Window · Jul-Sep 2024 – 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.
$349,077,695
Reported work expenses · IPEA · 2 years · Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr–Jun 2026
▲ 9.4%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024▲ 1.3%vs Jul-Sep 2023 – Apr-Jun 2025≈ $12.65 per Australian over this period
Modelled salary & super would add $184,739,679 — .
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Parliamentarians
291
Median expenses
$1,111,394
Avg expenses
$1,199,580
By chamber (expenses)
- House · 197$251,323,12472.0% of total▲ 6.7%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- Senate · 94$97,754,57128.0% of total▲ 17%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
By party · top 6 (expenses)
- Australian Labor Party · 142$195,922,86856.1% of total▲ 18%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- Liberal Party of Australia · 83$82,158,02123.5% of total▼ 4.4%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- National Party of Australia · 23$27,225,3327.8% of total▲ 7.0%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- Independent · 22$24,000,4016.9% of total▲ 1.1%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- Australian Greens · 15$14,816,4514.2% of total▲ 1.1%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 6$4,954,6221.4% of total▲ 39%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
By state / territory (expenses)
- NSW · 75$102,396,82329.3% of total▲ 8.9%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- VIC · 64$71,120,15720.4% of total▲ 6.0%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- QLD · 54$66,131,61718.9% of total▲ 9.1%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- WA · 33$43,165,94312.4% of total▲ 10%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- SA · 26$33,937,4639.7% of total▲ 12%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- TAS · 21$17,451,7175.0% of total▲ 9.2%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- NT · 5$8,414,5932.4% of total▲ 45%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- ACT · 6$4,716,1691.4% of total▲ 7.3%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
- — · 7$1,743,2130.5% of total▼ 4.0%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2024
Highest work expenses · 2 years
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Qtrs | Expenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 8/8 | $8,898,764 |
| 2 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | 8/8 | $3,978,493 |
| 3 | Tony Burke | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 8/8 | $3,889,647 |
| 4 | Don Farrell | Australian Labor Party | SA | 8/8 | $3,607,897 |
| 5 | Sussan Ley | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 8/8 | $3,528,560 |
| 6 | Richard Marles | Australian Labor Party | VIC | 8/8 | $3,397,811 |
| 7 | Tanya Plibersek | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 8/8 | $3,328,070 |
| 8 | Chris Bowen | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 8/8 | $3,300,109 |
| 9 | Michelle Rowland | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 8/8 | $3,298,741 |
| 10 | Jim Chalmers | Australian Labor Party | QLD | 8/8 | $3,222,881 |
Work expenses as reported by IPEA over Jul-Sep 2024 – 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.