Carol Brown’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $507,356
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Carol Brown claimed $507,356 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 201st of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $129,188. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($198,319); Office Administration ($131,059); Employee Travel ($59,763). 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: Backbencher (no front-bench or leadership role)
30
$550,880
$43,524 below this group's median of $550,880
State: TAS
12
$486,047
$21,309 above this group's median of $486,047
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.
Carol Brown'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 – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$198,319
$188,110
$10,209 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$198,319
Office Administration – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$131,059
$262,346
$131,287 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$101,626
Office Consumables and Services
$26,371
Publications
$1,628
Telephonic Services
$1,433
Employee Travel – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$59,763
$124,917
$65,154 below the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$59,763
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$42,675
$45,732
$3,057 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$42,675
Travel Allowance – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$30,531
$34,320
$3,789 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$30,531
Other Car Costs – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$24,330
$28,254
$3,924 below the median of $28,254
Private-Plated Vehicle
$15,709
COMCAR
$8,621
International Travel – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$18,028
$0
$18,028 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$18,028
Telecommunications – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,616
$2,683
$67 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,445
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,171
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Carol Brown, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$35
$340
$305 below the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$35
Total across all periods: $3,327,511 (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 – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,247,374
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,247,374
Office Administration – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$776,360
Printing and Communications
$545,694
Office Consumables and Services
$191,577
Publications
$37,656
Telephonic Services
$1,433
Employee Travel – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$438,963
Domestic Travel
$429,886
International Travel
$9,077
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$338,596
Fares
$338,596
Travel Allowance – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$214,462
Travel Allowance
$214,462
Other Car Costs – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$212,901
Private-Plated Vehicle
$128,516
COMCAR
$84,305
Parking
$80
Telecommunications – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$49,787
Telecommunications - Usage
$35,914
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$13,874
International Travel – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$39,323
Parliamentary Delegations
$29,723
Ministerial Visits
$9,600
Family or Nominee Travel – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$9,445
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$9,250
COMCAR
$195
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Carol Brown, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$301
Parliamentary Duties
$301
What’s included in these figures
The total for Carol Brown is the sum of all expenses charged to Carol Brown’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?
Carol Brown’s four-quarter total of $507,356 (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 $129,188, against an average of $126,839 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. Carol Brown’s total of $507,356 is $197,155 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 201st 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.” Carol Brown’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($198,319).
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 Carol Brown this came to $0 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.
