Window · Jul-Sep 2025 – Apr–Jun 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.
$174,632,073
Reported work expenses · IPEA · 12 months · Jul-Sep 2025 – Apr–Jun 2026
▲ 0.1%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025≈ $6.33 per Australian over this period
Modelled salary & super would add $95,929,704 — .
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Parliamentarians
283
Median expenses
$596,544
Avg expenses
$617,074
By chamber (expenses)
- House · 192$123,992,04771.0% of total▼ 2.6%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- Senate · 91$50,640,02629.0% of total▲ 7.5%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
By party · top 6 (expenses)
- Australian Labor Party · 140$102,907,33058.9% of total▲ 11%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- Liberal Party of Australia · 79$37,133,65521.3% of total▼ 18%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- National Party of Australia · 22$13,449,9087.7% of total▼ 2.4%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- Independent · 22$11,565,1856.6% of total▼ 7.0%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- Australian Greens · 14$6,620,3293.8% of total▼ 19%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 6$2,955,6651.7% of total▲ 48%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
By state / territory (expenses)
- NSW · 73$49,659,76728.4% of total▼ 5.8%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- VIC · 61$34,777,99719.9% of total▼ 4.3%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- QLD · 53$33,759,67719.3% of total▲ 4.3%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- WA · 33$22,974,51813.2% of total▲ 14%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- SA · 26$17,048,9449.8% of total▲ 0.9%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- TAS · 21$9,024,7405.2% of total▲ 7.1%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- NT · 5$4,183,1462.4% of total▼ 1.1%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- ACT · 5$2,321,3621.3% of total▼ 3.1%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
- — · 6$881,9220.5% of total▲ 2.4%vs Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr-Jun 2025
Highest work expenses · 12 months
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Qtrs | Expenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 4/4 | $4,335,426 |
| 2 | Don Farrell | Australian Labor Party | SA | 4/4 | $2,048,707 |
| 3 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | 4/4 | $2,003,137 |
| 4 | Tony Burke | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 4/4 | $1,876,217 |
| 5 | Richard Marles | Australian Labor Party | VIC | 4/4 | $1,844,249 |
| 6 | Sussan Ley | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 4/4 | $1,821,689 |
| 7 | Madeleine King | Australian Labor Party | WA | 4/4 | $1,753,924 |
| 8 | Tanya Plibersek | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 4/4 | $1,595,361 |
| 9 | Jim Chalmers | Australian Labor Party | QLD | 4/4 | $1,584,396 |
| 10 | Anika Wells | Australian Labor Party | QLD | 4/4 | $1,574,327 |
Work expenses as reported by IPEA over Jul-Sep 2025 – Apr–Jun 2026. Excludes electorate-office staff (MOPS Act), office accommodation, and defined-benefit pension accruals for pre-2004 members. Qtrs = number of quarters in the window the parliamentarian was on the public record.