Terry Young’s parliamentary expenses 2025–26: $560,718
(1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026)
Position: Second Deputy Speaker
Terry Young is Second Deputy Speaker. Terry Young claimed $560,718 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 158th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $141,148. Largest categories: Office Administration ($310,104); Office Facilities ($145,274); Employee Travel ($40,466). 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.
Terry Young's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Administration – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$310,104
$221,473
$88,631 above the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$275,809
Office Consumables and Services
$33,327
Publications
$968
Office Facilities – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$145,274
$183,185
$37,911 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$145,274
Employee Travel – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$40,466
$114,932
$74,466 below the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$40,466
Other Car Costs – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$24,392
$27,108
$2,716 below the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$20,911
Parking
$2,017
COMCAR
$1,463
Travel Allowance – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$17,022
$31,310
$14,288 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$17,022
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$16,641
$43,715
$27,074 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$16,641
Family or Nominee Travel – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$4,119
$3,367
$752 above the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$3,693
COMCAR
$305
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$121
Telecommunications – Terry Young, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$2,699
$2,701
$2 below the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$1,773
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$926
Total across all periods: $3,529,954 (1 Apr 2019 – 30 Jun 2026, 29 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 – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$2,030,329
Printing and Communications
$1,766,499
Office Consumables and Services
$259,111
Publications
$3,518
Telephonic Services
$1,200
Office Facilities – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$904,837
Office Facilities - Not stated
$904,837
Employee Travel – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$166,434
Domestic Travel
$166,434
Other Car Costs – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$162,744
Private-Plated Vehicle
$139,306
Parking
$12,026
COMCAR
$11,412
Travel Allowance – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$120,286
Travel Allowance
$119,728
Cancelled Accommodation
$558
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$85,023
Fares
$85,023
Telecommunications – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$38,760
Telecommunications - Usage
$32,686
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$6,074
Family or Nominee Travel – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$12,673
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$11,126
COMCAR
$1,426
Cabcharge / Other Car Costs
$121
International Travel – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$8,597
Parliamentary Delegations
$8,597
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Terry Young, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$272
Parliamentary Duties
$166
Electorate Duties
$106
What’s included in these figures
The total for Terry Young is the sum of all expenses charged to Terry Young’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?
Terry Young’s four-quarter total of $560,718 (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 $141,148, against an average of $140,179 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. Terry Young’s total of $560,718 is $86,988 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 158th 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.” Terry Young’s largest category over the window was Office Administration ($310,104).
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 Terry Young this came to $4,119 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.
