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Parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): who claimed the most (IPEA data)

Individual expense claims for all 226 politicians, sourced from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority. Search by name or use the A–Z links to find a politician. Or compare politicians side by side, see the league table or get the data.

226 politicians

Top 10 by total claimed, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)

Totals are the sum of the four most recent reported quarters (the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) for 226 sitting parliamentarians, from IPEA data. The median per parliamentarian is $704,511. Family and nominee travel is included (as in IPEA’s own headline totals). Plain-text summary for AI agents: llms.txt.

RankParliamentarianTotal claimed
1Anthony Albanese$4,311,607
2Don Farrell$2,007,112
3Penny Wong$1,957,540
4Richard Marles$1,798,425
5Tony Burke$1,790,882
6Pat Conroy$1,749,290
7Madeleine King$1,741,666
8Jim Chalmers$1,656,190
9Michelle Rowland$1,590,039
10Chris Bowen$1,577,885

How these figures differ from IPEA’s

IPEA reports claims quarter by quarter. Political Gadgets adds up the latest four reported quarters to smooth one-off spikes (an election period, an overseas trip), then compares each parliamentarian with the median of all 226 and, for House members, with similar groups. The underlying data is IPEA’s; IPEA is the authoritative source. See IPEA’s Background on Expenditure Reporting.

Frequently asked questions

Why four quarters instead of one?

IPEA publishes claims quarter by quarter. Adding up the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) smooths out one-off spikes such as an election period or an overseas trip, so parliamentarians can be compared on a steadier basis.

What is the median and how is it calculated?

The median is the middle four-quarter total when all 226 sitting parliamentarians are ranked: half claimed less than $704,511 and half more.

Why do some parliamentarians claim much more than others?

IPEA says: “When comparing expenditure between parliamentarians, it is important to take into account the parliamentarian’s role, the size of their electorate, and their electorate’s distance from the closest capital city and Canberra.”

Is family and nominee travel included?

Yes. Claims for travel by family members or nominees are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and counted in their total, in the medians and in the rankings, as in IPEA’s own totals.

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A
Basem Abdo – $508,155 (House of Representatives) Anthony Albanese – $4,311,607 (House of Representatives) Mary Aldred – $657,054 (House of Representatives) Penny Allman-Payne – $635,832 (Senate) Anne Aly – $1,472,813 (House of Representatives) Ash Ambihaipahar – $514,734 (House of Representatives) Michelle Ananda-Rajah – $531,866 (Senate) Alex Antic – $375,545 (Senate) Tim Ayres – $1,501,333 (Senate)
B
Ralph Babet – $424,944 (Senate) David Batt – $812,115 (House of Representatives) Angie Bell – $777,995 (House of Representatives) Sean Bell – $469,130 (Senate) Jodie Belyea – $584,461 (House of Representatives) Carol Berry – $613,460 (House of Representatives) Sam Birrell – $704,160 (House of Representatives) Vanessa Bleyer – $37,355 (Senate) Leah Blyth – $573,166 (Senate) Nicolette Boele – $720,831 (House of Representatives) Chris Bowen – $1,577,885 (House of Representatives) Colin Boyce – $796,416 (House of Representatives) Andrew Bragg – $621,508 (Senate) Jo Briskey – $735,800 (House of Representatives) Slade Brockman – $644,550 (Senate) Carol Brown – $507,356 (Senate) Scott Buchholz – $786,239 (House of Representatives) Tony Burke – $1,790,882 (House of Representatives) Matt Burnell – $702,819 (House of Representatives) Josh Burns – $713,232 (House of Representatives) Mark Butler – $1,326,458 (House of Representatives) Alison Byrnes – $673,600 (House of Representatives)
C
Ross Cadell – $596,622 (Senate) Cameron Caldwell – $844,707 (House of Representatives) Julie-Ann Campbell – $775,872 (House of Representatives) Matthew Canavan – $871,089 (Senate) Michaelia Cash – $973,802 (Senate) Jamie Chaffey – $908,708 (House of Representatives) Jim Chalmers – $1,656,190 (House of Representatives) Claire Chandler – $378,939 (Senate) Kate Chaney – $876,427 (House of Representatives) Andrew Charlton – $736,317 (House of Representatives) Darren Chester – $660,577 (House of Representatives) Lisa Chesters – $600,765 (House of Representatives) Anthony Chisholm – $784,952 (Senate) Raff Ciccone – $599,808 (Senate) Jason Clare – $1,291,180 (House of Representatives) Sharon Claydon – $745,640 (House of Representatives) Claire Clutterham – $697,673 (House of Representatives) Renee Coffey – $606,744 (House of Representatives) Libby Coker – $623,496 (House of Representatives) Richard Colbeck – $417,049 (Senate) Jess Collins – $719,348 (Senate) Julie Collins – $988,970 (House of Representatives) Emma Comer – $616,544 (House of Representatives) Patrick Conaghan – $766,533 (House of Representatives) Pat Conroy – $1,749,290 (House of Representatives) Kara Cook – $632,889 (House of Representatives) Trish Cook – $700,297 (House of Representatives) Dorinda Cox – $728,961 (Senate)
D
Lisa Darmanin – $458,642 (Senate) Milton Dick – $1,292,494 (House of Representatives) Josh Dolega – $552,473 (Senate) Richard Dowling – $549,287 (Senate) Mary Doyle – $449,907 (House of Representatives) Mark Dreyfus – $693,314 (House of Representatives) Jonathon Duniam – $594,664 (Senate)
E
Justine Elliot – $669,296 (House of Representatives)
F
David Farley – $180,629 (House of Representatives) Don Farrell – $2,007,112 (Senate) Mehreen Faruqi – $593,850 (Senate) Cassandra Fernando – $719,307 (House of Representatives) Ali France – $674,224 (House of Representatives) Mike Freelander – $461,836 (House of Representatives) Tom French – $662,944 (House of Representatives)
G
Katy Gallagher – $484,255 (Senate) Carina Garland – $634,248 (House of Representatives) Chris Gatenby – $41,615 (Senate) Andrew Gee – $710,495 (House of Representatives) Steve Georganas – $878,857 (House of Representatives) Varun Ghosh – $561,579 (Senate) Andrew Giles – $1,216,546 (House of Representatives) Patrick Gorman – $1,269,805 (House of Representatives) Luke Gosling – $895,106 (House of Representatives) Nita Green – $914,765 (Senate) Matt Gregg – $553,299 (House of Representatives) Karen Grogan – $456,921 (Senate)
H
Helen Haines – $722,148 (House of Representatives) Garth Hamilton – $809,454 (House of Representatives) Pauline Hanson – $776,460 (Senate) Sarah Hanson-Young – $583,065 (Senate) Andrew Hastie – $863,950 (House of Representatives) Alex Hawke – $714,098 (House of Representatives) Sarah Henderson – $528,717 (Senate) Julian Hill – $1,093,153 (House of Representatives) Steph Hodgins-May – $509,178 (Senate) Kevin Hogan – $733,148 (House of Representatives) Rowan Holzberger – $682,186 (House of Representatives) Jane Hume – $828,500 (Senate) Ed Husic – $630,289 (House of Representatives)
J
Madonna Jarrett – $728,967 (House of Representatives) Alice Jordan-Baird – $613,816 (House of Representatives) Barnaby Joyce – $913,113 (House of Representatives)
K
Bob Katter – $1,209,923 (House of Representatives) Ged Kearney – $911,294 (House of Representatives) Simon Kennedy – $728,333 (House of Representatives) Matt Keogh – $1,242,101 (House of Representatives) Peter Khalil – $918,264 (House of Representatives) Catherine King – $986,057 (House of Representatives) Madeleine King – $1,741,666 (House of Representatives) Maria Kovacic – $573,135 (Senate)
L
Jacqui Lambie – $464,738 (Senate) Michelle Landry – $818,694 (House of Representatives) Tania Lawrence – $682,939 (House of Representatives) Jerome Laxale – $836,533 (House of Representatives) Dai Le – $587,873 (House of Representatives) Julian Leeser – $788,294 (House of Representatives) Andrew Leigh – $666,506 (House of Representatives) Kerrynne Liddle – $550,026 (Senate) Sam Lim – $703,761 (House of Representatives) Sue Lines – $1,027,612 (Senate) David Littleproud – $1,277,393 (House of Representatives)
M
Richard Marles – $1,798,425 (House of Representatives) Zaneta Mascarenhas – $681,484 (House of Representatives) Jenny Mcallister – $1,080,829 (Senate) Kristy Mcbain – $876,688 (House of Representatives) Emma Mcbride – $786,547 (House of Representatives) Malarndirri Mccarthy – $1,476,414 (Senate) Michael Mccormack – $632,513 (House of Representatives) Susan Mcdonald – $812,562 (Senate) James Mcgrath – $819,950 (Senate) Melissa Mcintosh – $655,696 (House of Representatives) Bridget Mckenzie – $704,861 (Senate) Zoe Mckenzie – $719,458 (House of Representatives) Nick Mckim – $369,412 (Senate) Andrew Mclachlan – $453,749 (Senate) Louise Miller-Frost – $669,347 (House of Representatives) Rob Mitchell – $627,484 (House of Representatives) David Moncrieff – $496,142 (House of Representatives) Corinne Mulholland – $475,213 (Senate) Daniel Mulino – $1,179,895 (House of Representatives)
N
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – $592,575 (Senate) Shayne Neumann – $826,125 (House of Representatives) Gabriel Ng – $563,041 (House of Representatives)
O
Llew O'Brien – $541,046 (House of Representatives) Ted O'Brien – $1,070,747 (House of Representatives) Clare O'Neil – $1,511,899 (House of Representatives) Deborah O'Neill – $645,529 (Senate) Matt O'Sullivan – $736,902 (Senate)
P
Tony Pasin – $843,236 (House of Representatives) James Paterson – $652,501 (Senate) Fatima Payman – $437,203 (Senate) Alicia Payne – $392,512 (House of Representatives) Alison Penfold – $598,903 (House of Representatives) Fiona Phillips – $607,771 (House of Representatives) Henry Pike – $719,176 (House of Representatives) Tanya Plibersek – $1,491,675 (House of Representatives) Barbara Pocock – $563,479 (Senate) David Pocock – $433,968 (Senate) Helen Polley – $514,943 (Senate) Melissa Price – $1,115,788 (House of Representatives)
R
Sam Rae – $1,089,453 (House of Representatives) Leon Rebello – $736,320 (House of Representatives) Gordon Reid – $650,009 (House of Representatives) Dan Repacholi – $898,212 (House of Representatives) Amanda Rishworth – $1,279,706 (House of Representatives) Malcolm Roberts – $580,131 (Senate) Tracey Roberts – $692,482 (House of Representatives) Michelle Rowland – $1,590,039 (House of Representatives) Anne Ruston – $685,357 (Senate) Joanne Ryan – $606,438 (House of Representatives) Monique Ryan – $800,869 (House of Representatives)
S
Sophie Scamps – $749,837 (House of Representatives) Paul Scarr – $653,699 (Senate) Marion Scrymgour – $1,381,653 (House of Representatives) Rebekha Sharkie – $806,783 (House of Representatives) Dave Sharma – $380,222 (Senate) Tony Sheldon – $752,540 (Senate) David Shoebridge – $638,269 (Senate) Sally Sitou – $676,624 (House of Representatives) Ben Small – $876,359 (House of Representatives) David Smith – $524,106 (House of Representatives) Dean Smith – $566,208 (Senate) Marielle Smith – $463,737 (Senate) Matt Smith – $899,007 (House of Representatives) Zhi Soon – $540,388 (House of Representatives) Allegra Spender – $820,307 (House of Representatives) Anne Stanley – $595,307 (House of Representatives) Jordon Steele-John – $520,711 (Senate) Zali Steggall – $901,290 (House of Representatives) Glenn Sterle – $727,591 (Senate) Jana Stewart – $505,185 (Senate) Meryl Swanson – $674,906 (House of Representatives)
T
Angus Taylor – $1,470,366 (House of Representatives) Jess Teesdale – $551,656 (House of Representatives) Dan Tehan – $895,324 (House of Representatives) Susan Templeman – $702,737 (House of Representatives) Matt Thistlethwaite – $1,237,308 (House of Representatives) Phillip Thompson – $697,649 (House of Representatives) Lidia Thorpe – $519,048 (Senate) Kate Thwaites – $769,442 (House of Representatives) Tammy Tyrrell – $534,422 (Senate)
U
Anne Urquhart – $567,795 (House of Representatives)
V
Tom Venning – $1,004,440 (House of Representatives) Aaron Violi – $887,423 (House of Representatives)
W
Charlotte Walker – $434,104 (Senate) Andrew Wallace – $801,460 (House of Representatives) Jess Walsh – $931,686 (Senate) Larissa Waters – $1,514,245 (Senate) Elizabeth Watson-Brown – $741,516 (House of Representatives) Murray Watt – $1,276,285 (Senate) Tim Watts – $616,111 (House of Representatives) Anne Webster – $875,997 (House of Representatives) Anika Wells – $1,560,362 (House of Representatives) Rebecca White – $871,518 (House of Representatives) Ellie Whiteaker – $638,748 (Senate) Tyron Whitten – $608,140 (Senate) Andrew Wilkie – $551,577 (House of Representatives) Andrew Willcox – $890,144 (House of Representatives) Josh Wilson – $1,174,188 (House of Representatives) Rick Wilson – $1,061,698 (House of Representatives) Tim Wilson – $922,139 (House of Representatives) Sarah Witty – $724,630 (House of Representatives) Penny Wong – $1,957,540 (Senate) Jason Wood – $525,668 (House of Representatives)
Y
Terry Young – $550,431 (House of Representatives)
Z
Tony Zappia – $526,417 (House of Representatives)

Generated 2026-11-12 • IPEA • Political Gadgets