Andrew Bragg’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $621,508
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness; Shadow Minister for Environment; member of the Shadow Cabinet
Andrew Bragg is Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness; Shadow Minister for Environment; member of the Shadow Cabinet. Andrew Bragg claimed $621,508 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 152nd of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $184,257. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($325,501); Office Administration ($122,797); Employee Travel ($92,054). Includes family and nominee travel, as in IPEA's own totals.
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.
Comparisons to similar groups
Cluster
Members
Cluster median (last 4 quarters)
This total vs the median
Position: Shadow minister (cabinet or outer)
9
$652,501
$30,993 below this group's median of $652,501
State: NSW
12
$629,889
$8,381 below this group's median of $629,889
Senators are grouped by state or territory and by the highest office they hold (minister, assistant minister, presiding officer, opposition leadership, shadow minister, shadow assistant minister, party leadership, whip, or backbencher); medians use the same rolling four-quarter totals as the headline figure, including family and nominee travel. Clusters with a single member are not shown. Ministry and shadow-ministry roles are from the Parliamentary Handbook.
Andrew Bragg's total in each category over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$325,501
$188,110
$137,391 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$325,501
Office Administration – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$122,797
$262,346
$139,549 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$106,101
Office Consumables and Services
$13,597
Publications
$3,099
Employee Travel – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$92,054
$124,917
$32,863 below the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$92,054
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$36,868
$45,732
$8,864 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$36,868
Other Car Costs – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$19,764
$28,254
$8,490 below the median of $28,254
Private-Plated Vehicle
$10,998
COMCAR
$8,766
Travel Allowance – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$19,112
$34,320
$15,208 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$19,112
Telecommunications – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,884
$2,683
$1,201 above the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,688
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,196
Family or Nominee Travel – Andrew Bragg, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$1,528
$1,839
$311 below the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$1,362
COMCAR
$165
Total across all periods: $3,776,075 (1 Jul 2019 – 30 Sep 2026, 29 quarters)
Refunds and credits are netted off. Category names from earlier reporting formats are matched to their current names. Explore quarter by quarter.
Office Facilities – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$2,234,318
Office Facilities - Not stated
$2,234,318
Office Administration – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$741,805
Printing and Communications
$633,778
Office Consumables and Services
$88,261
Publications
$12,364
Telephonic Services
$7,402
Employee Travel – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$302,648
Domestic Travel
$302,648
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$158,152
Fares
$158,152
Travel Allowance – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$143,897
Travel Allowance
$143,897
Other Car Costs – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$135,050
Private-Plated Vehicle
$91,206
COMCAR
$43,845
Telecommunications – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$41,656
Telecommunications - Usage
$35,220
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$6,436
Family or Nominee Travel – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$13,447
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$12,667
COMCAR
$780
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$5,102
Parliamentary Duties
$2,868
Electorate Duties
$2,235
What’s included in these figures
The total for Andrew Bragg is the sum of all expenses charged to Andrew Bragg’s parliamentary office and
reported by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): travel,
office facilities and administration, vehicles, communications and other categories. Refunds and credits
are netted off, so a category can be negative. Family and nominee travel is included, as in
IPEA’s own headline total for a parliamentarian: those claims are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and shown as their own category,
“Family or Nominee Travel”.
Method and data source
Quarterly claims are taken from IPEA’s open data on
data.gov.au (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia), current to the IPEA release of 11 Nov 2026.
Totals cover the four most recent reported quarters; the median and rank are calculated across all
sitting parliamentarians with claims in the same window. Earlier category names are matched to current ones.
Figures are compiled from IPEA data; IPEA is the authoritative source. Page generated 2026-11-12.
Political Gadgets’ compilation is licensed
CC BY-NC 4.0.
Frequently asked questions
Why four quarters instead of one?
Andrew Bragg’s four-quarter total of $621,508 (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) smooths out one-off quarters such as an election period or an overseas trip. The latest single quarter (Jul–Sep 2026) was $184,257, against an average of $155,377 a quarter across the window.
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. Andrew Bragg’s total of $621,508 is $83,003 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 152nd of 226.
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.” Andrew Bragg’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($325,501).
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, as in IPEA’s own totals. For Andrew Bragg this came to $1,528 over the window.
Expenditure data is compiled by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) and released under Creative Commons Licence (data.gov.au).
In all fairness there are some good reasons for variance in expenditure. The IPEA points out: "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. Further information on why some offices may have higher travel expenditure can be found on the IPEA website Background on Expenditure Reporting page."
Former members are not included in the totals, rankings or medians shown here.
