Andrew Bragg’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $543,368
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 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 $543,368 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026, the 2025–26 financial year), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 166th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $168,585. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($315,148); Office Administration ($77,908); Employee Travel ($73,418). 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 224 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
$586,683
$43,315 below this group's median of $586,683
State: NSW
12
$584,453
$41,085 below this group's median of $584,453
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 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$315,148
$183,185
$131,963 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$315,148
Office Administration – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$77,908
$221,473
$143,565 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$61,064
Office Consumables and Services
$13,618
Publications
$3,226
Employee Travel – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$73,418
$114,932
$41,514 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$73,418
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$36,109
$43,715
$7,606 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$36,109
Other Car Costs – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$18,623
$27,108
$8,485 below the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$11,107
COMCAR
$7,516
Travel Allowance – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$17,815
$31,310
$13,495 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$17,815
Telecommunications – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,867
$2,701
$1,166 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,678
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,189
Family or Nominee Travel – Andrew Bragg, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$480
$3,367
$2,887 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$480
Total across all periods: $3,591,818 (1 Jul 2019 – 30 Jun 2026, 28 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
$2,150,836
Office Facilities - Not stated
$2,150,836
Office Administration – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$689,299
Printing and Communications
$588,268
Office Consumables and Services
$82,285
Publications
$11,343
Telephonic Services
$7,402
Employee Travel – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$275,201
Domestic Travel
$275,201
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$149,044
Fares
$149,044
Travel Allowance – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$138,784
Travel Allowance
$138,784
Other Car Costs – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$130,253
Private-Plated Vehicle
$88,714
COMCAR
$41,539
Telecommunications – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$40,898
Telecommunications - Usage
$34,668
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$6,230
Family or Nominee Travel – Andrew Bragg, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$12,400
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$11,785
COMCAR
$615
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 2025–26 financial year: 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 2 Sep 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 2026-10-23.
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 $543,368 (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026) smooths out one-off quarters such as an election period or an overseas trip. The latest single quarter (Apr–Jun 2026) was $168,585, against an average of $135,842 a quarter across the window.
What is the median and how is it calculated?
The median is the middle four-quarter total when all 224 sitting parliamentarians are ranked: half claimed less than $647,706 and half more. Andrew Bragg’s total of $543,368 is $104,338 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 166th of 224.
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 ($315,148).
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 $480 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.
