Sarah Hanson-Young’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $583,065
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Manager of Australian Greens Business in the Senate
Sarah Hanson-Young is Manager of Australian Greens Business in the Senate. Sarah Hanson-Young claimed $583,065 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 171st of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $204,389. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($188,780); Office Administration ($128,110); Employee Travel ($126,173). 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
$27,602 below this group's median of $610,667
State: SA
12
$556,752
$26,313 above this group's median of $556,752
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.
Sarah Hanson-Young'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.
Office Facilities – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$188,780
$188,110
$670 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$188,780
Office Administration – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$128,110
$262,346
$134,236 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$98,403
Office Consumables and Services
$24,926
Publications
$4,396
Telephonic Services
$385
Employee Travel – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$126,173
$124,917
$1,256 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$126,173
Travel Allowance – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$54,228
$34,320
$19,908 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$54,228
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$54,215
$45,732
$8,483 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$54,215
Family or Nominee Travel – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$11,642
$1,839
$9,803 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$11,642
Other Car Costs – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$11,077
$28,254
$17,177 below the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$11,077
Telecommunications – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$5,161
$2,683
$2,478 above the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$4,266
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$895
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Sarah Hanson-Young, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$3,679
$340
$3,339 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$3,679
Total across all periods: $4,039,452 (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 – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,317,481
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,317,481
Office Administration – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$986,501
Printing and Communications
$789,199
Office Consumables and Services
$136,915
Publications
$38,587
Telephonic Services
$21,801
Employee Travel – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$728,969
Domestic Travel
$717,124
International Travel
$11,844
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$409,230
Fares
$409,230
Travel Allowance – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$368,135
Travel Allowance
$368,135
Family or Nominee Travel – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$92,325
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$92,325
Other Car Costs – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$56,447
COMCAR
$55,257
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$1,190
Telecommunications – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$46,298
Telecommunications - Usage
$37,103
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$9,195
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$24,666
Parliamentary Duties
$21,585
Official Duties
$1,925
Cancelled Transport
$1,064
Electorate Duties
$395
Electorate
-$303
International Travel – Sarah Hanson-Young, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$9,400
Official Visits
$9,400
What’s included in these figures
The total for Sarah Hanson-Young is the sum of all expenses charged to Sarah Hanson-Young’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?
Sarah Hanson-Young’s four-quarter total of $583,065 (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 $204,389, against an average of $145,766 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. Sarah Hanson-Young’s total of $583,065 is $121,446 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 171st 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.” Sarah Hanson-Young’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($188,780).
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 Sarah Hanson-Young this came to $11,642 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.
