Tim Watts’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $490,953
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Tim Watts claimed $490,953 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 189th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $129,073. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($182,384); Office Administration ($104,325); Employee Travel ($71,873). 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.
Tim Watts's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$182,384
$183,185
$801 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$182,384
Office Administration – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$104,325
$221,473
$117,148 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$78,068
Office Consumables and Services
$23,196
Publications
$3,060
Employee Travel – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$71,873
$114,932
$43,059 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$63,532
International Travel
$8,341
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$63,768
$43,715
$20,053 above the median of $43,715
Fares
$63,768
Other Car Costs – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$29,711
$27,108
$2,603 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$18,040
COMCAR
$11,671
Travel Allowance – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$27,089
$31,310
$4,221 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$27,089
International Travel – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
$8,993
$0
$8,993 above the median of $0
Representing Australia
$9,387
Ministerial Visits
-$395
Telecommunications – Tim Watts, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,810
$2,701
$109 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$1,537
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,273
Total across all periods: $4,783,099 (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 Administration – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$1,751,629
Printing and Communications
$1,504,709
Office Consumables and Services
$218,390
Publications
$25,263
Telephonic Services
$3,267
Office Facilities – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$1,101,909
Office Facilities - Not stated
$1,101,909
Employee Travel – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$717,166
Domestic Travel
$445,939
International Travel
$271,227
International Travel – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$436,518
Ministerial Visits
$413,018
Parliamentary Delegations
$14,112
Representing Australia
$9,387
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$343,338
Fares
$343,338
Other Car Costs – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$192,226
Private-Plated Vehicle
$111,988
COMCAR
$80,239
Travel Allowance – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$186,286
Travel Allowance
$186,286
Telecommunications – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$49,477
Telecommunications - Usage
$39,465
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$10,012
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Tim Watts, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$4,549
Parliamentary Duties
$4,549
What’s included in these figures
The total for Tim Watts is the sum of all expenses charged to Tim Watts’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?
Tim Watts’s four-quarter total of $490,953 (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 $129,073, against an average of $122,738 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. Tim Watts’s total of $490,953 is $156,753 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 189th 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.” Tim Watts’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($182,384).
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 Tim Watts 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.
