Window · Jul-Sep 2021 – 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.

$791,910,930

Reported work expenses · IPEA · 5 years · Jul-Sep 2021 – Apr–Jun 2026

▲ 7.6%vs Jul-Sep 2020 – Apr-Jun 2025≈ $28.69 per Australian over this period

Modelled salary & super would add $459,091,573 — .

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

= 20 quartersInclude modelled salary & superestimate

Parliamentarians

347

Median expenses

$2,226,140

Avg expenses

$2,282,164

By chamber (expenses)

House · 235$579,329,816
73.2% of total
Senate · 112$212,581,114
26.8% of total

By party · top 6 (expenses)

Australian Labor Party · 157$408,205,458
51.5% of total
Liberal Party of Australia · 117$222,311,323
28.1% of total
National Party of Australia · 26$64,414,023
8.1% of total
Independent · 25$53,844,380
6.8% of total
Australian Greens · 16$32,647,843
4.1% of total
Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 6$10,487,903
1.3% of total

By state / territory (expenses)

NSW · 88$234,905,083
29.7% of total
VIC · 77$163,481,816
20.6% of total
QLD · 63$149,944,040
18.9% of total
WA · 43$97,614,630
12.3% of total
SA · 32$74,233,525
9.4% of total
TAS · 23$39,398,386
5.0% of total
NT · 6$16,309,369
2.1% of total
ACT · 6$11,070,967
1.4% of total
— · 7$4,333,094
0.5% of total
SU · 2$620,021
0.1% of total

Highest work expenses · 5 years

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#	Name	Party	State	Qtrs	Expenses
1	Anthony Albanese	Australian Labor Party	NSW	20/20	$18,900,880
2	Peter Dutton	Liberal Party of Australia	QLD	20/20	$9,166,750
3	Penny Wong	Australian Labor Party	SA	20/20	$8,034,343
4	Tony Burke	Australian Labor Party	NSW	20/20	$7,480,142
5	David Littleproud	National Party of Australia	QLD	20/20	$7,391,483
6	Sussan Ley	Liberal Party of Australia	NSW	20/20	$7,342,465
7	Tanya Plibersek	Australian Labor Party	NSW	20/20	$7,264,636
8	Madeleine King	Australian Labor Party	WA	20/20	$7,141,540
9	Don Farrell	Australian Labor Party	SA	20/20	$7,097,768
10	Michelle Rowland	Australian Labor Party	NSW	20/20	$6,772,141

Work expenses as reported by IPEA 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.