Pauline Hanson’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $776,460
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Leader of One Nation
Pauline Hanson is Leader of One Nation. Pauline Hanson claimed $776,460 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 86th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $236,681. Largest categories: Employee Travel ($287,143); Office Facilities ($208,829); Office Administration ($122,528). 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.
Comparisons to similar groups
Cluster
Members
Cluster median (last 4 quarters)
This total vs the median
Position: Party leadership
4
$610,667
$165,793 above this group's median of $610,667
State: QLD
12
$798,757
$22,297 below this group's median of $798,757
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 latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Employee Travel – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$287,143
$124,917
$162,226 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$287,143
Office Facilities – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$208,829
$188,110
$20,719 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$208,829
Office Administration – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$122,528
$262,346
$139,818 below the median of $262,346
Office Consumables and Services
$64,566
Printing and Communications
$57,963
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$71,334
$45,732
$25,602 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$71,334
Other Car Costs – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$43,498
$28,254
$15,244 above the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$25,819
Private-Plated Vehicle
$17,405
Parking
$275
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$25,415
$340
$25,075 above the median of $340
Official Duties
$15,990
Parliamentary Duties
$9,425
Travel Allowance – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$16,092
$34,320
$18,228 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$16,092
Telecommunications – Pauline Hanson, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,619
$2,683
$1,064 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,619
Total across all periods: $4,993,227 (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.
Employee Travel – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,946,504
Domestic Travel
$1,946,504
Office Facilities – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,310,443
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,310,443
Office Administration – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$882,318
Printing and Communications
$586,380
Office Consumables and Services
$270,755
Publications
$25,182
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$309,974
Fares
$309,974
Other Car Costs – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$269,495
Private-Plated Vehicle
$177,175
COMCAR
$89,692
Parking
$2,628
Travel Allowance – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$153,095
Travel Allowance
$153,095
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$42,150
Official Duties
$15,990
Electorate Duties
$15,193
Parliamentary Duties
$10,968
International Travel – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$37,406
Parliamentary Delegations
$37,406
Telecommunications – Pauline Hanson, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$34,084
Telecommunications - Usage
$31,518
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 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?
Pauline Hanson’s four-quarter total of $776,460 (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 $236,681, against an average of $194,115 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. Pauline Hanson’s total of $776,460 is $71,949 above the median of $704,511, which ranks 86th 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.” Pauline Hanson’s largest category over the window was Employee Travel ($287,143).
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 $0 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.
