Window · Jul-Sep 2021 – 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.
$1,176,038,640
Total cost to taxpayers · 5 years · Jul-Sep 2021 – Apr–Jun 2026
$741,735,527 expenses·$385,829,109 salary·$48,474,003 super
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Parliamentarians
346
Avg salary + super
$1,255,211
Avg expenses
$2,143,744
By chamber (expenses)
- House · 234$543,955,82773.3% of total
- Senate · 112$197,779,70026.7% of total
By party · top 6 (expenses)
- Australian Labor Party · 157$379,078,92951.1% of total
- Liberal Party of Australia · 117$211,356,24028.5% of total
- National Party of Australia · 26$60,503,7078.2% of total
- Independent · 25$50,442,6936.8% of total
- Australian Greens · 16$30,749,0114.1% of total
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 5$9,604,9481.3% of total
By state / territory (expenses)
- NSW · 87$221,440,98029.9% of total
- VIC · 77$153,227,23120.7% of total
- QLD · 63$140,178,65218.9% of total
- WA · 43$90,775,07012.2% of total
- SA · 32$69,305,5849.3% of total
- TAS · 23$36,638,1554.9% of total
- NT · 6$15,024,0932.0% of total
- ACT · 6$10,442,5611.4% of total
- — · 7$4,083,1800.6% of total
- SU · 2$620,0210.1% of total
Highest taxpayer cost · 5 years
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Qtrs | Salary + super | Expenses | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 19/20 | $3,456,271 | $17,934,592 | $21,390,863 |
| 2 | Peter Dutton | Liberal Party of Australia | QLD | 19/20 | $2,450,188 | $9,162,746 | $11,612,934 |
| 3 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | 19/20 | $2,340,649 | $7,551,174 | $9,891,823 |
| 4 | Tony Burke | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 19/20 | $2,340,649 | $7,109,768 | $9,450,417 |
| 5 | Sussan Ley | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 19/20 | $1,983,370 | $7,245,035 | $9,228,405 |
| 6 | Tanya Plibersek | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 19/20 | $2,340,649 | $6,885,440 | $9,226,089 |
| 7 | Madeleine King | Australian Labor Party | WA | 19/20 | $2,340,649 | $6,632,458 | $8,973,107 |
| 8 | David Littleproud | National Party of Australia | QLD | 19/20 | $1,754,174 | $7,110,508 | $8,864,682 |
| 9 | Don Farrell | Australian Labor Party | SA | 19/20 | $2,340,649 | $6,430,700 | $8,771,349 |
| 10 | Michelle Rowland | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 19/20 | $2,340,649 | $6,407,903 | $8,748,552 |
Reported expenses (IPEA) + modelled salary & super (Remuneration Tribunal) over Jul-Sep 2021 – 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.