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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Tim Ayres

Australian Labor Party · NSW · Cabinet Minister

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$351,856+$130,909reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
16th / 258
+151% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$351,856
Quarters on record
27
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$115,391
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$15,518
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: Cabinet MinisterLargest category: Office Facilities ($164,619)
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)$130,909
Base salaryStandard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4)$58,415
Additional office loadingMinisterial or office-holder duties$42,351
Electorate allowanceElectorate office and operations$9,750
Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu)Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement$4,875
Superannuation15.4% of base + loading (accumulation)$15,518
Total remuneration & super$130,909
Note: Auto-applied Cabinet Minister (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

$164,619
—IPEA$164,619.22

Employee Travel

$152,850
Domestic TravelIPEA$152,708.65
International TravelIPEA$141.84

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$9,466
FaresIPEA$1,690.43
FaresIPEA$931.84
FaresIPEA$803.27
FaresIPEA$761.00
FaresIPEA$673.86
FaresIPEA$635.11
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$617.16
FaresIPEA$602.75
FaresIPEA$522.22
FaresIPEA$468.33
FaresIPEA$378.85
FaresIPEA$354.59
FaresIPEA$344.29
FaresIPEA$206.12
FaresIPEA$206.12
FaresIPEA-$490.80
FaresIPEA-$490.80

Other Car Costs

$8,797
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,206.13
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,206.13
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,206.13
COMCARIPEA$361.86
COMCARIPEA$257.52
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.39
COMCARIPEA$137.30
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$128.26
COMCARIPEA$119.88
COMCARIPEA$119.54
COMCARIPEA$119.52
COMCARIPEA$115.19
COMCARIPEA$97.68
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$90.92
COMCARIPEA$90.68
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$90.35
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$85.27
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$84.00
COMCARIPEA$81.80
COMCARIPEA$81.80
COMCARIPEA$79.92
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$79.22
COMCARIPEA$78.00
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$77.55
COMCARIPEA$76.56
COMCARIPEA$73.02
COMCARIPEA$71.04
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$62.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$59.95
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$52.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$42.16
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$40.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$32.62
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1.79
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Travel Allowance

$7,570
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$486.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Office Administration

$5,385
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,088.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$630.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$446.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$276.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$269.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$269.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$269.85
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$269.85
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$208.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$123.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$105.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$98.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$87.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$87.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$79.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$79.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$78.49
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$75.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$73.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$66.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$61.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$61.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$46.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$45.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$44.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$41.16
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.30
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$22.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.31
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.88
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.97
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$1.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$2.77
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$3.68

International Travel

$2,502
Ministerial VisitsIPEA$3,024.53
Ministerial VisitsIPEA-$70.78
Ministerial VisitsIPEA-$223.11
Ministerial VisitsIPEA-$228.63

Family Travel

$450
COMCARIPEA$86.24
COMCARIPEA$84.36
COMCARIPEA$79.58
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$196
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.60
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.60
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$40.20
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$24.58

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$20
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$20.45

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