Position: Deputy President and Chair of Committees
Slade Brockman is Deputy President and Chair of Committees. Slade Brockman claimed $617,707 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 127th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $179,805. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($162,495); Employee Travel ($132,175); Office Administration ($120,722). 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: Presiding officer
2
$802,779
$185,072 below this group's median of $802,779
State: WA
12
$602,465
$15,242 above this group's median of $602,465
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.
Slade Brockman's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$162,495
$183,185
$20,690 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$162,495
Employee Travel – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$132,175
$114,932
$17,243 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$132,175
Office Administration – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$120,722
$221,473
$100,751 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$107,468
Office Consumables and Services
$12,504
Publications
$749
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$110,604
$43,715
$66,889 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$110,604
Travel Allowance – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$42,951
$31,310
$11,641 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$42,951
Other Car Costs – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$21,276
$27,108
$5,832 below the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$19,191
COMCAR
$2,085
Family or Nominee Travel – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$19,344
$3,367
$15,977 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$18,833
COMCAR
$511
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$6,181
$378
$5,803 above the median of $378
Electorate Duties
$4,516
Parliamentary Duties
$1,665
Telecommunications – Slade Brockman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,959
$2,701
$742 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,886
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$73
Total across all periods: $4,369,198 (1 Jan 2018 – 30 Jun 2026, 34 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 – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,545,981
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,545,981
Office Administration – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$827,259
Printing and Communications
$668,806
Office Consumables and Services
$84,852
Telephonic Services
$57,378
Publications
$16,222
Employee Travel – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$710,779
Domestic Travel
$710,779
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$566,398
Fares
$566,398
Travel Allowance – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$327,257
Travel Allowance
$327,257
Other Car Costs – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$170,619
Private-Plated Vehicle
$145,313
COMCAR
$25,306
Family or Nominee Travel – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$120,769
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$120,004
COMCAR
$765
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$71,897
Electorate Duties
$49,913
Parliamentary Duties
$18,046
Official Duties
$3,305
Party Political Duties
$632
Telecommunications – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$28,240
Telecommunications - Usage
$26,181
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,059
What’s included in these figures
The total for Slade Brockman is the sum of all expenses charged to Slade Brockman’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?
Slade Brockman’s four-quarter total of $617,707 (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 $179,805, against an average of $154,427 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. Slade Brockman’s total of $617,707 is $29,999 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 127th 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.” Slade Brockman’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($162,495).
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 Slade Brockman this came to $19,344 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.
