Melissa Price claimed $1,092,822 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 31st of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $321,765. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($347,248); Office Administration ($242,932); Employee Travel ($215,248). 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.
Clusters group the 150 House electorates by shared traits (front-bench position, seat area, state, urban/rural); 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. Source: Compare Electorates – browse by cluster.
Melissa Price's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$347,248
$183,185
$164,063 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$347,248
Office Administration – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$242,932
$221,473
$21,459 above the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$186,297
Office Consumables and Services
$55,745
Publications
$889
Employee Travel – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$215,248
$114,932
$100,316 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$215,248
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$135,191
$43,715
$91,476 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$135,191
Travel Allowance – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$48,327
$31,310
$17,017 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$48,327
Other Car Costs – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$37,739
$27,108
$10,631 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$24,645
COMCAR
$13,093
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$31,329
$378
$30,951 above the median of $378
Electorate Duties
$29,056
Parliamentary Duties
$2,273
Family or Nominee Travel – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$29,271
$3,367
$25,904 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$29,271
Telecommunications – Melissa Price, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$5,537
$2,701
$2,836 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$3,414
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,123
Total across all periods: $8,540,321 (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 – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$2,374,440
Office Facilities - Not stated
$2,374,440
Employee Travel – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$2,038,417
Domestic Travel
$1,981,664
International Travel
$56,753
Office Administration – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,865,203
Printing and Communications
$1,567,764
Office Consumables and Services
$259,434
Publications
$28,369
Telephonic Services
$9,636
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$864,583
Fares
$864,583
Travel Allowance – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$399,009
Travel Allowance
$399,009
Other Car Costs – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$364,679
Private-Plated Vehicle
$218,053
COMCAR
$146,517
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$109
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$271,021
Electorate Duties
$226,613
Official Duties
$32,519
Parliamentary Duties
$9,141
Electorate
$2,748
Family or Nominee Travel – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$182,343
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$181,799
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$544
International Travel – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$117,846
Ministerial Visits
$70,833
Parliamentary Delegations
$47,013
Telecommunications – Melissa Price, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$62,780
Telecommunications - Usage
$58,683
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$4,097
What’s included in these figures
The total for Melissa Price is the sum of all expenses charged to Melissa Price’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?
Melissa Price’s four-quarter total of $1,092,822 (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 $321,765, against an average of $273,205 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. Melissa Price’s total of $1,092,822 is $445,116 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 31st 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.” Melissa Price’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($347,248).
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 Melissa Price this came to $29,271 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.
