Fatima Payman’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $437,203
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Australia's Voice Whip
Fatima Payman is Australia's Voice Whip. Fatima Payman claimed $437,203 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 214th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $108,132. Largest categories: Employee Travel ($135,323); Office Facilities ($127,928); Office Administration ($54,375). 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: Whip
11
$456,921
$19,718 below this group's median of $456,921
State: WA
12
$641,649
$204,446 below this group's median of $641,649
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 latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Employee Travel – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$135,323
$124,917
$10,406 above the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$135,323
Office Facilities – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$127,928
$188,110
$60,182 below the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$127,928
Office Administration – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$54,375
$262,346
$207,971 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$33,780
Office Consumables and Services
$20,595
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$46,769
$45,732
$1,037 above the median of $45,732
Fares
$46,769
Other Car Costs – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$25,205
$28,254
$3,049 below the median of $28,254
Private-Plated Vehicle
$22,906
COMCAR
$2,298
Travel Allowance – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$21,336
$34,320
$12,984 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$21,336
Family or Nominee Travel – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$16,642
$1,839
$14,803 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$16,642
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$6,415
$340
$6,075 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$6,415
Telecommunications – Fatima Payman, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,211
$2,683
$528 above the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,180
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,031
Total across all periods: $2,356,523 (1 Jul 2022 – 30 Sep 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 Facilities – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$702,393
Office Facilities - Not stated
$702,393
Employee Travel – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$498,251
Domestic Travel
$498,251
Office Administration – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$390,823
Printing and Communications
$313,362
Office Consumables and Services
$72,233
Publications
$5,227
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$295,275
Fares
$295,275
Travel Allowance – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$145,151
Travel Allowance
$143,193
Cancelled Accommodation
$1,958
Family or Nominee Travel – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$136,432
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$135,243
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$880
COMCAR
$309
Other Car Costs – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$131,746
Private-Plated Vehicle
$90,765
COMCAR
$40,981
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$31,544
Parliamentary Duties
$29,891
Electorate Duties
$1,409
Cancelled Transport
$245
Telecommunications – Fatima Payman, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$14,685
Telecommunications - Usage
$7,870
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$6,815
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 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?
Fatima Payman’s four-quarter total of $437,203 (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 $108,132, against an average of $109,301 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. Fatima Payman’s total of $437,203 is $267,308 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 214th 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.” Fatima Payman’s largest category over the window was Employee Travel ($135,323).
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 $16,642 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.
