Pauline Hanson is Leader of One Nation. Pauline Hanson claimed $718,295 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 82nd of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $178,690. Largest categories: Employee Travel ($304,795); Office Facilities ($198,471); Office Administration ($83,050). 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: Party leadership
4
$625,883
$92,412 above this group's median of $625,883
State: QLD
12
$726,812
$8,517 below this group's median of $726,812
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.
Pauline Hanson's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Employee Travel – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$304,795
$114,932
$189,863 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$304,795
Office Facilities – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$198,471
$183,185
$15,286 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$198,471
Office Administration – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$83,050
$221,473
$138,423 below the median of $221,473
Office Consumables and Services
$72,626
Printing and Communications
$9,854
Publications
$571
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$58,152
$43,715
$14,437 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$58,152
Other Car Costs – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$29,875
$27,108
$2,767 above the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$20,001
Private-Plated Vehicle
$9,783
Parking
$91
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$24,943
$378
$24,565 above the median of $378
Official Duties
$15,990
Parliamentary Duties
$8,953
Travel Allowance – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$14,845
$31,310
$16,465 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$14,845
Family or Nominee Travel – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$2,680
$3,367
$687 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$2,680
Telecommunications – Pauline Hanson, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,483
$2,701
$1,218 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,483
Total across all periods: $4,756,547 (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.
Employee Travel – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,879,988
Domestic Travel
$1,879,988
Office Facilities – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,255,022
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,255,022
Office Administration – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$821,595
Printing and Communications
$533,291
Office Consumables and Services
$263,121
Publications
$25,182
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$284,896
Fares
$284,896
Other Car Costs – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$248,218
Private-Plated Vehicle
$166,547
COMCAR
$79,226
Parking
$2,444
Travel Allowance – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$146,442
Travel Allowance
$146,442
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$41,678
Official Duties
$15,990
Electorate Duties
$15,193
Parliamentary Duties
$10,496
International Travel – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$37,406
Parliamentary Delegations
$37,406
Telecommunications – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$33,544
Telecommunications - Usage
$30,978
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,566
Family or Nominee Travel – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$7,760
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$7,760
What’s included in these figures
The total for Pauline Hanson is the sum of all expenses charged to Pauline Hanson’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?
Pauline Hanson’s four-quarter total of $718,295 (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 $178,690, against an average of $179,574 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. Pauline Hanson’s total of $718,295 is $70,589 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 82nd 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.” Pauline Hanson’s largest category over the window was Employee Travel ($304,795).
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 Pauline Hanson this came to $2,680 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.
