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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Trish Cook

Australian Labor Party · BULLWINKEL · WA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$158,189+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
98th / 258
+13% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$158,189
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 ($50,818)
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

$50,818
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$26,699.25
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$15,445.92
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$931.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$780.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$780.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$780.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$650.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$390.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$390.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$390.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$380.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$373.80
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$330.96
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$206.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$200.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$184.34
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$180.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$180.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$160.80
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$159.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$129.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$126.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$101.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$80.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.92
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.81
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$71.33
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$50.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$37.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$36.32
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$32.69
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.60
PublicationsIPEA$23.63
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$14.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.43
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.24
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$11.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.79
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.74
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.68
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.15
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$8.03
PublicationsIPEA$7.87
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.49
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.40
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.13
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.84
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$2.29
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$6.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$7.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$126.00

Office Facilities

$43,513
—IPEA$43,512.66

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$22,057
FaresIPEA$2,766.65
FaresIPEA$2,471.89
FaresIPEA$2,471.89
FaresIPEA$2,163.26
FaresIPEA$2,148.56
FaresIPEA$2,014.24
FaresIPEA$1,297.47
FaresIPEA$1,297.47
FaresIPEA$1,104.00
FaresIPEA$998.01
FaresIPEA$869.26
FaresIPEA$843.86
FaresIPEA$717.71
FaresIPEA$409.41
FaresIPEA$409.41
FaresIPEA$73.79

Employee Travel

$20,597
Domestic TravelIPEA$20,596.77

Other Car Costs

$7,598
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,696.34
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,696.34
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,696.34
COMCARIPEA$224.22
COMCARIPEA$168.72
COMCARIPEA$155.40
COMCARIPEA$142.08
COMCARIPEA$137.40
COMCARIPEA$135.42
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$130.98
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$106.12
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$100.10
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$97.19
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$92.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$86.84
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$0.23

International Travel

$6,734
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$6,412.47
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$260.11
Parliamentary DelegationsIPEA$61.21

Family Travel

$4,889
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$2,384.28
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$1,252.19
Scheduled Commercial TransportIPEA$1,252.19

Travel Allowance

$1,288
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00

Telecommunications

$696
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$187.85
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$134.98
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$132.98
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$120.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$120.00

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