Andrew Giles’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $1,154,883
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Position: Minister for Skills and Training
Andrew Giles is Minister for Skills and Training. Andrew Giles claimed $1,154,883 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 29th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $322,520. Largest categories: Employee Travel ($521,770); Office Facilities ($305,298); Office Administration ($152,658). 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.
Andrew Giles's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Employee Travel – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$521,770
$114,932
$406,838 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$509,874
International Travel
$11,896
Office Facilities – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$305,298
$183,185
$122,113 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$305,298
Office Administration – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$152,658
$221,473
$68,815 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$124,927
Office Consumables and Services
$27,732
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$69,990
$43,715
$26,275 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$69,990
Other Car Costs – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$51,383
$27,108
$24,275 above the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$44,718
Private-Plated Vehicle
$6,666
Travel Allowance – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$37,618
$31,310
$6,308 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$37,618
International Travel – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$11,613
$0
$11,613 above the median of $0
Ministerial Visits
$11,613
Family or Nominee Travel – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$1,899
$3,367
$1,468 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$1,589
COMCAR
$309
Telecommunications – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,790
$2,701
$911 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,790
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Giles, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$865
$378
$487 above the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$611
Official Duties
$253
Total across all periods: $6,905,808 (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 Facilities – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$2,393,798
Office Facilities - Not stated
$2,393,798
Employee Travel – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$2,022,215
Domestic Travel
$1,947,295
International Travel
$74,919
Office Administration – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,531,470
Printing and Communications
$1,331,868
Office Consumables and Services
$176,843
Publications
$22,759
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$305,522
Fares
$305,522
Other Car Costs – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$285,974
COMCAR
$210,139
Private-Plated Vehicle
$75,835
Travel Allowance – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$227,935
Travel Allowance
$227,935
International Travel – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$89,386
Ministerial Visits
$77,076
Parliamentary Delegations
$12,310
Telecommunications – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$36,188
Telecommunications - Usage
$36,188
Family or Nominee Travel – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$10,546
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$9,809
COMCAR
$737
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$2,776
Parliamentary Duties
$1,933
Official Duties
$843
What’s included in these figures
The total for Andrew Giles is the sum of all expenses charged to Andrew Giles’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?
Andrew Giles’s four-quarter total of $1,154,883 (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 $322,520, against an average of $288,721 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. Andrew Giles’s total of $1,154,883 is $507,177 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 29th 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.” Andrew Giles’s largest category over the window was Employee Travel ($521,770).
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 Andrew Giles this came to $1,899 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.