David Shoebridge’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $638,269
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: Leader of the Australian Greens
David Shoebridge is Leader of the Australian Greens. David Shoebridge claimed $638,269 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 144th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $161,712. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($302,042); Office Administration ($131,518); Employee Travel ($90,248). 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 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: Party leadership
4
$610,667
$27,602 above this group's median of $610,667
State: NSW
12
$629,889
$8,380 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.
David Shoebridge'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 – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$302,042
$188,110
$113,932 above the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$302,042
Office Administration – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$131,518
$262,346
$130,828 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$105,768
Office Consumables and Services
$25,750
Employee Travel – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$90,248
$124,917
$34,669 below the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$85,998
International Travel
$4,250
Travel Allowance – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$53,589
$34,320
$19,269 above the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$53,589
Scheduled Commercial Transport – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$29,403
$45,732
$16,329 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$29,403
Other Car Costs – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$19,000
$28,254
$9,254 below the median of $28,254
COMCAR
$12,175
Private Vehicle Allowance
$6,826
Family or Nominee Travel – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$4,688
$1,839
$2,849 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$4,548
COMCAR
$140
International Travel – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$4,250
$0
$4,250 above the median of $0
Official Visits
$4,250
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$2,264
$340
$1,924 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$2,103
Party Political Duties
$161
Telecommunications – David Shoebridge, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,267
$2,683
$1,416 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,267
Total across all periods: $2,530,626 (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 – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,259,797
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,259,797
Office Administration – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$502,056
Printing and Communications
$396,485
Office Consumables and Services
$95,756
Telephonic Services
$8,674
Publications
$1,142
Employee Travel – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$342,690
Domestic Travel
$334,299
International Travel
$8,392
Travel Allowance – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$178,915
Travel Allowance
$178,731
Cancelled Accommodation
$184
Scheduled Commercial Transport – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$105,177
Fares
$105,177
Other Car Costs – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$79,942
COMCAR
$56,350
Private Vehicle Allowance
$23,513
Parking
$79
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$23,908
Parliamentary Duties
$12,915
Electorate Duties
$10,208
Party Political Duties
$766
Official Duties
$18
International Travel – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$14,733
Official Visits
$14,075
Parliamentary Delegations
$658
Telecommunications – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$12,238
Telecommunications - Usage
$12,238
Family or Nominee Travel – David Shoebridge, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$11,171
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$10,965
COMCAR
$205
What’s included in these figures
The total for David Shoebridge is the sum of all expenses charged to David Shoebridge’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?
David Shoebridge’s four-quarter total of $638,269 (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 $161,712, against an average of $159,567 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. David Shoebridge’s total of $638,269 is $66,242 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 144th 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.” David Shoebridge’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($302,042).
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 David Shoebridge this came to $4,688 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.
