Lisa Darmanin’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $458,642
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Deputy Government Whip in the Senate
Lisa Darmanin is Deputy Government Whip in the Senate. Lisa Darmanin claimed $458,642 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 210th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $164,941. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($139,941); Office Administration ($117,096); Employee Travel ($115,941). 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: Whip
11
$456,921
$1,721 above this group's median of $456,921
State: VIC
12
$530,292
$71,650 below this group's median of $530,292
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.
Lisa Darmanin'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 – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$139,941
$188,110
$48,169 below the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$139,941
Office Administration – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$117,096
$262,346
$145,250 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$105,139
Office Consumables and Services
$10,862
Publications
$1,095
Employee Travel – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$115,941
$124,917
$8,976 below the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$115,941
Travel Allowance – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$33,839
$34,320
$481 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$33,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$29,005
$45,732
$16,727 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$29,005
Other Car Costs – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$22,500
$28,254
$5,754 below the median of $28,254
Private-Plated Vehicle
$14,806
COMCAR
$7,694
Telecommunications – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$308
$2,683
$2,375 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$308
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Lisa Darmanin, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$11
$340
$329 below the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$11
Total across all periods: $889,740 (1 Apr 2024 – 30 Sep 2026, 10 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 – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$258,136
Office Facilities - Not stated
$258,136
Office Administration – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$253,357
Printing and Communications
$224,144
Office Consumables and Services
$24,710
Publications
$4,503
Employee Travel – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$202,977
Domestic Travel
$202,977
Travel Allowance – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$63,558
Travel Allowance
$63,558
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$55,728
Fares
$55,728
Other Car Costs – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$47,866
Private-Plated Vehicle
$33,498
COMCAR
$14,367
Family or Nominee Travel – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$6,180
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$6,180
Telecommunications – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$1,782
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,314
Telecommunications - Usage
$469
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Lisa Darmanin, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$155
Parliamentary Duties
$155
What’s included in these figures
The total for Lisa Darmanin is the sum of all expenses charged to Lisa Darmanin’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?
Lisa Darmanin’s four-quarter total of $458,642 (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 $164,941, against an average of $114,660 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. Lisa Darmanin’s total of $458,642 is $245,869 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 210th 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.” Lisa Darmanin’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($139,941).
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 Lisa Darmanin 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.
