Bob Katter’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $1,260,888
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Bob Katter claimed $1,260,888 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 23rd of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $364,268. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($360,991); Employee Travel ($289,825); Office Administration ($282,512). 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.
Bob Katter's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$360,991
$183,185
$177,806 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$360,991
Employee Travel – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$289,825
$114,932
$174,893 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$289,825
Office Administration – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$282,512
$221,473
$61,039 above the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$176,775
Office Consumables and Services
$100,490
Publications
$5,248
Other Car Costs – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$118,771
$27,108
$91,663 above the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$101,512
Private-Plated Vehicle
$17,259
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$88,205
$378
$87,827 above the median of $378
Electorate Duties
$81,539
Parliamentary Duties
$6,666
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$72,547
$43,715
$28,832 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$72,547
Travel Allowance – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$29,800
$31,310
$1,510 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$29,800
Family or Nominee Travel – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$11,764
$3,367
$8,397 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$10,128
COMCAR
$1,635
Telecommunications – Bob Katter, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$6,473
$2,701
$3,772 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$4,489
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,984
Total across all periods: $8,437,408 (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 – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$2,395,803
Office Facilities - Not stated
$2,395,803
Office Administration – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,644,461
Printing and Communications
$1,081,837
Office Consumables and Services
$497,100
Publications
$44,822
Specified Public Resources
$20,702
Employee Travel – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,370,419
Domestic Travel
$1,370,419
Other Car Costs – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$1,099,837
COMCAR
$873,329
Private-Plated Vehicle
$226,215
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$292
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$968,005
Electorate Duties
$914,519
Parliamentary Duties
$38,527
Electorate
$9,538
Cancelled Transport
$5,422
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$516,673
Fares
$516,673
Travel Allowance – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$272,821
Travel Allowance
$272,821
Telecommunications – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$115,344
Telecommunications - Usage
$102,601
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$12,743
Family or Nominee Travel – Bob Katter, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$54,044
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$38,202
COMCAR
$15,820
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$23
What’s included in these figures
The total for Bob Katter is the sum of all expenses charged to Bob Katter’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?
Bob Katter’s four-quarter total of $1,260,888 (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 $364,268, against an average of $315,222 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. Bob Katter’s total of $1,260,888 is $613,182 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 23rd 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.” Bob Katter’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($360,991).
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 Bob Katter this came to $11,764 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.
