Deborah O'Neill claimed $566,381 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 155th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $137,542. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($152,560); Employee Travel ($117,673); International Travel ($78,560). 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: Backbencher (no front-bench or leadership role)
29
$496,431
$69,950 above this group's median of $496,431
State: NSW
12
$584,453
$18,072 below this group's median of $584,453
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.
Deborah O'Neill's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$152,560
$183,185
$30,625 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$152,560
Employee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$117,673
$114,932
$2,741 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$117,673
International Travel – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$78,560
$0
$78,560 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$78,560
Travel Allowance – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$59,251
$31,310
$27,941 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$59,251
Office Administration – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$48,514
$221,473
$172,959 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$20,912
Office Consumables and Services
$20,071
Publications
$7,531
Other Car Costs – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$42,103
$27,108
$14,995 above the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$23,994
Private-Plated Vehicle
$18,035
Parking
$75
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$29,982
$378
$29,604 above the median of $378
Electorate Duties
$15,468
Parliamentary Duties
$14,515
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$22,414
$43,715
$21,301 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$22,414
Family or Nominee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$10,940
$3,367
$7,573 above the median of $3,367
COMCAR
$5,567
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$5,373
Telecommunications – Deborah O'Neill, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$4,383
$2,701
$1,682 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$2,321
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,062
Total across all periods: $4,033,655 (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 – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,332,008
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,332,008
Office Administration – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$861,209
Printing and Communications
$664,356
Office Consumables and Services
$158,528
Publications
$35,948
Telephonic Services
$2,377
Employee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$597,896
Domestic Travel
$597,896
Travel Allowance – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$410,187
Travel Allowance
$410,187
Other Car Costs – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$247,627
COMCAR
$166,758
Private-Plated Vehicle
$72,525
Private Vehicle Allowance
$5,698
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$1,774
Parking
$872
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$201,485
Fares
$201,485
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$131,934
Parliamentary Duties
$89,292
Electorate Duties
$40,708
Official Duties
$1,478
Party Political Duties
$419
Electorate
$37
International Travel – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$131,084
Parliamentary Delegations
$131,084
Telecommunications – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$62,267
Telecommunications - Usage
$46,074
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$16,193
Family or Nominee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$57,958
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$31,540
COMCAR
$25,934
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$483
What’s included in these figures
The total for Deborah O'Neill is the sum of all expenses charged to Deborah O'Neill’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?
Deborah O'Neill’s four-quarter total of $566,381 (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 $137,542, against an average of $141,595 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. Deborah O'Neill’s total of $566,381 is $81,325 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 155th 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.” Deborah O'Neill’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($152,560).
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 Deborah O'Neill this came to $10,940 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.
