Sharon Claydon is Deputy Speaker. Sharon Claydon claimed $694,963 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 90th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $200,800. Largest categories: Office Administration ($278,629); Office Facilities ($181,799); Employee Travel ($112,944). 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.
Sharon Claydon's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Administration – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$278,629
$221,473
$57,156 above the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$233,608
Office Consumables and Services
$42,567
Publications
$2,453
Office Facilities – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$181,799
$183,185
$1,386 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$181,799
Employee Travel – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$112,944
$114,932
$1,988 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$112,944
International Travel – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$33,770
$0
$33,770 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$33,770
Travel Allowance – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$33,538
$31,310
$2,228 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$33,538
Other Car Costs – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$29,410
$27,108
$2,302 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$19,147
COMCAR
$10,262
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$20,200
$43,715
$23,515 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$20,200
Telecommunications – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$4,328
$2,701
$1,627 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,347
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,981
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Sharon Claydon, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$345
$378
$33 below the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$345
Total across all periods: $4,631,198 (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 Administration – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$2,155,854
Printing and Communications
$1,886,337
Office Consumables and Services
$250,154
Publications
$19,363
Office Facilities – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,292,503
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,292,503
Employee Travel – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$433,351
Domestic Travel
$433,351
Travel Allowance – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$265,942
Travel Allowance
$265,942
Other Car Costs – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$172,322
Private-Plated Vehicle
$118,263
COMCAR
$51,885
Private Vehicle Allowance
$1,749
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$425
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$133,952
Fares
$133,952
International Travel – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$85,869
Parliamentary Delegations
$78,625
Official Visits
$7,243
Telecommunications – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$77,187
Telecommunications - Usage
$60,977
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$16,210
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Sharon Claydon, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$14,218
Parliamentary Duties
$14,218
What’s included in these figures
The total for Sharon Claydon is the sum of all expenses charged to Sharon Claydon’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?
Sharon Claydon’s four-quarter total of $694,963 (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 $200,800, against an average of $173,741 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. Sharon Claydon’s total of $694,963 is $47,257 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 90th 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.” Sharon Claydon’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($278,629).
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 Sharon Claydon 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.
