Dean Smith’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $535,437
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Position: Shadow Assistant Minister to the Shadow Treasurer; Shadow Assistant Minister for the Cost of Living
Dean Smith is Shadow Assistant Minister to the Shadow Treasurer; Shadow Assistant Minister for the Cost of Living. Dean Smith claimed $535,437 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 173rd of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $165,045. Largest categories: Scheduled Commercial Transport ($162,432); Office Facilities ($107,796); Employee Travel ($86,994). 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: Shadow assistant minister
5
$535,437
in line with this group's median of $535,437
State: WA
12
$602,465
$67,028 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.
Dean Smith's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$162,432
$43,715
$118,717 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$162,432
Office Facilities – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$107,796
$183,185
$75,389 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$107,796
Employee Travel – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$86,994
$114,932
$27,938 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$86,994
Office Administration – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$67,627
$221,473
$153,846 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$55,253
Office Consumables and Services
$8,914
Publications
$3,460
Travel Allowance – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$43,479
$31,310
$12,169 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$43,479
Other Car Costs – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$41,126
$27,108
$14,018 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$26,795
COMCAR
$14,332
International Travel – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$20,115
$0
$20,115 above the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
$20,115
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$4,047
$378
$3,669 above the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$2,851
Electorate Duties
$1,196
Telecommunications – Dean Smith, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,820
$2,701
$881 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,820
Total across all periods: $4,214,361 (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 – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,022,063
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,022,063
Office Administration – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$862,456
Printing and Communications
$735,887
Office Consumables and Services
$94,280
Publications
$28,284
Telephonic Services
$4,005
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$785,366
Fares
$785,366
Employee Travel – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$776,082
Domestic Travel
$776,082
Other Car Costs – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$326,067
Private-Plated Vehicle
$242,329
COMCAR
$83,715
Parking
$23
Travel Allowance – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$315,501
Travel Allowance
$315,501
International Travel – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$50,485
Parliamentary Delegations
$50,415
Representing a Minister
$70
Telecommunications – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$37,320
Telecommunications - Usage
$34,670
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$2,650
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$35,014
Electorate Duties
$22,977
Parliamentary Duties
$11,066
Electorate
$971
Family or Nominee Travel – Dean Smith, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$4,007
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$4,007
What’s included in these figures
The total for Dean Smith is the sum of all expenses charged to Dean Smith’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?
Dean Smith’s four-quarter total of $535,437 (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 $165,045, against an average of $133,859 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. Dean Smith’s total of $535,437 is $112,269 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 173rd 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.” Dean Smith’s largest category over the window was Scheduled Commercial Transport ($162,432).
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 Dean Smith 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.
