Mehreen Faruqi is Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens. Mehreen Faruqi claimed $533,471 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 174th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $138,792. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($257,566); Employee Travel ($101,955); Office Administration ($91,618). 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: Party leadership
4
$625,883
$92,412 below this group's median of $625,883
State: NSW
12
$584,453
$50,982 below this group's median of $584,453
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.
Mehreen Faruqi's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$257,566
$183,185
$74,381 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$257,566
Employee Travel – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$101,955
$114,932
$12,977 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$98,421
International Travel
$3,534
Office Administration – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$91,618
$221,473
$129,855 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$50,499
Office Consumables and Services
$26,597
Telephonic Services
$8,000
Publications
$6,522
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$39,889
$43,715
$3,826 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$39,889
Travel Allowance – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$26,207
$31,310
$5,103 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$26,207
Other Car Costs – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$10,666
$27,108
$16,442 below the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$10,666
International Travel – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$2,824
$0
$2,824 above the median of $0
Official Visits
$2,824
Telecommunications – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,338
$2,701
$363 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,338
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Mehreen Faruqi, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$408
$378
$30 above the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$309
Electorate Duties
$99
Total across all periods: $3,790,660 (1 Jul 2018 – 30 Jun 2026, 32 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 – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,910,621
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,910,621
Office Administration – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$840,809
Printing and Communications
$614,745
Office Consumables and Services
$139,206
Publications
$45,736
Telephonic Services
$41,122
Employee Travel – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$537,607
Domestic Travel
$527,736
International Travel
$9,871
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$198,823
Fares
$198,823
Travel Allowance – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$173,019
Travel Allowance
$173,019
Other Car Costs – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$63,159
COMCAR
$62,538
Private Vehicle Allowance
$608
Parking
$14
Telecommunications – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$37,448
Telecommunications - Usage
$37,448
International Travel – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$18,053
Official Visits
$9,686
Parliamentary Delegations
$8,367
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$6,029
Parliamentary Duties
$4,983
Electorate Duties
$1,046
Family or Nominee Travel – Mehreen Faruqi, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$5,091
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$5,091
What’s included in these figures
The total for Mehreen Faruqi is the sum of all expenses charged to Mehreen Faruqi’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?
Mehreen Faruqi’s four-quarter total of $533,471 (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 $138,792, against an average of $133,368 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. Mehreen Faruqi’s total of $533,471 is $114,235 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 174th 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.” Mehreen Faruqi’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($257,566).
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 Mehreen Faruqi 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.
