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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026

Varun Ghosh

Australian Labor Party · WA

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$129,207+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
153rd / 258
-8% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$129,207
Quarters on record
9
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Office Facilities ($41,319)
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

$41,319
—IPEA$41,319.29

Employee Travel

$39,339
Domestic TravelIPEA$39,339.04

Scheduled Commercial Transport

$25,462
FaresIPEA$2,431.01
FaresIPEA$2,383.67
FaresIPEA$2,371.35
FaresIPEA$2,356.93
FaresIPEA$2,338.27
FaresIPEA$2,121.88
FaresIPEA$2,001.75
FaresIPEA$1,321.17
FaresIPEA$1,321.17
FaresIPEA$1,321.17
FaresIPEA$1,302.99
FaresIPEA$1,290.87
FaresIPEA$1,073.65
FaresIPEA$627.20
FaresIPEA$524.37
FaresIPEA$264.58
FaresIPEA$206.98
FaresIPEA$202.74

Travel Allowance

$9,769
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,610.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,497.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$1,288.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$966.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$866.00
Travel AllowanceIPEA$644.00

Office Administration

$7,569
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$3,798.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1,755.00
PublicationsIPEA$585.66
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$153.35
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$148.96
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$145.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$143.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$137.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$111.10
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$89.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$67.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$57.27
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$56.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$38.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$30.82
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$18.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.96
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$7.48
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.34
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$4.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.91
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.20
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.12
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.57
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.14

Other Car Costs

$5,369
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$901.81
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$901.81
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$901.81
COMCARIPEA$144.60
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$133.20
COMCARIPEA$132.84
COMCARIPEA$111.00
COMCARIPEA$108.78
COMCARIPEA$104.34
COMCARIPEA$102.12
COMCARIPEA$97.68
COMCARIPEA$93.24
COMCARIPEA$86.58
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$86.15
COMCARIPEA$84.36
COMCARIPEA$79.92
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$78.71
COMCARIPEA$75.48
COMCARIPEA$74.34
COMCARIPEA$70.80
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60
COMCARIPEA$66.60

Telecommunications

$281
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$67.64
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$63.25
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$54.70
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$25.00
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$20.00

Unscheduled Commercial Transport

$100
Electorate DutiesIPEA$99.83

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