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.
$195,597,914
Total cost to taxpayers · 12 months · Jul-Sep 2025 – Apr–Jun 2026
$124,456,671 expenses·$63,208,876 salary·$7,932,367 super
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Parliamentarians
281
Avg salary + super
$253,172
Avg expenses
$442,906
By chamber (expenses)
- House · 191$88,618,05871.2% of total
- Senate · 90$35,838,61328.8% of total
By party · top 6 (expenses)
- Australian Labor Party · 139$73,780,80159.3% of total
- Liberal Party of Australia · 79$26,178,57121.0% of total
- National Party of Australia · 22$9,539,5927.7% of total
- Independent · 22$8,163,4986.6% of total
- Australian Greens · 14$4,721,4973.8% of total
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 5$2,072,7111.7% of total
By state / territory (expenses)
- NSW · 72$36,195,66529.1% of total
- VIC · 61$24,523,41219.7% of total
- QLD · 53$23,994,29019.3% of total
- WA · 32$16,134,95713.0% of total
- SA · 26$12,121,0029.7% of total
- TAS · 21$6,264,5095.0% of total
- NT · 5$2,897,8712.3% of total
- ACT · 5$1,692,9561.4% of total
- — · 6$632,0090.5% of total
Highest taxpayer cost · 12 months
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Qtrs | Salary + super | Expenses | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 3/4 | $569,675 | $3,369,138 | $3,938,813 |
| 2 | Sussan Ley | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 3/4 | $418,005 | $1,724,259 | $2,142,264 |
| 3 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | 3/4 | $392,726 | $1,519,969 | $1,912,695 |
| 4 | Tony Burke | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 3/4 | $392,726 | $1,505,843 | $1,898,569 |
| 5 | Don Farrell | Australian Labor Party | SA | 3/4 | $392,726 | $1,381,639 | $1,774,366 |
| 6 | Richard Marles | Australian Labor Party | VIC | 3/4 | $458,441 | $1,309,553 | $1,767,994 |
| 7 | Madeleine King | Australian Labor Party | WA | 3/4 | $392,726 | $1,244,841 | $1,637,568 |
| 8 | Tanya Plibersek | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 3/4 | $392,726 | $1,216,165 | $1,608,892 |
| 9 | Anika Wells | Australian Labor Party | QLD | 3/4 | $392,726 | $1,204,338 | $1,597,065 |
| 10 | Jim Chalmers | Australian Labor Party | QLD | 3/4 | $428,122 | $1,162,074 | $1,590,196 |
Reported expenses (IPEA) + modelled salary & super (Remuneration Tribunal) 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.