Deborah O'Neill’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $645,529
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Deborah O'Neill claimed $645,529 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 141st of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $195,532. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($156,833); Employee Travel ($127,716); International Travel ($99,879). 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 226 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)
30
$550,880
$94,649 above this group's median of $550,880
State: NSW
12
$629,889
$15,640 above this group's median of $629,889
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 latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$156,833
$188,110
$31,277 below the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$156,833
Employee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$127,716
$124,917
$2,799 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$127,716
International Travel – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$99,879
$0
$99,879 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$99,879
Office Administration – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$78,659
$262,346
$183,687 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$54,971
Office Consumables and Services
$16,962
Publications
$6,726
Travel Allowance – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$66,431
$34,320
$32,111 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$66,431
Other Car Costs – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$43,480
$28,254
$15,226 above the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$25,134
Private-Plated Vehicle
$17,479
Parking
$867
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$30,163
$340
$29,823 above the median of $340
Electorate Duties
$15,468
Parliamentary Duties
$14,695
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$28,493
$45,732
$17,239 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$28,493
Family or Nominee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$10,062
$1,839
$8,223 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$6,134
COMCAR
$3,928
Telecommunications – Deborah O'Neill, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,814
$2,683
$1,131 above the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,988
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,826
Total across all periods: $4,229,188 (1 Jan 2018 – 30 Sep 2026, 35 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
$1,372,012
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,372,012
Office Administration – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$903,851
Printing and Communications
$698,366
Office Consumables and Services
$164,201
Publications
$38,906
Telephonic Services
$2,377
Employee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$638,774
Domestic Travel
$638,774
Travel Allowance – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$428,780
Travel Allowance
$428,780
Other Car Costs – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$261,295
COMCAR
$175,239
Private-Plated Vehicle
$76,851
Private Vehicle Allowance
$5,698
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$1,774
Parking
$1,734
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$212,627
Fares
$212,627
International Travel – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$153,243
Parliamentary Delegations
$153,243
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$135,574
Parliamentary Duties
$92,932
Electorate Duties
$40,708
Official Duties
$1,478
Party Political Duties
$419
Electorate
$37
Telecommunications – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$62,896
Telecommunications - Usage
$46,407
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$16,488
Family or Nominee Travel – Deborah O'Neill, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$60,136
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$33,718
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 latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): 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 11 Nov 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 2026-11-12.
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 $645,529 (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) smooths out one-off quarters such as an election period or an overseas trip. The latest single quarter (Jul–Sep 2026) was $195,532, against an average of $161,382 a quarter across the window.
What is the median and how is it calculated?
The median is the middle four-quarter total when all 226 sitting parliamentarians are ranked: half claimed less than $704,511 and half more. Deborah O'Neill’s total of $645,529 is $58,982 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 141st of 226.
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 ($156,833).
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 $10,062 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.
