Alex Hawke’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $590,847
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Alex Hawke claimed $590,847 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 145th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $164,405. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($212,091); Office Administration ($170,698); Employee Travel ($131,821). 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.
Alex Hawke's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Alex Hawke, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$212,091
$183,185
$28,906 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$212,091
Office Administration – Alex Hawke, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$170,698
$221,473
$50,775 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$129,192
Office Consumables and Services
$39,876
Publications
$1,630
Employee Travel – Alex Hawke, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$131,821
$114,932
$16,889 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$131,821
Travel Allowance – Alex Hawke, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$33,108
$31,310
$1,798 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$33,108
Other Car Costs – Alex Hawke, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$27,810
$27,108
$702 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$19,182
COMCAR
$8,628
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Alex Hawke, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$11,729
$43,715
$31,986 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$11,729
Telecommunications – Alex Hawke, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,590
$2,701
$889 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,830
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,760
Total across all periods: $6,663,182 (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 – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$2,860,508
Office Facilities - Not stated
$2,860,508
Office Administration – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,989,832
Printing and Communications
$1,727,746
Office Consumables and Services
$247,278
Publications
$14,808
Employee Travel – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,170,306
Domestic Travel
$1,140,446
International Travel
$29,859
Travel Allowance – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$241,458
Travel Allowance
$241,458
Other Car Costs – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$206,159
Private-Plated Vehicle
$136,092
COMCAR
$70,067
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$96,765
Fares
$96,765
Telecommunications – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$60,943
Telecommunications - Usage
$47,079
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$13,864
International Travel – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$36,705
Ministerial Visits
$36,705
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$283
Parliamentary Duties
$283
Family or Nominee Travel – Alex Hawke, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$223
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$129
COMCAR
$94
What’s included in these figures
The total for Alex Hawke is the sum of all expenses charged to Alex Hawke’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?
Alex Hawke’s four-quarter total of $590,847 (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 $164,405, against an average of $147,712 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. Alex Hawke’s total of $590,847 is $56,859 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 145th 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.” Alex Hawke’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($212,091).
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 Alex Hawke 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.
