# Political Gadgets
> Free nonpartisan tools for Australian political transparency. This site provides
> data and analysis on federal MPs’ voting records, expense claims, political donations,
> parliamentary attendance, government tenders, Hansard speech analysis, and real-time
> political social media pulse tracking on Bluesky and Mastodon.

## What this site covers

- **Voting records**: How every federal MP and Senator has voted on legislation
  in the Australian Parliament.
- **Expense claims**: Itemised expense reports for all federal politicians,
  sourced from the Finance Department.
- **Political donations**: AEC disclosure records of donations to Australian
  political parties and candidates.
- **Parliamentary attendance**: How often MPs attend and vote in parliament.
- **Government tenders**: Federal government contract awards and outsourcing
  expenditure (AusTender data).
- **Hansard analysis**: Word frequency and topic analysis of what politicians
  say in parliament.
- **Political advertising**: Spend by political parties on Google and Facebook
  advertising.
- **ASX director networks**: Connections between ASX-listed companies via
  shared board members.
- **Social media pulse**: Real-time tracking of political discussion on Bluesky
  and Mastodon (#auspol), updated several times daily.

## Data sources

All data is sourced from Australian government open data: the Australian
Parliament, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), the Department of
Finance, and AusTender.

## Tools and pages

- Homepage: https://politicalgadgets.com
- Voting records: https://politicalgadgets.com/HowPolsVote/
- Expenses: https://politicalgadgets.com/WhatPolliesSpend/
- Donations: https://politicalgadgets.com/PoliticalDonations/
- Parliamentary summary: https://politicalgadgets.com/Summary/
- Government business/tenders: https://politicalgadgets.com/GovtBusiness/
- What politicians said: https://politicalgadgets.com/WhatPolsSaid/
- Downloadable databases: https://politicalgadgets.com/databases
- Bluesky political pulse: https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/bs_pulse/
- Mastodon political pulse: https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/mast_pulse/

## Tool Index

> The complete index of all interactive transparency tools on this site.

- [Interactive Databases](https://politicalgadgets.com/databases/): Hub page listing all available tools covering politician voting records, expenses, declared interests, political donations, government tenders, lobbying, corporate tax, FOI, and NSW ministerial diaries.

## Usage

All tools are free with no registration required. Data is updated regularly
from official sources.

## About

Political Gadgets is a nonpartisan project. It does not advocate for any party
or political position. The goal is to make publicly available government data
more accessible to ordinary Australian citizens.