Josh Burns claimed $637,006 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 119th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $216,178. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($250,055); Office Administration ($178,879); Employee Travel ($133,901). 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.
Clusters group the 150 House electorates by shared traits (front-bench position, seat area, state, urban/rural); 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. Source: Compare Electorates – browse by cluster.
Josh Burns's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$250,055
$183,185
$66,870 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$250,055
Office Administration – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$178,879
$221,473
$42,594 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$148,305
Office Consumables and Services
$29,988
Publications
$586
Employee Travel – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$133,901
$114,932
$18,969 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$133,901
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$29,448
$43,715
$14,267 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$29,448
Other Car Costs – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$25,446
$27,108
$1,662 below the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$14,086
COMCAR
$11,004
Parking
$356
Travel Allowance – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$13,649
$31,310
$17,661 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$13,649
International Travel – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$2,943
$0
$2,943 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$2,943
Telecommunications – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,545
$2,701
$1,156 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,545
Family or Nominee Travel – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$760
$3,367
$2,607 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$760
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Josh Burns, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$381
$378
$3 above the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$381
Total across all periods: $4,151,559 (1 Apr 2019 – 30 Jun 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 Administration – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,712,225
Printing and Communications
$1,535,616
Office Consumables and Services
$108,460
Telephonic Services
$63,655
Publications
$4,493
Office Facilities – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,585,001
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,585,001
Employee Travel – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$397,316
Domestic Travel
$397,316
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$173,687
Fares
$173,687
Travel Allowance – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$120,617
Travel Allowance
$120,617
Other Car Costs – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$97,823
Private-Plated Vehicle
$49,228
COMCAR
$48,145
Parking
$450
Telecommunications – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$34,178
Telecommunications - Usage
$34,178
International Travel – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$21,724
Parliamentary Delegations
$21,724
Family or Nominee Travel – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$7,067
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$6,578
COMCAR
$488
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Josh Burns, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$1,921
Parliamentary Duties
$1,912
Electorate Duties
$9
What’s included in these figures
The total for Josh Burns is the sum of all expenses charged to Josh Burns’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?
Josh Burns’s four-quarter total of $637,006 (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 $216,178, against an average of $159,252 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. Josh Burns’s total of $637,006 is $10,700 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 119th 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.” Josh Burns’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($250,055).
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 Josh Burns this came to $760 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.
