OpenBench.au
← Register

Senate · Apr–Jun 2026

Tony Sheldon

Australian Labor Party · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Apr–Jun 2026
Modelled estimate
$227,592+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
74th / 280
+29% vs median
median$-1k$535k+
this MPall MPs (280)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$227,592
▲ 46% vs Jan-Mar 2026 · ▲ 21% vs Apr-Jun 2025
Quarters on record
28
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($81,922)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Apr–Jun 2026). 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 (Apr–Jun 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

$81,922
—IPEA$81,921.98

Employee Travel

$75,678
Domestic TravelIPEA$75,678.26

Office Administration

$44,085
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$11,440.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$8,952.39
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$6,516.67
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$4,265.23
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,600.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,250.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,250.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,049.77
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$823.67
PublicationsIPEA$686.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$644.21
PublicationsIPEA$499.09
PublicationsIPEA$420.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$337.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.00
PublicationsIPEA$248.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$228.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$183.37
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$158.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$158.32
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$152.95
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$142.52
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$122.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$84.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$82.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$61.22
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$41.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.26
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$33.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$27.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$21.25
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.27
PublicationsIPEA$16.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$15.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.75
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.25
PublicationsIPEA$12.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.58
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.97
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.02
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.01

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$14,662
FaresIPEA$2,196.79
FaresIPEA$949.22
FaresIPEA$852.94
FaresIPEA$852.94
FaresIPEA$774.37
FaresIPEA$739.37
FaresIPEA$739.37
FaresIPEA$647.83
FaresIPEA$480.09
FaresIPEA$480.09
FaresIPEA$480.09
FaresIPEA$480.09
FaresIPEA$480.09
FaresIPEA$480.09
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$464.61
FaresIPEA$397.64
FaresIPEA$389.98
FaresIPEA$310.44
FaresIPEA$310.44
FaresIPEA$257.28
FaresIPEA$252.07
FaresIPEA$252.07

Travel Allowance

$8,341
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$990.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$437.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$433.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$363.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$322.00

Other Car Costs

$1,581
COMCARIPEA$142.50
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$102.12
COMCARIPEA$90.80
COMCARIPEA$84.02
COMCARIPEA$78.78
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$713
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$74.07
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$67.30
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$49.12
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$48.54
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$48.35
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$46.83
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$46.39
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$45.05
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$45.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$39.21
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$39.02
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$38.74
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$38.16
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$36.25
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$25.65
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$25.56

Telecommunications

$610
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$153.15
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.43
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.30
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$152.09

Related parliamentarians

Same party and chamber, ranked by expenses this quarter.