Free nonpartisan tools exploring Australian MPs’ voting records, expenses, donations, attendance, government tenders and social media political pulse — sourced from the AEC, Finance, AusTender, Bluesky and Mastodon.
Political Gadgets is a nonpartisan Australian transparency site providing free tools to shine a light on the political system including explore how federal MPs vote, what expenses they claim, who donates to them, how often they attend parliament, and what’s being discussed on Australian political social media.
Data is sourced from the Australian Parliament, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), the Department of Finance, and AusTender. All tools are free with no registration required.
Example datasets
Voting records — how every federal MP and Senator has voted on legislation
Expense claims — itemised politician expense reports from the Finance Department
Donation disclosures — AEC records showing who funds which parties and candidates
Parliamentary attendance — how often MPs show up and vote in parliament
Government tenders — federal contract awards, outsourcing spend, and consultant payments
Hansard analysis — what politicians are talking about in parliament
Downloadable databases — raw data for researchers and journalists
Bluesky political pulse — what’s being discussed on #auspol, tracked several times a day
Mastodon political pulse — what’s hot on Mastodon’s political discussion in the last 24 hours
Featured
Degrees of separation on the ASX
They say business, and life, is as much about who you know as what you know. It's arguable that's why companies pay huge sums to sit down to dinner with politicians, or give politicians free tickets to the corporate box at the tennis. Then there are the connections between businesses. This picture is all of the companies on the ASX linked by common directors. You can look at the data, zoom in, and select individual companies here.
Bluesky political pulse
We track what's being discussed on Bluesky's #auspol several times a day.
Mastodon political pulse
What's hot on Mastodon's political discussion in the last 24 hours.
News
Tender Backgrounder
Tender Backgrounder for: Air Travel Panel Providers
Consultant Tenders
$562,997,438 in Federal contracts to the big consultants in 2026. $0 yesterday.
Flights
The VIP fleet flew at least 2,353 km in the last few days. That's 3 planes doing 5 flights over 5 hrs and 05 mins and costing around $39,237.
Fed Govt Outsourced labour costs
Government Temporary Staff Tenders in the last day: $10,726,578
Donations
Tasman Logistics made $27,500 in Federal political donations.
Double Donors
Visa AP (Australia) donated $123,000 in 2024-25. That was $75,500 to Labor and $47,500 to the Coalition.
Votes-Like-Taylor-O-Meter
Claire Clutterham (Reps, Sturt, Lab) is 3.80% Angus Taylor
Political advertising on Facebook
Political advertising on Facebook on 8 Nov: $170,196 ($37.2m so far in 2026). Top spender: Victorian Labor ($20,843). Biggest categories: Party/Candidate $64k, Advocacy $43k, Business $19k. Full breakdown: https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/facebook_stats/2026-11-08.html
Federal Grants - Last 24 Hours
In the last 24 hours the Australian Government awarded $43,217,179 across 2,053 grants. Biggest: Estia Investments Pty. Ltd. ($5,500,000). Full electorate breakdown: https://politicalgadgets.com/grants/map/
All tenders
Fed govt contracts given today came to $3,242,956,611. The winner is Air Travel Panel Providers ($3,000,000,000) Air Travel Panel Providers has received $3,000,000,000 in contracts this year.
What's Parliament doing
Parliament... is not sitting today. There are committees today.
What they're talking about
Most used words in parliament on 29 Oct 2026: GAS (177) ALP (171) QUESTION (145) TAX (140) ...
How does the tender money flow...
YTD tenders for Office of the Special Investigator: $804,471
Politician Expenses
Tanya Plibersek (Reps, Sydney, Labor) claimed $1,595,293 in expenses over the last 4 reported quarters for major categories such as travel, offices and cars. That is $947,587 more than the median.
Parliamentary attendance
Benjamin Small (Reps, Forrest, Liberal Party) attended 79% of possible votes.
Political advertising on Google
Political advertising spend with Google in last 24 hours: $1,200. (YTD: $5,528,100)
Votes-Like-Joyce-O-Meter
Scott Buchholz (Reps, Wright, Lib Nat) is 99.90% Barnaby Joyce
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