Jonathon Duniam’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $594,664
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 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 $594,664 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 166th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $154,564. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($154,419); Employee Travel ($140,791); Scheduled Commercial Transport ($83,655). 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: Opposition leadership
5
$736,902
$142,238 below this group's median of $736,902
State: TAS
12
$486,047
$108,617 above this group's median of $486,047
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 latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$154,419
$188,110
$33,691 below the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$154,419
Employee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$140,791
$124,917
$15,874 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$140,791
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$83,655
$45,732
$37,923 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$83,655
Office Administration – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$75,087
$262,346
$187,259 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$53,945
Office Consumables and Services
$20,858
Publications
$284
Other Car Costs – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$66,113
$28,254
$37,859 above the median of $28,254
Private-Plated Vehicle
$46,655
COMCAR
$19,196
Parking
$262
Travel Allowance – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$38,510
$34,320
$4,190 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$38,510
International Travel – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$23,142
$0
$23,142 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$23,142
Family or Nominee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$9,825
$1,839
$7,986 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$9,680
COMCAR
$144
Telecommunications – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,854
$2,683
$171 above the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,591
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,264
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$268
$340
$72 below the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$268
Total across all periods: $3,986,409 (1 Jan 2018 – 30 Sep 2026, 35 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
$1,245,694
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,245,694
Employee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$813,267
Domestic Travel
$790,270
International Travel
$22,997
Office Administration – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$791,985
Printing and Communications
$643,866
Office Consumables and Services
$139,447
Publications
$8,672
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$433,302
Fares
$433,302
Other Car Costs – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$325,481
Private-Plated Vehicle
$250,054
COMCAR
$74,075
Parking
$1,006
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$346
Travel Allowance – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$231,672
Travel Allowance
$231,672
International Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$57,745
Ministerial Visits
$34,603
Parliamentary Delegations
$23,142
Family or Nominee Travel – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$43,868
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$42,967
COMCAR
$901
Telecommunications – Jonathon Duniam, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$36,767
Telecommunications - Usage
$27,712
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$9,055
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 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?
Jonathon Duniam’s four-quarter total of $594,664 (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 $154,564, against an average of $148,666 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. Jonathon Duniam’s total of $594,664 is $109,847 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 166th 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.” Jonathon Duniam’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($154,419).
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 $9,825 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.
