Position: Shadow Minister for Home Affairs; Shadow Minister for Immigration; Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate; member of the Shadow Cabinet
Jonathon Duniam is Shadow Minister for Home Affairs; Shadow Minister for Immigration; Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate; member of the Shadow Cabinet. Jonathon Duniam claimed $578,534 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 151st of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $155,280. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($162,552); Employee Travel ($118,546); Office Administration ($104,095). 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.
Comparisons to similar groups
Cluster
Members
Cluster median (last 4 quarters)
This total vs the median
Position: Opposition leadership
5
$622,096
$43,562 below this group's median of $622,096
State: TAS
10
$455,487
$123,047 above this group's median of $455,487
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.
Jonathon Duniam's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$162,552
$183,185
$20,633 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$162,552
Employee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$118,546
$114,932
$3,614 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$118,546
Office Administration – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$104,095
$221,473
$117,378 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$68,420
Office Consumables and Services
$29,454
Publications
$6,221
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$80,856
$43,715
$37,141 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$80,856
Other Car Costs – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$62,444
$27,108
$35,336 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$45,808
COMCAR
$16,340
Parking
$295
Travel Allowance – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$36,539
$31,310
$5,229 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$36,539
Family or Nominee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$9,274
$3,367
$5,907 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$9,129
COMCAR
$144
Telecommunications – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,960
$2,701
$1,259 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,209
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,751
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$268
$378
$110 below the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$268
Total across all periods: $3,831,845 (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 Facilities – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,217,194
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,217,194
Employee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$776,716
Domestic Travel
$753,720
International Travel
$22,997
Office Administration – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$769,767
Printing and Communications
$626,208
Office Consumables and Services
$135,028
Publications
$8,531
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$417,810
Fares
$417,810
Other Car Costs – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$308,442
Private-Plated Vehicle
$238,016
COMCAR
$69,104
Parking
$975
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$346
Travel Allowance – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$222,880
Travel Allowance
$222,880
Family or Nominee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$41,773
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$40,872
COMCAR
$901
Telecommunications – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$36,032
Telecommunications - Usage
$27,482
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$8,550
International Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$34,603
Ministerial Visits
$34,603
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$6,628
Parliamentary Duties
$5,228
Official Duties
$751
Electorate Duties
$297
Electorate
$285
Party Political Duties
$68
What’s included in these figures
The total for Jonathon Duniam is the sum of all expenses charged to Jonathon Duniam’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?
Jonathon Duniam’s four-quarter total of $578,534 (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 $155,280, against an average of $144,633 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. Jonathon Duniam’s total of $578,534 is $69,172 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 151st 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.” Jonathon Duniam’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($162,552).
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 Jonathon Duniam this came to $9,274 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.