Joanne Ryan is Chief Government Whip. Joanne Ryan claimed $552,216 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 161st of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $181,749. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($187,500); Office Administration ($164,223); Employee Travel ($119,727). 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.
Joanne Ryan's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$187,500
$183,185
$4,315 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$187,500
Office Administration – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$164,223
$221,473
$57,250 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$134,063
Office Consumables and Services
$29,574
Publications
$586
Employee Travel – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$119,727
$114,932
$4,795 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$119,727
Other Car Costs – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$27,382
$27,108
$274 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$19,292
COMCAR
$8,090
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$26,652
$43,715
$17,063 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$26,652
Travel Allowance – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$24,086
$31,310
$7,224 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$24,086
Telecommunications – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,217
$2,701
$516 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,690
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,527
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$23
$378
$355 below the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$23
International Travel – Joanne Ryan, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
-$594
$0
$594 below the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
-$594
Total across all periods: $3,592,640 (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 – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,391,122
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,391,122
Office Administration – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,008,555
Printing and Communications
$830,284
Office Consumables and Services
$174,419
Publications
$3,852
Employee Travel – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$574,421
Domestic Travel
$574,421
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$170,950
Fares
$170,950
Other Car Costs – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$162,800
Private-Plated Vehicle
$102,698
COMCAR
$60,102
Travel Allowance – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$159,471
Travel Allowance
$159,471
International Travel – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$68,884
Parliamentary Delegations
$68,884
Telecommunications – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$56,285
Telecommunications - Usage
$42,199
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$14,086
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Joanne Ryan, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$152
Parliamentary Duties
$152
What’s included in these figures
The total for Joanne Ryan is the sum of all expenses charged to Joanne Ryan’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?
Joanne Ryan’s four-quarter total of $552,216 (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 $181,749, against an average of $138,054 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. Joanne Ryan’s total of $552,216 is $95,490 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 161st 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.” Joanne Ryan’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($187,500).
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 Joanne Ryan this came to $0 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.
