Andrew Giles’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $1,216,546
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Minister for Skills and Training
Andrew Giles is Minister for Skills and Training. Andrew Giles claimed $1,216,546 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 29th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $311,871. Largest categories: Employee Travel ($518,290); Office Facilities ($299,956); Office Administration ($228,536). 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.
Andrew Giles'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.
Employee Travel – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$518,290
$124,917
$393,373 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$505,684
International Travel
$12,606
Office Facilities – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$299,956
$188,110
$111,846 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$299,956
Office Administration – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$228,536
$262,346
$33,810 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$200,296
Office Consumables and Services
$27,073
Publications
$1,167
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$66,382
$45,732
$20,650 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$66,382
Other Car Costs – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$46,903
$28,254
$18,649 above the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$41,460
Private-Plated Vehicle
$5,443
Travel Allowance – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$40,910
$34,320
$6,590 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$40,910
International Travel – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$12,484
$0
$12,484 above the median of $0
Ministerial Visits
$12,484
Telecommunications – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,798
$2,683
$885 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,798
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$769
$340
$429 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$515
Official Duties
$253
Family or Nominee Travel – Andrew Giles, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$517
$1,839
$1,322 below the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$517
Total across all periods: $7,217,679 (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 Facilities – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$2,463,405
Office Facilities - Not stated
$2,463,405
Employee Travel – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$2,142,440
Domestic Travel
$2,066,811
International Travel
$75,629
Office Administration – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,619,639
Printing and Communications
$1,409,115
Office Consumables and Services
$186,599
Publications
$23,925
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$321,070
Fares
$321,070
Other Car Costs – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$294,704
COMCAR
$218,935
Private-Plated Vehicle
$75,769
Travel Allowance – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$236,249
Travel Allowance
$236,249
International Travel – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$90,257
Ministerial Visits
$77,947
Parliamentary Delegations
$12,310
Telecommunications – Andrew Giles, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$36,594
Telecommunications - Usage
$36,594
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 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?
Andrew Giles’s four-quarter total of $1,216,546 (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 $311,871, against an average of $304,136 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. Andrew Giles’s total of $1,216,546 is $512,035 above the median of $704,511, which ranks 29th 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.” Andrew Giles’s largest category over the window was Employee Travel ($518,290).
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 $517 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.