Skip to content

Jonathon Duniam’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $578,534 (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)

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

ClusterMembersCluster median (last 4 quarters)This total vs the median
Position: Opposition leadership5$622,096$43,562 below this group's median of $622,096
State: TAS10$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.

Jump to total across all periods ($3,831,845)

See individual expense line items, quarter by quarter

Compare Jonathon Duniam with other politicians Full politician profile

Expenses by quarter

QuarterDatesTotal claimedTop category
Q2 20261 Apr – 30 Jun 2026$155,280Office Facilities ($56,280)
Q1 20261 Jan – 31 Mar 2026$130,780Employee Travel ($30,939)
Q4 20251 Oct – 31 Dec 2025$154,040Office Facilities ($45,405)
Q3 20251 Jul – 30 Sep 2025$138,434Office Administration ($51,226)
Q2 20251 Apr – 30 Jun 2025$128,549Office Facilities ($36,288)
Q1 20251 Jan – 31 Mar 2025$129,601Office Facilities ($40,335)
Q4 20241 Oct – 31 Dec 2024$162,242Office Facilities ($73,792)
Q3 20241 Jul – 30 Sep 2024$139,305Employee Travel ($35,871)

Expenses by category

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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
Employee Travel$118,546$114,932$3,614 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel$118,546
Office Administration – Jonathon Duniam, 2025–26
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmountMedianDifference
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
CategoryAmount
Office Facilities$1,217,194
Office Facilities - Not stated$1,217,194
Employee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
CategoryAmount
Employee Travel$776,716
Domestic Travel$753,720
International Travel$22,997
Office Administration – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
CategoryAmount
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
CategoryAmount
Scheduled Commercial Transport$417,810
Fares$417,810
Other Car Costs – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
CategoryAmount
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
CategoryAmount
Travel Allowance$222,880
Travel Allowance$222,880
Family or Nominee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
CategoryAmount
Family or Nominee Travel$41,773
Scheduled Commercial Transport$40,872
COMCAR$901
Telecommunications – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
CategoryAmount
Telecommunications$36,032
Telecommunications - Usage$27,482
Telecommunications - Residential - Official$8,550
International Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
CategoryAmount
International Travel$34,603
Ministerial Visits$34,603
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
CategoryAmount
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.

Generated 2026-10-23 • Data: IPEA • Political Gadgets