Free nonpartisan tools exploring Australian MPs’ voting records, expenses, donations, attendance and government tenders — sourced from the AEC, Finance, and AusTender.
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, and how often they attend parliament.
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
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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.
News
Tender Backgrounder
Tender Backgrounder for: J. Blackwood and Son Pty Ltd
Consultant Tenders
$92,676,321 in Federal contracts to the big consultants in 2026. $0 yesterday.
Flights
The VIP fleet hasn't taken to the skies in the past few days; VIPs remained grounded.
How does the tender money flow...
YTD tenders for Commonwealth Grants Commission: $205,014
Politician Expenses
Jim Chalmers (Reps, Rankin, Lab) claimed $1,706,840 in expenses over the last 4 reported quarters for major categories such as travel, offices and cars. That is $922,620 more than the average.
Parliamentary attendance
Zhi Soon (representatives, Banks, Australian Labor Party) attended 98.8% of possible votes.
Political advertising on Google
Political advertising spend with Google in last 24 hours: $19,650. (YTD: $1,388,550)
Votes-Like-Joyce-O-Meter
Josh Dolega (Sen, Tasmania, Lab) is 62.45% Barnaby Joyce.
All tenders
$1,828,176 in Fed Govt contracts given today. Top spend was with J. BLACKWOOD AND SON PTY LTD ($119,125)
What's Parliament doing
Parliament... is sitting today. There are no committees today.
Fed Govt Outsourced labour costs
Government Temporary Staff Tenders in the last day: $0
Donations
$126,205 in Federal political donations from Hughes, Matthew.
Double Donors
Australian Investment Council donated $118,534 in 2023-24. That was $59,000 to Labor and $59,534 to the Coalition.
Votes-Like-Taylor-O-Meter
Marielle Smith (Sen, SA, Lab) is 48.88% Angus Taylor
Political advertising on Facebook
Political advertising on Facebook yesterday: $93,552. (YTD: $642,607)
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