Fatima Payman is Australia's Voice Whip. Fatima Payman claimed $516,749 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 182nd of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $114,074. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($139,319); Employee Travel ($120,065); Office Administration ($111,239). 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: Whip
10
$425,487
$91,262 above this group's median of $425,487
State: WA
12
$602,465
$85,716 below this group's median of $602,465
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.
Fatima Payman's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$139,319
$183,185
$43,866 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$139,319
Employee Travel – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$120,065
$114,932
$5,133 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$120,065
Office Administration – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$111,239
$221,473
$110,234 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$87,386
Office Consumables and Services
$22,932
Publications
$922
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$58,846
$43,715
$15,131 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$58,846
Family or Nominee Travel – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$27,913
$3,367
$24,546 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$27,913
Other Car Costs – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$24,407
$27,108
$2,701 below the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$22,078
COMCAR
$2,329
Travel Allowance – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$23,949
$31,310
$7,361 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$23,949
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$7,231
$378
$6,853 above the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$7,231
Telecommunications – Fatima Payman, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,780
$2,701
$1,079 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,474
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,307
Total across all periods: $2,248,391 (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 – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$672,109
Office Facilities - Not stated
$672,109
Employee Travel – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$456,160
Domestic Travel
$456,160
Office Administration – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$374,291
Printing and Communications
$306,394
Office Consumables and Services
$62,669
Publications
$5,227
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$291,588
Fares
$291,588
Travel Allowance – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$139,997
Travel Allowance
$138,039
Cancelled Accommodation
$1,958
Family or Nominee Travel – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$133,568
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$132,378
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$880
COMCAR
$309
Other Car Costs – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$125,149
Private-Plated Vehicle
$84,933
COMCAR
$40,215
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$31,225
Parliamentary Duties
$29,572
Electorate Duties
$1,409
Cancelled Transport
$245
Telecommunications – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$14,083
Telecommunications - Usage
$7,664
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$6,418
International Travel – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$10,223
Parliamentary Delegations
$8,140
Representing Australia
$2,083
What’s included in these figures
The total for Fatima Payman is the sum of all expenses charged to Fatima Payman’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?
Fatima Payman’s four-quarter total of $516,749 (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 $114,074, against an average of $129,187 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. Fatima Payman’s total of $516,749 is $130,957 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 182nd 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.” Fatima Payman’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($139,319).
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 Fatima Payman this came to $27,913 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.
