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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Tom French

Australian Labor Party · MOORE · WA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$161,086+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
95th / 258
+15% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$161,086
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 Administration ($59,067)
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 Administration

$59,067
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$13,466.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$6,287.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,931.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,533.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,720.80
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,000.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,659.09
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,352.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,104.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,778.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,425.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,140.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,061.04
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,061.04
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$905.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$801.75
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$504.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$503.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$500.68
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$493.99
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$480.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$474.05
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$395.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$380.62
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$379.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$379.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$360.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$360.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$273.70
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$260.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$228.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$206.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$176.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$144.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$107.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$100.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$72.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$69.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$48.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$45.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$43.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$42.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$40.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$31.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.35
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.62
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.21
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.08
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.41
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.97
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$6.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$75.00

Office Facilities

$44,536
—IPEA$44,535.83

Employee Travel

$26,105
Domestic TravelIPEA$26,105.05

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$22,635
FaresIPEA$2,700.26
FaresIPEA$2,580.14
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,392.42
FaresIPEA$2,356.93
FaresIPEA$2,022.39
FaresIPEA$1,321.17
FaresIPEA$1,321.17
FaresIPEA$1,269.99
FaresIPEA$869.26
FaresIPEA$524.37
FaresIPEA$306.32
FaresIPEA$186.20

Travel Allowance

$7,084
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00

Other Car Costs

$1,250
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$108.78
COMCARIPEA$97.68
COMCARIPEA$84.36
COMCARIPEA$79.92
COMCARIPEA$77.70
COMCARIPEA$68.82
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$409
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$136.18

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