Slade Brockman’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $644,550
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Deputy President and Chair of Committees
Slade Brockman is Deputy President and Chair of Committees. Slade Brockman claimed $644,550 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 142nd of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $165,845. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($167,296); Office Administration ($139,955); Employee Travel ($131,786). 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: Presiding officer
2
$836,081
$191,531 below this group's median of $836,081
State: WA
12
$641,649
$2,901 above this group's median of $641,649
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 latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$167,296
$188,110
$20,814 below the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$167,296
Office Administration – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$139,955
$262,346
$122,391 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$127,417
Office Consumables and Services
$11,788
Publications
$749
Employee Travel – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$131,786
$124,917
$6,869 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$131,786
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$106,407
$45,732
$60,675 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$106,407
Travel Allowance – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$45,814
$34,320
$11,494 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$45,814
Other Car Costs – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$25,579
$28,254
$2,675 below the median of $28,254
Private-Plated Vehicle
$23,693
COMCAR
$1,886
Family or Nominee Travel – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$17,880
$1,839
$16,041 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$17,498
COMCAR
$382
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$7,699
$340
$7,359 above the median of $340
Electorate Duties
$7,539
Parliamentary Duties
$160
Telecommunications – Slade Brockman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,135
$2,683
$548 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,062
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$73
Total across all periods: $4,535,043 (1 Jan 2018 – 30 Sep 2026, 35 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
$1,593,469
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,593,469
Office Administration – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$866,363
Printing and Communications
$703,106
Office Consumables and Services
$89,657
Telephonic Services
$57,378
Publications
$16,222
Employee Travel – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$742,604
Domestic Travel
$742,604
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$590,207
Fares
$590,207
Travel Allowance – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$338,245
Travel Allowance
$338,245
Other Car Costs – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$177,146
Private-Plated Vehicle
$151,566
COMCAR
$25,579
Family or Nominee Travel – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$123,245
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$122,480
COMCAR
$765
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$74,920
Electorate Duties
$52,936
Parliamentary Duties
$18,046
Official Duties
$3,305
Party Political Duties
$632
Telecommunications – Slade Brockman, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$28,844
Telecommunications - Usage
$26,786
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 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?
Slade Brockman’s four-quarter total of $644,550 (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 $165,845, against an average of $161,137 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. Slade Brockman’s total of $644,550 is $59,961 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 142nd 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.” Slade Brockman’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($167,296).
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 $17,880 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.
