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House · Jan-Mar 2026

Zhi Soon

Australian Labor Party · BANKS · NSW

Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate
$132,311+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
146th / 258
-6% vs median
median$-1k$508k+
this MPall MPs (258)
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$132,311
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 ($74,069)
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

$74,069
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$24,350.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$17,550.15
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$5,136.98
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,681.84
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,215.91
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,100.82
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$2,076.13
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,900.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,380.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,329.55
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,300.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$1,195.45
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$800.01
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$770.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$727.28
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$714.56
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$700.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$671.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$598.02
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$523.64
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$509.94
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$495.59
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$489.90
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$443.18
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$440.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$400.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$306.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$305.28
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$272.73
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$201.33
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$164.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$124.04
Printing and CommunicationsIPEA$100.00
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$98.18
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$81.99
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$79.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$50.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$49.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$33.55
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$29.11
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$27.71
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$25.45
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$24.52
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$23.22
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$22.56
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$21.80
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$17.64
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$16.59
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.72
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$12.47
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$10.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.83
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$9.30
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.14
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$6.07
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.70
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$5.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$3.76
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.17
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$2.01
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$1.36
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.09
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.05
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA$0.04
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$5.60
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$6.78
Office Consumables and ServicesIPEA-$31.29

Office Facilities

$28,363
—IPEA$28,362.94

Employee Travel

$15,483
Domestic TravelIPEA$15,482.68

Travel Allowance

$8,372
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

Other Car Costs

$5,075
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,483.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,483.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$1,483.03
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$59.42
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$53.15
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$52.67
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$50.55
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$49.98
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$48.75
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$45.14
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$42.94
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$41.01
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$31.90
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$27.62
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$23.89
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$22.17
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$21.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$21.26
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$17.96
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$4.50
Private-Plated VehicleIPEA$2.57

Telecommunications

$949
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$406.34
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$285.70
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$240.71
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$5.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$5.45
Telecommunications - UsageIPEA$5.45

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