Position: Minister for Finance; Minister for Women; Vice-President of the Executive Council; Minister for the Public Service; Minister for Government Services; member of Cabinet; Vice-President of the Executive Council and Manager of Government Business in the Senate
Katy Gallagher is Minister for Finance; Minister for Women; Vice-President of the Executive Council; Minister for the Public Service; Minister for Government Services; member of Cabinet; Vice-President of the Executive Council and Manager of Government Business in the Senate. Katy Gallagher claimed $432,069 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 208th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $109,035. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($205,945); Employee Travel ($121,470); Office Administration ($55,085). 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: Minister (cabinet or outer ministry)
8
$1,365,453
$933,384 below this group's median of $1,365,453
State: ACT
2
$385,034
$47,035 above this group's median of $385,034
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.
Katy Gallagher's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Katy Gallagher, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$205,945
$183,185
$22,760 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$205,945
Employee Travel – Katy Gallagher, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$121,470
$114,932
$6,538 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$121,470
Office Administration – Katy Gallagher, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$55,085
$221,473
$166,388 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$37,842
Office Consumables and Services
$16,657
Publications
$586
Other Car Costs – Katy Gallagher, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$21,860
$27,108
$5,248 below the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$16,167
COMCAR
$5,125
Parking
$568
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Katy Gallagher, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$16,803
$43,715
$26,912 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$16,803
Travel Allowance – Katy Gallagher, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$9,342
$31,310
$21,968 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$9,342
Telecommunications – Katy Gallagher, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,564
$2,701
$1,137 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,564
Total across all periods: $2,701,555 (1 Jan 2018 – 30 Jun 2026, 33 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 – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,243,740
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,243,740
Employee Travel – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$779,680
Domestic Travel
$757,491
International Travel
$22,190
Office Administration – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$333,739
Printing and Communications
$262,320
Office Consumables and Services
$67,116
Publications
$4,304
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$119,658
Fares
$119,658
Other Car Costs – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$113,410
Private-Plated Vehicle
$63,227
COMCAR
$46,567
Parking
$3,617
Travel Allowance – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$49,068
Travel Allowance
$49,068
International Travel – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$37,392
Ministerial Visits
$37,392
Telecommunications – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$24,745
Telecommunications - Usage
$24,745
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Katy Gallagher, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$123
Parliamentary Duties
$123
What’s included in these figures
The total for Katy Gallagher is the sum of all expenses charged to Katy Gallagher’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?
Katy Gallagher’s four-quarter total of $432,069 (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 $109,035, against an average of $108,017 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. Katy Gallagher’s total of $432,069 is $215,637 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 208th 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.” Katy Gallagher’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($205,945).
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 Katy Gallagher 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.
