Mike Freelander’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $427,563
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Mike Freelander claimed $427,563 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 211th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $114,128. Largest categories: Office Administration ($175,803); Office Facilities ($144,930); Employee Travel ($58,428). 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.
Clusters group the 150 House electorates by shared traits (front-bench position, seat area, state, urban/rural); 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. Source: Compare Electorates – browse by cluster.
Mike Freelander's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Administration – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$175,803
$221,473
$45,670 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$153,052
Office Consumables and Services
$22,166
Publications
$586
Office Facilities – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$144,930
$183,185
$38,255 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$144,930
Employee Travel – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$58,428
$114,932
$56,504 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$58,428
Travel Allowance – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$29,773
$31,310
$1,537 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$29,773
Other Car Costs – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$8,641
$27,108
$18,467 below the median of $27,108
Private Vehicle Allowance
$6,857
COMCAR
$1,784
Telecommunications – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$4,911
$2,701
$2,210 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,775
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,135
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$3,543
$43,715
$40,172 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$3,543
Family or Nominee Travel – Mike Freelander, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$1,535
$3,367
$1,832 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$1,002
COMCAR
$533
Total across all periods: $3,366,667 (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 Administration – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,632,137
Printing and Communications
$1,422,119
Office Consumables and Services
$206,099
Publications
$3,919
Office Facilities – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,098,123
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,098,123
Employee Travel – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$263,294
Domestic Travel
$263,294
Travel Allowance – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$212,340
Travel Allowance
$212,340
Telecommunications – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$62,718
Telecommunications - Usage
$47,188
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$15,529
Other Car Costs – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$51,818
Private Vehicle Allowance
$43,251
COMCAR
$8,567
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$32,494
Fares
$32,494
Family or Nominee Travel – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$7,456
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$5,180
COMCAR
$1,147
Private Vehicle Allowance
$1,129
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Mike Freelander, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$6,288
Parliamentary Duties
$6,288
What’s included in these figures
The total for Mike Freelander is the sum of all expenses charged to Mike Freelander’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?
Mike Freelander’s four-quarter total of $427,563 (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 $114,128, against an average of $106,891 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. Mike Freelander’s total of $427,563 is $220,143 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 211th 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.” Mike Freelander’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($175,803).
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 Mike Freelander this came to $1,535 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.
