Position: Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care; Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate
Kerrynne Liddle is Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care; Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate. Kerrynne Liddle claimed $544,934 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 165th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $142,061. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($174,779); Employee Travel ($171,080); Scheduled Commercial Transport ($79,150). 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.
Comparisons to similar groups
Cluster
Members
Cluster median (last 4 quarters)
This total vs the median
Position: Shadow assistant minister
5
$535,437
$9,497 above this group's median of $535,437
State: SA
12
$512,142
$32,792 above this group's median of $512,142
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.
Kerrynne Liddle's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$174,779
$183,185
$8,406 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$174,779
Employee Travel – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$171,080
$114,932
$56,148 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$171,080
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$79,150
$43,715
$35,435 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$79,150
Travel Allowance – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$42,309
$31,310
$10,999 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$42,309
Office Administration – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$30,852
$221,473
$190,621 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$21,180
Office Consumables and Services
$9,671
Other Car Costs – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$17,472
$27,108
$9,636 below the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$17,469
Parking
$4
International Travel – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$15,135
$0
$15,135 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$15,135
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$6,968
$378
$6,590 above the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$6,787
Official Duties
$181
Party Political Duties
$0
Telecommunications – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$4,981
$2,701
$2,280 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$4,523
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$458
Family or Nominee Travel – Kerrynne Liddle, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$2,207
$3,367
$1,160 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$2,207
Total across all periods: $2,007,336 (1 Jul 2022 – 30 Jun 2026, 16 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 – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$594,641
Office Facilities - Not stated
$594,641
Employee Travel – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$503,083
Domestic Travel
$503,083
Office Administration – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$338,070
Printing and Communications
$268,611
Office Consumables and Services
$69,178
Publications
$280
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$293,567
Fares
$293,567
Travel Allowance – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$152,527
Travel Allowance
$152,527
Other Car Costs – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$53,517
COMCAR
$53,391
Parking
$126
Family or Nominee Travel – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$23,414
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$23,115
COMCAR
$279
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$20
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$17,337
Parliamentary Duties
$14,776
Electorate Duties
$1,698
Party Political Duties
$504
Official Duties
$360
Telecommunications – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$16,046
Telecommunications - Usage
$15,064
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$982
International Travel – Kerrynne Liddle, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$15,135
Parliamentary Delegations
$15,135
What’s included in these figures
The total for Kerrynne Liddle is the sum of all expenses charged to Kerrynne Liddle’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?
Kerrynne Liddle’s four-quarter total of $544,934 (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 $142,061, against an average of $136,233 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. Kerrynne Liddle’s total of $544,934 is $102,772 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 165th 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.” Kerrynne Liddle’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($174,779).
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 Kerrynne Liddle this came to $2,207 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.