Window · Jul-Sep 2023 – 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.
$717,688,881
Total cost to taxpayers · 3 years · Jul-Sep 2023 – Apr–Jun 2026
$469,039,399 expenses·$220,908,798 salary·$27,740,684 super
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Parliamentarians
314
Avg salary + super
$791,877
Avg expenses
$1,493,756
By chamber (expenses)
- House · 214$341,197,25772.7% of total
- Senate · 100$127,842,14327.3% of total
By party · top 6 (expenses)
- Australian Labor Party · 145$256,376,22654.7% of total
- Liberal Party of Australia · 100$115,897,11024.7% of total
- National Party of Australia · 25$36,787,9567.8% of total
- Independent · 24$33,258,9757.1% of total
- Australian Greens · 15$20,709,9954.4% of total
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 5$6,009,1361.3% of total
By state / territory (expenses)
- NSW · 84$139,344,14229.7% of total
- VIC · 67$96,713,84020.6% of total
- QLD · 58$88,289,93818.8% of total
- WA · 37$57,045,72212.2% of total
- SA · 28$45,049,7279.6% of total
- TAS · 22$23,418,1755.0% of total
- NT · 5$10,314,0962.2% of total
- ACT · 6$6,479,2821.4% of total
- — · 7$2,384,4770.5% of total
Highest taxpayer cost · 3 years
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Qtrs | Salary + super | Expenses | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 11/12 | $2,088,808 | $11,767,586 | $13,856,394 |
| 2 | Peter Dutton | Liberal Party of Australia | QLD | 11/12 | $1,360,787 | $5,869,873 | $7,230,660 |
| 3 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | 11/12 | $1,439,997 | $5,274,848 | $6,714,845 |
| 4 | Tony Burke | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 11/12 | $1,439,997 | $5,124,319 | $6,564,317 |
| 5 | Don Farrell | Australian Labor Party | SA | 11/12 | $1,439,997 | $4,661,843 | $6,101,840 |
| 6 | Sussan Ley | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 11/12 | $1,131,591 | $4,930,097 | $6,061,688 |
| 7 | Michelle Rowland | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 11/12 | $1,439,997 | $4,584,252 | $6,024,249 |
| 8 | Tanya Plibersek | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 11/12 | $1,439,997 | $4,557,802 | $5,997,799 |
| 9 | Madeleine King | Australian Labor Party | WA | 11/12 | $1,439,997 | $4,526,882 | $5,966,879 |
| 10 | Chris Bowen | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 11/12 | $1,439,997 | $4,465,763 | $5,905,760 |
Reported expenses (IPEA) + modelled salary & super (Remuneration Tribunal) over Jul-Sep 2023 – 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.