Position: Assistant Minister for Social Services; Assistant Minister for Prevention of Family Violence
Ged Kearney is Assistant Minister for Social Services; Assistant Minister for Prevention of Family Violence. Ged Kearney claimed $817,129 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 54th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $151,600. Largest categories: Office Administration ($264,597); Office Facilities ($208,445); Employee Travel ($207,643). 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.
Ged Kearney's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Administration – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$264,597
$221,473
$43,124 above the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$235,301
Office Consumables and Services
$28,711
Publications
$586
Office Facilities – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$208,445
$183,185
$25,260 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$208,445
Employee Travel – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$207,643
$114,932
$92,711 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$207,643
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$53,104
$43,715
$9,389 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$53,104
Other Car Costs – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$47,036
$27,108
$19,928 above the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$32,297
Private-Plated Vehicle
$12,758
Private Vehicle Allowance
$1,980
Travel Allowance – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$29,163
$31,310
$2,147 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$29,163
Family or Nominee Travel – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$5,077
$3,367
$1,710 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$4,638
COMCAR
$439
Telecommunications – Ged Kearney, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,064
$2,701
$637 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,555
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$509
Total across all periods: $5,143,767 (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 Administration – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,972,338
Printing and Communications
$1,736,404
Office Consumables and Services
$222,006
Telephonic Services
$9,800
Publications
$4,128
Office Facilities – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,495,439
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,495,439
Employee Travel – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$934,376
Domestic Travel
$911,900
International Travel
$22,476
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$236,152
Fares
$236,152
Other Car Costs – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$221,841
COMCAR
$171,493
Private-Plated Vehicle
$48,368
Private Vehicle Allowance
$1,980
Travel Allowance – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$182,765
Travel Allowance
$182,765
Telecommunications – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$44,426
Telecommunications - Usage
$40,028
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$4,399
Family or Nominee Travel – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$23,879
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$21,915
COMCAR
$1,716
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$248
International Travel – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$23,459
Ministerial Visits
$23,459
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Ged Kearney, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$9,091
Parliamentary Duties
$9,091
What’s included in these figures
The total for Ged Kearney is the sum of all expenses charged to Ged Kearney’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?
Ged Kearney’s four-quarter total of $817,129 (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 $151,600, against an average of $204,282 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. Ged Kearney’s total of $817,129 is $169,423 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 54th 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.” Ged Kearney’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($264,597).
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 Ged Kearney this came to $5,077 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.
