Jess Collins’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $719,348
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Jess Collins claimed $719,348 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 107th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $230,206. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($438,349); Office Administration ($121,368); Employee Travel ($69,695). 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
$168,468 above this group's median of $550,880
State: NSW
12
$629,889
$89,459 above this group's median of $629,889
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.
Jess Collins'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 – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$438,349
$188,110
$250,239 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$438,349
Office Administration – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$121,368
$262,346
$140,978 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$101,003
Office Consumables and Services
$20,365
Employee Travel – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$69,695
$124,917
$55,222 below the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$69,695
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$38,558
$45,732
$7,174 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$38,558
Travel Allowance – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$30,785
$34,320
$3,535 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$30,785
Other Car Costs – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$17,482
$28,254
$10,772 below the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$12,150
Private-Plated Vehicle
$5,332
Telecommunications – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,210
$2,683
$473 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,403
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$806
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jess Collins, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$901
$340
$561 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$818
Electorate Duties
$84
Party Political Duties
$0
Total across all periods: $855,254 (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Sep 2026, 5 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 – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$544,247
Office Facilities - Not stated
$544,247
Office Administration – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$121,397
Printing and Communications
$101,003
Office Consumables and Services
$20,394
Employee Travel – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$78,280
Domestic Travel
$78,280
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$45,359
Fares
$45,359
Travel Allowance – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$36,827
Travel Allowance
$36,827
Other Car Costs – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$20,178
COMCAR
$14,331
Private-Plated Vehicle
$5,332
Private Vehicle Allowance
$516
Family or Nominee Travel – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$5,484
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$5,484
Telecommunications – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$2,387
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,581
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$806
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jess Collins, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$1,095
Parliamentary Duties
$1,011
Electorate Duties
$84
Party Political Duties
$0
What’s included in these figures
The total for Jess Collins is the sum of all expenses charged to Jess Collins’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?
Jess Collins’s four-quarter total of $719,348 (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 $230,206, against an average of $179,837 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. Jess Collins’s total of $719,348 is $14,837 above the median of $704,511, which ranks 107th 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.” Jess Collins’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($438,349).
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 Jess Collins 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.
