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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Tony Sheldon

Australian Labor Party · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$156,145+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
102nd / 258
+11% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$156,145
Quarters on record
27
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($76,342)
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

$76,342
—IPEA$76,341.98

Employee Travel

$47,603
Domestic TravelIPEA$47,602.91

Office Administration

$16,543
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,600.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,325.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$965.97
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$935.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$911.53
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$822.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$681.76
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$618.93
PublicationsIPEA$618.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$593.99
PublicationsIPEA$505.00
PublicationsIPEA$400.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$380.96
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$366.84
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$305.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$280.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$254.54
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$254.54
PublicationsIPEA$180.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$165.72
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$157.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$149.99
PublicationsIPEA$144.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$142.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$120.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$115.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$96.84
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$88.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$76.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$43.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$40.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.53
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$35.30
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.96
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$32.97
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$31.87
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$31.37
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$30.88
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.61
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$30.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$27.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$24.75
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$24.75
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$23.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$22.88
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$22.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$22.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$21.28
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$20.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$19.77
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$19.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.43
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$16.66
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$16.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$16.03
PublicationsIPEA$15.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.50
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.12
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$12.10
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$11.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$10.06
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.17
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8.39
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.39
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$7.79
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$7.42
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.03
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.23
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3.41
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3.30
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3.30
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2.31
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.73
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.02
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$3.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.16
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$8.39
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$254.54

Travel Allowance

$10,505
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$866.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$834.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$2,994
FaresIPEA$625.90
FaresIPEA$513.46
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$455.86
FaresIPEA$204.97
FaresIPEA-$665.09

Other Car Costs

$1,142
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$101.76
COMCARIPEA$84.66
COMCARIPEA$72.90
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$560
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$105.00
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$77.34
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$65.58
Party Political DutiesIPEA$60.43
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$54.46
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$45.30
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$42.25
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$39.40
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$38.64
Party Political DutiesIPEA$31.76

Telecommunications

$456
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09

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