Steve Georganas’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $878,857
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Steve Georganas claimed $878,857 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 58th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $255,483. Largest categories: Office Administration ($398,628); Office Facilities ($221,534); Employee Travel ($97,014). 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.
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.
Steve Georganas'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 Administration – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$398,628
$262,346
$136,282 above the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$346,378
Office Consumables and Services
$51,669
Publications
$581
Office Facilities – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$221,534
$188,110
$33,424 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$221,534
Employee Travel – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$97,014
$124,917
$27,903 below the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$97,014
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$41,254
$45,732
$4,478 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$41,254
Travel Allowance – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$37,446
$34,320
$3,126 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$37,446
Family or Nominee Travel – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$29,508
$1,839
$27,669 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$29,092
COMCAR
$416
International Travel – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$28,720
$0
$28,720 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$28,720
Other Car Costs – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$21,363
$28,254
$6,891 below the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$14,119
Private-Plated Vehicle
$7,244
Telecommunications – Steve Georganas, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,391
$2,683
$708 above the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$3,391
Total across all periods: $4,976,425 (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 Administration – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$2,371,676
Printing and Communications
$2,080,792
Office Consumables and Services
$282,574
Publications
$8,310
Office Facilities – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,438,125
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,438,125
Employee Travel – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$337,869
Domestic Travel
$337,869
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$233,801
Fares
$233,801
Travel Allowance – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$201,608
Travel Allowance
$200,692
Cancelled Accommodation
$916
Other Car Costs – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$160,636
Private-Plated Vehicle
$98,119
COMCAR
$62,517
Family or Nominee Travel – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$95,006
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$94,075
COMCAR
$931
International Travel – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$86,967
Parliamentary Delegations
$86,967
Telecommunications – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$47,179
Telecommunications - Usage
$41,719
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$5,460
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$3,556
Parliamentary Duties
$3,289
Cancelled Transport
$268
What’s included in these figures
The total for Steve Georganas is the sum of all expenses charged to Steve Georganas’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?
Steve Georganas’s four-quarter total of $878,857 (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 $255,483, against an average of $219,714 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. Steve Georganas’s total of $878,857 is $174,346 above the median of $704,511, which ranks 58th 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.” Steve Georganas’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($398,628).
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 Steve Georganas this came to $29,508 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.