Jane Hume’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $828,500
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Deputy Leader of the Opposition; Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations; Shadow Minister for Productivity and Deregulation
Jane Hume is Deputy Leader of the Opposition; Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations; Shadow Minister for Productivity and Deregulation. Jane Hume claimed $828,500 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 69th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $347,362. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($257,397); Employee Travel ($253,790); Office Administration ($145,024). 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: Opposition leadership
5
$736,902
$91,598 above this group's median of $736,902
State: VIC
12
$530,292
$298,208 above this group's median of $530,292
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.
Jane Hume'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 – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$257,397
$188,110
$69,287 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$257,397
Employee Travel – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$253,790
$124,917
$128,873 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$253,790
Office Administration – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$145,024
$262,346
$117,322 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$122,083
Office Consumables and Services
$20,305
Publications
$2,606
Telephonic Services
$30
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$83,649
$45,732
$37,917 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$83,649
Travel Allowance – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$48,692
$34,320
$14,372 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$48,692
Other Car Costs – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$37,182
$28,254
$8,928 above the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$21,607
Private-Plated Vehicle
$14,183
Parking
$1,392
Telecommunications – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,770
$2,683
$913 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,770
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jane Hume, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$996
$340
$656 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$881
Official Duties
$114
Total across all periods: $5,391,951 (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 – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,812,877
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,812,877
Employee Travel – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,565,788
Domestic Travel
$1,559,666
International Travel
$6,122
Office Administration – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$929,078
Printing and Communications
$765,388
Office Consumables and Services
$132,782
Publications
$16,747
Telephonic Services
$14,160
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$442,669
Fares
$442,669
Travel Allowance – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$283,127
Travel Allowance
$283,127
Other Car Costs – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$276,959
COMCAR
$157,398
Private-Plated Vehicle
$114,652
Parking
$4,909
Telecommunications – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$57,643
Telecommunications - Usage
$45,221
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$12,421
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$11,193
Parliamentary Duties
$10,789
Official Duties
$404
International Travel – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$9,153
Ministerial Visits
$9,153
Family or Nominee Travel – Jane Hume, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$3,463
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$3,463
What’s included in these figures
The total for Jane Hume is the sum of all expenses charged to Jane Hume’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?
Jane Hume’s four-quarter total of $828,500 (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 $347,362, against an average of $207,125 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. Jane Hume’s total of $828,500 is $123,989 above the median of $704,511, which ranks 69th 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.” Jane Hume’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($257,397).
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 Jane Hume 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.
