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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.

$458,853,511
Total cost to taxpayers · 2 years · Jul-Sep 2024 – Apr–Jun 2026
$298,902,292 expenses·$142,103,336 salary·$17,847,883 super
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Open the registerCompare parliamentariansIPEA source
Time range
Latest quarter6 months9 months12 months2 years3 years5 yearsSince Q2 2017
8 quarters
Parliamentarians
290
Avg salary + super
$551,556
Avg expenses
$1,030,698

By chamber (expenses)

  • House · 196$215,949,135
    72.2% of total
  • Senate · 94$82,953,157
    27.8% of total

By party · top 6 (expenses)

  • Australian Labor Party · 142$166,796,339
    55.8% of total
  • Liberal Party of Australia · 83$71,202,938
    23.8% of total
  • National Party of Australia · 23$23,315,015
    7.8% of total
  • Independent · 22$20,598,714
    6.9% of total
  • Australian Greens · 15$12,917,619
    4.3% of total
  • Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 5$4,071,668
    1.4% of total

By state / territory (expenses)

  • NSW · 74$88,932,721
    29.8% of total
  • VIC · 64$60,865,571
    20.4% of total
  • QLD · 54$56,366,230
    18.9% of total
  • WA · 33$36,326,383
    12.2% of total
  • SA · 26$29,009,522
    9.7% of total
  • TAS · 21$14,691,486
    4.9% of total
  • NT · 5$7,129,317
    2.4% of total
  • ACT · 6$4,087,763
    1.4% of total
  • — · 7$1,493,300
    0.5% of total

Highest taxpayer cost · 2 years

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#NamePartyStateQtrsSalary + superExpensesTotal
1Anthony AlbaneseAustralian Labor PartyNSW7/8$1,329,241$7,932,476$9,261,717
2Tony BurkeAustralian Labor PartyNSW7/8$916,362$3,519,273$4,435,635
3Penny WongAustralian Labor PartySA7/8$916,362$3,495,325$4,411,687
4Sussan LeyLiberal Party of AustraliaNSW7/8$803,447$3,431,129$4,234,577
5Richard MarlesAustralian Labor PartyVIC7/8$1,069,695$2,863,115$3,932,810
6Tanya PlibersekAustralian Labor PartyNSW7/8$916,362$2,948,875$3,865,236
7Don FarrellAustralian Labor PartySA7/8$916,362$2,940,829$3,857,191
8Peter DuttonLiberal Party of AustraliaQLD7/8$803,447$3,050,562$3,854,009
9Michelle RowlandAustralian Labor PartyNSW7/8$916,362$2,934,503$3,850,864
10Chris BowenAustralian Labor PartyNSW7/8$916,362$2,930,811$3,847,173

Reported expenses (IPEA) + modelled salary & super (Remuneration Tribunal) 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.