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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Tony Abbott

Liberal Party of Australia · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$86,112+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
217th / 258
-39% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$86,112
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 ($79,663)
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

$79,663
—IPEA$79,662.94

Other Car Costs

$3,764
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,038.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,038.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,038.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$179.77
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$147.40
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$111.95
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$106.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$101.87
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

Employee Travel

$1,043
Domestic TravelIPEA$1,043.09

Office Administration

$1,021
PublicationsIPEA$94.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$92.01
PublicationsIPEA$81.82
PublicationsIPEA$81.82
PublicationsIPEA$75.00
PublicationsIPEA$70.91
PublicationsIPEA$63.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$62.62
PublicationsIPEA$61.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$49.31
PublicationsIPEA$47.73
PublicationsIPEA$45.00
PublicationsIPEA$42.55
PublicationsIPEA$36.82
PublicationsIPEA$28.64
PublicationsIPEA$25.00
PublicationsIPEA$18.18
PublicationsIPEA$13.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.63
PublicationsIPEA$4.55

Telecommunications

$380
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$127.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$126.18

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$240
FaresIPEA$240.03

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