Steve Georganas’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $734,961
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Steve Georganas claimed $734,961 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 76th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $253,132. Largest categories: Office Administration ($287,832); Office Facilities ($215,539); Employee Travel ($84,969). 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.
Steve Georganas's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Administration – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$287,832
$221,473
$66,359 above the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$237,049
Office Consumables and Services
$50,198
Publications
$586
Office Facilities – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$215,539
$183,185
$32,354 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$215,539
Employee Travel – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$84,969
$114,932
$29,963 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$84,969
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$39,731
$43,715
$3,984 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$39,731
International Travel – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$31,209
$0
$31,209 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$31,209
Travel Allowance – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$29,953
$31,310
$1,357 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$29,953
Family or Nominee Travel – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$26,701
$3,367
$23,334 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$26,516
COMCAR
$185
Other Car Costs – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$15,517
$27,108
$11,591 below the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$12,781
Private-Plated Vehicle
$2,736
Telecommunications – Steve Georganas, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,510
$2,701
$809 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$3,510
Total across all periods: $4,720,941 (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 – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$2,237,798
Printing and Communications
$1,962,804
Office Consumables and Services
$267,265
Publications
$7,729
Office Facilities – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,381,232
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,381,232
Employee Travel – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$304,327
Domestic Travel
$304,327
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$226,220
Fares
$226,220
Travel Allowance – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$189,345
Travel Allowance
$188,429
Cancelled Accommodation
$916
Other Car Costs – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$153,719
Private-Plated Vehicle
$94,075
COMCAR
$59,644
Family or Nominee Travel – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$91,434
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$90,734
COMCAR
$700
International Travel – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$86,967
Parliamentary Delegations
$86,967
Telecommunications – Steve Georganas, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$46,343
Telecommunications - Usage
$40,883
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 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?
Steve Georganas’s four-quarter total of $734,961 (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 $253,132, against an average of $183,740 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. Steve Georganas’s total of $734,961 is $87,255 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 76th 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.” Steve Georganas’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($287,832).
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 $26,701 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.
