Dai Le’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $629,941
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Dai Le claimed $629,941 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 121st of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $124,957. Largest categories: Office Administration ($312,606); Office Facilities ($219,274); Employee Travel ($57,075). 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.
Dai Le's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Administration – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$312,606
$221,473
$91,133 above the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$299,311
Office Consumables and Services
$13,295
Office Facilities – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$219,274
$183,185
$36,089 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$219,274
Employee Travel – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$57,075
$114,932
$57,857 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$57,075
Travel Allowance – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$20,358
$31,310
$10,952 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$19,928
Cancelled Accommodation
$430
Other Car Costs – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$10,613
$27,108
$16,495 below the median of $27,108
Private Vehicle Allowance
$6,544
COMCAR
$4,069
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$7,050
$43,715
$36,665 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$7,050
International Travel – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$2,539
$0
$2,539 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$2,539
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$402
$378
$24 above the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$402
Telecommunications – Dai Le, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$23
$2,701
$2,678 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$23
Total across all periods: $2,347,764 (1 Apr 2022 – 30 Jun 2026, 17 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 – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,195,430
Printing and Communications
$1,128,000
Office Consumables and Services
$67,368
Telephonic Services
$44
Publications
$18
Office Facilities – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$783,921
Office Facilities - Not stated
$783,921
Employee Travel – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$217,875
Domestic Travel
$217,875
Travel Allowance – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$73,572
Travel Allowance
$73,142
Cancelled Accommodation
$430
Other Car Costs – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$31,591
Private Vehicle Allowance
$24,120
COMCAR
$7,471
International Travel – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$19,306
Parliamentary Delegations
$19,306
Telecommunications – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$15,021
Telecommunications - Usage
$15,021
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$8,527
Fares
$8,527
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$2,350
Parliamentary Duties
$2,156
Official Duties
$195
Family or Nominee Travel – Dai Le, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$170
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$170
What’s included in these figures
The total for Dai Le is the sum of all expenses charged to Dai Le’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?
Dai Le’s four-quarter total of $629,941 (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 $124,957, against an average of $157,485 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. Dai Le’s total of $629,941 is $17,765 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 121st 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.” Dai Le’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($312,606).
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 Dai Le 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.
