Larissa Waters is Leader of the Australian Greens. Larissa Waters claimed $1,361,292 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 17th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $366,199. Largest categories: Employee Travel ($771,133); Office Facilities ($276,906); Office Administration ($162,454). 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: Party leadership
4
$625,883
$735,409 above this group's median of $625,883
State: QLD
12
$726,812
$634,480 above this group's median of $726,812
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.
Larissa Waters's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Employee Travel – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$771,133
$114,932
$656,201 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$771,133
Office Facilities – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$276,906
$183,185
$93,721 above the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$276,906
Office Administration – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$162,454
$221,473
$59,019 below the median of $221,473
Additional Printing and Communications
$69,854
Printing and Communications
$54,738
Office Consumables and Services
$35,119
Telephonic Services
$2,000
Publications
$743
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$79,211
$43,715
$35,496 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$79,211
Travel Allowance – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$36,844
$31,310
$5,534 above the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$36,610
Cancelled Accommodation
$234
Other Car Costs – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$28,470
$27,108
$1,362 above the median of $27,108
COMCAR
$17,110
Private-Plated Vehicle
$11,287
Parking
$72
Telecommunications – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,250
$2,701
$549 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,733
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,516
Family or Nominee Travel – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$2,851
$3,367
$516 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$2,851
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Larissa Waters, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$172
$378
$206 below the median of $378
Parliamentary Duties
$97
Electorate Duties
$75
Total across all periods: $3,880,551 (1 Jan 2018 – 30 Jun 2026, 33 quarters)
Refunds and credits are netted off. Category names from earlier reporting formats are matched to their current names. Explore quarter by quarter.
Employee Travel – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$1,193,053
Domestic Travel
$1,193,053
Office Facilities – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,109,898
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,109,898
Office Administration – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$927,385
Printing and Communications
$654,127
Office Consumables and Services
$192,356
Additional Printing and Communications
$69,854
Telephonic Services
$7,885
Publications
$3,162
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$321,248
Fares
$321,248
Travel Allowance – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$183,091
Travel Allowance
$182,857
Cancelled Accommodation
$234
Other Car Costs – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$94,618
COMCAR
$67,452
Private-Plated Vehicle
$26,800
Parking
$366
Telecommunications – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$40,935
Telecommunications - Usage
$30,555
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$10,380
Family or Nominee Travel – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$6,001
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$6,001
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Larissa Waters, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$4,322
Electorate Duties
$2,695
Parliamentary Duties
$1,627
What’s included in these figures
The total for Larissa Waters is the sum of all expenses charged to Larissa Waters’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?
Larissa Waters’s four-quarter total of $1,361,292 (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 $366,199, against an average of $340,323 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. Larissa Waters’s total of $1,361,292 is $713,586 above the median of $647,706, which ranks 17th 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.” Larissa Waters’s largest category over the window was Employee Travel ($771,133).
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 Larissa Waters this came to $2,851 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.
