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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Tony Zappia

Australian Labor Party · MAKIN · SA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$106,106+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
191st / 258
-24% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$106,106
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 Administration ($42,396)
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

$42,396
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$12,081.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$11,563.40
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$9,221.20
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,981.35
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,550.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$836.10
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$747.60
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$577.27
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$454.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$446.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$248.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$218.91
PublicationsIPEA$196.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$187.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$187.50
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$187.50
PublicationsIPEA$174.55
PublicationsIPEA$163.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$145.94
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$136.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$115.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$114.97
PublicationsIPEA$112.27
PublicationsIPEA$111.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$106.28
PublicationsIPEA$84.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$51.00
PublicationsIPEA$43.64
PublicationsIPEA$43.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$34.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$28.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$26.89
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$20.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$19.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$13.86
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.51
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.03
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.37
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.61
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.38
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.90
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.65
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$11.36
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA-$22.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$95.81

Office Facilities

$31,926
—IPEA$31,925.65

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$10,519
FaresIPEA$855.24
FaresIPEA$809.10
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$800.01
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$791.26
FaresIPEA$731.58
FaresIPEA$425.73
FaresIPEA$404.85
FaresIPEA$380.51
FaresIPEA$360.22
FaresIPEA$302.04
FaresIPEA$302.03
FaresIPEA$295.33
FaresIPEA$262.23
FaresIPEA$243.85
FaresIPEA$234.40
FaresIPEA$129.82

Travel Allowance

$8,282
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$459.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$376.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$363.00

Employee Travel

$8,243
Domestic TravelIPEA$8,243.44

Other Car Costs

$2,927
COMCARIPEA$781.20
COMCARIPEA$138.42
COMCARIPEA$136.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$125.10
COMCARIPEA$118.44
COMCARIPEA$116.22
COMCARIPEA$108.78
COMCARIPEA$98.46
COMCARIPEA$94.02
COMCARIPEA$73.26
COMCARIPEA$71.04
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$1,290
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$309.09
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$263.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$263.64
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$105.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$105.73
Telecommunications - Residential - OfficialIPEA$105.73
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$45.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$45.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$45.45

Family Travel

$447
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$447.05

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$76
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$48.36
Parliamentary DutiesIPEA$27.55

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