Barnaby Joyce’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $913,113
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Barnaby Joyce claimed $913,113 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 48th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $231,732. Largest categories: Office Administration ($262,481); Office Facilities ($241,985); Employee Travel ($232,627). 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.
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.
Barnaby Joyce'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 Administration – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$262,481
$262,346
$135 above the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$182,800
Office Consumables and Services
$74,293
Publications
$5,388
Office Facilities – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$241,985
$188,110
$53,875 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$241,985
Employee Travel – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$232,627
$124,917
$107,710 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$232,627
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$63,099
$45,732
$17,367 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$63,099
Other Car Costs – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$62,501
$28,254
$34,247 above the median of $28,254
Private-Plated Vehicle
$52,801
COMCAR
$9,627
Parking
$73
Travel Allowance – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$27,691
$34,320
$6,629 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$27,691
Family or Nominee Travel – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$14,145
$1,839
$12,306 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$14,145
Telecommunications – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$5,778
$2,683
$3,095 above the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$3,888
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,890
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Barnaby Joyce, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$2,807
$340
$2,467 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$2,807
Total across all periods: $7,011,782 (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 Administration – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$2,188,848
Printing and Communications
$1,657,752
Office Consumables and Services
$434,522
Publications
$57,612
Specified Public Resources
$26,700
Telephonic Services
$12,261
Office Facilities – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,705,124
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,705,124
Employee Travel – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,633,015
Domestic Travel
$1,590,266
International Travel
$42,749
Other Car Costs – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$465,235
Private-Plated Vehicle
$375,766
COMCAR
$88,945
Parking
$523
Travel Allowance – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$350,102
Travel Allowance
$350,102
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$277,302
Fares
$277,302
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$163,586
Parliamentary Duties
$93,157
Official Duties
$68,338
Electorate Duties
$2,091
International Travel – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$87,244
Ministerial Visits
$87,244
Telecommunications – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$86,369
Telecommunications - Usage
$72,629
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$13,740
Family or Nominee Travel – Barnaby Joyce, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$54,958
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$54,830
COMCAR
$127
What’s included in these figures
The total for Barnaby Joyce is the sum of all expenses charged to Barnaby Joyce’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?
Barnaby Joyce’s four-quarter total of $913,113 (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 $231,732, against an average of $228,278 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. Barnaby Joyce’s total of $913,113 is $208,602 above the median of $704,511, which ranks 48th 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.” Barnaby Joyce’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($262,481).
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 Barnaby Joyce this came to $14,145 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.