCARIPEA$104.34
COMCARIPEA$95.46
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$93.64
COMCARIPEA$91.02
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$83.52
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$78.63
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$73.53
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$67.22
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$60.72
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$52.64
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$40.83
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$39.80
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$5,074
FaresIPEA$1,016.46
FaresIPEA$536.36
FaresIPEA$523.64
FaresIPEA$512.55
FaresIPEA$512.55
FaresIPEA$512.55
FaresIPEA$511.82
FaresIPEA$511.82
FaresIPEA$436.59

Telecommunications

$1,267
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$412.58
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.55
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.55
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.55
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$122.78
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$120.00
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$113.63
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$31.77
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$31.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA-$9.40
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA-$162.87

International Travel

$127
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$194.83
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA-$67.84

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