Window · Jul-Sep 2023 – Apr–Jun 2026

The cost of representation, on the public record.

Name: Australian federal parliamentary work expenditure
Creator: OpenBench.au
License: https://www.ipea.gov.au/

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.

$519,214,802

Reported work expenses · IPEA · 3 years · Jul-Sep 2023 – Apr–Jun 2026

▲ 33%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023▲ 5.2%vs Jul-Sep 2022 – Apr-Jun 2025≈ $18.81 per Australian over this period

Modelled salary & super would add $273,437,942 — .

Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.

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Time range

Latest quarter 6 months 9 months 12 months 2 years 3 years 5 years Since Q2 2017

= 12 quartersInclude modelled salary & superestimate

Parliamentarians

315

Median expenses

$1,556,056

Avg expenses

$1,648,301

By chamber (expenses)

House · 215$376,571,246
72.5% of total▲ 30%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
Senate · 100$142,643,556
27.5% of total▲ 42%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023

By party · top 6 (expenses)

Australian Labor Party · 145$285,502,755
55.0% of total▲ 72%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
Liberal Party of Australia · 100$126,852,194
24.4% of total▼ 14%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
National Party of Australia · 25$40,698,273
7.8% of total▲ 15%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
Independent · 24$36,660,662
7.1% of total▲ 60%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
Australian Greens · 15$22,608,828
4.4% of total▲ 66%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 6$6,892,090
1.3% of total▲ 33%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023

By state / territory (expenses)

NSW · 85$152,808,245
29.4% of total▲ 29%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
VIC · 67$106,968,426
20.6% of total▲ 32%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
QLD · 58$98,055,326
18.9% of total▲ 32%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
WA · 37$63,885,282
12.3% of total▲ 32%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
SA · 28$49,977,668
9.6% of total▲ 47%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
TAS · 22$26,178,405
5.0% of total▲ 36%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
NT · 5$11,599,372
2.2% of total▲ 71%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
ACT · 6$7,107,688
1.4% of total▲ 20%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023
— · 7$2,634,391
0.5% of total▲ 6.4%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2023

Highest work expenses · 3 years

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#	Name	Party	State	Qtrs	Expenses
1	Anthony Albanese	Australian Labor Party	NSW	12/12	$12,733,874
2	Peter Dutton	Liberal Party of Australia	QLD	12/12	$5,873,878
3	Penny Wong	Australian Labor Party	SA	12/12	$5,758,017
4	Tony Burke	Australian Labor Party	NSW	12/12	$5,494,693
5	Don Farrell	Australian Labor Party	SA	12/12	$5,328,911
6	Madeleine King	Australian Labor Party	WA	12/12	$5,035,965
7	Sussan Ley	Liberal Party of Australia	NSW	12/12	$5,027,527
8	Michelle Rowland	Australian Labor Party	NSW	12/12	$4,948,491
9	Tanya Plibersek	Australian Labor Party	NSW	12/12	$4,936,997
10	Chris Bowen	Australian Labor Party	NSW	12/12	$4,835,061

Work expenses as reported by IPEA 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.