Window · Jan-Mar 2026
The cost of representation, on the public record.
OpenBench.au aggregates the quarterly expenditure of every Australian federal parliamentarian into a single, source-linked register. Independent. Non-partisan. Drawn directly from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority.
$63,652,427
Total cost to taxpayers · Latest quarter · Jan-Mar 2026
$40,611,458 expenses·$20,469,714 salary·$2,571,256 super
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Parliamentarians
258
Avg salary + super
$89,306
Avg expenses
$157,409
By chamber (expenses)
- House · 173$29,328,12572.2% of total
- Senate · 85$11,283,33327.8% of total
By party · top 6 (expenses)
- Australian Labor Party · 134$24,241,64259.7% of total
- Liberal Party of Australia · 68$8,532,17121.0% of total
- National Party of Australia · 19$2,982,2417.3% of total
- Independent · 21$2,658,7386.5% of total
- Australian Greens · 11$1,439,9163.5% of total
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 5$756,7511.9% of total
By state / territory (expenses)
- NSW · 67$12,045,16229.7% of total
- VIC · 57$7,911,51519.5% of total
- QLD · 45$7,754,57619.1% of total
- WA · 31$5,575,15913.7% of total
- SA · 25$3,717,6579.2% of total
- TAS · 19$1,867,0054.6% of total
- NT · 4$915,8182.3% of total
- ACT · 5$607,4961.5% of total
- — · 5$217,0700.5% of total
Highest taxpayer cost · latest quarter
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Salary + super | Expenses | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | $189,892 | $924,716 | $1,114,608 |
| 2 | Richard Marles | Australian Labor Party | VIC | $152,814 | $502,303 | $655,116 |
| 3 | Madeleine King | Australian Labor Party | WA | $130,909 | $511,557 | $642,466 |
| 4 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | $130,909 | $508,059 | $638,968 |
| 5 | Tony Burke | Australian Labor Party | NSW | $130,909 | $498,404 | $629,313 |
| 6 | Sussan Ley | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | $139,335 | $449,501 | $588,836 |
| 7 | Don Farrell | Australian Labor Party | SA | $130,909 | $453,752 | $584,661 |
| 8 | Chris Bowen | Australian Labor Party | NSW | $130,909 | $449,941 | $580,850 |
| 9 | Tanya Plibersek | Australian Labor Party | NSW | $130,909 | $397,694 | $528,603 |
| 10 | Michelle Rowland | Australian Labor Party | NSW | $130,909 | $395,241 | $526,150 |
Reported expenses (IPEA) + modelled salary & super (Remuneration Tribunal) over Jan-Mar 2026. Excludes electorate-office staff (MOPS Act), office accommodation, and defined-benefit pension accruals for pre-2004 members.