Window · Jan-Mar 2026 – 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.

$90,786,860

Reported work expenses · IPEA · 6 months · Jan-Mar 2026 – Apr–Jun 2026

▲ 8.3%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025▲ 6.3%vs Jan-Mar 2025 – Apr-Jun 2025≈ $3.29 per Australian over this period

Modelled salary & super would add $47,829,430 — .

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

= 2 quartersInclude modelled salary & superestimate

Parliamentarians

280

Median expenses

$319,254

Avg expenses

$324,239

By chamber (expenses)

House · 191$64,702,114
71.3% of total▲ 9.1%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
Senate · 89$26,084,747
28.7% of total▲ 6.2%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025

By party · top 6 (expenses)

Australian Labor Party · 138$53,368,170
58.8% of total▲ 7.7%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
Liberal Party of Australia · 78$19,487,254
21.5% of total▲ 10%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
National Party of Australia · 22$6,892,558
7.6% of total▲ 5.1%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
Independent · 22$6,060,425
6.7% of total▲ 10%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
Australian Greens · 14$3,338,748
3.7% of total▲ 1.7%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 6$1,639,705
1.8% of total▲ 25%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025

By state / territory (expenses)

NSW · 72$25,509,264
28.1% of total▲ 5.6%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
VIC · 60$18,166,100
20.0% of total▲ 9.4%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
QLD · 53$17,519,964
19.3% of total▲ 7.9%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
WA · 33$12,414,720
13.7% of total▲ 18%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
SA · 26$8,645,598
9.5% of total▲ 2.9%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
TAS · 21$4,627,236
5.1% of total▲ 5.2%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
NT · 5$2,201,094
2.4% of total▲ 11%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
ACT · 5$1,235,902
1.4% of total▲ 14%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025
— · 5$466,983
0.5% of total▲ 13%vs Jul-Sep 2025 – Oct-Dec 2025

Highest work expenses · 6 months

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#	Name	Party	State	Qtrs	Expenses
1	Anthony Albanese	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2/2	$1,891,004
2	Don Farrell	Australian Labor Party	SA	2/2	$1,120,820
3	Richard Marles	Australian Labor Party	VIC	2/2	$1,036,999
4	Madeleine King	Australian Labor Party	WA	2/2	$1,020,640
5	Penny Wong	Australian Labor Party	SA	2/2	$991,228
6	Tony Burke	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2/2	$868,778
7	Chris Bowen	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2/2	$819,239
8	Jim Chalmers	Australian Labor Party	QLD	2/2	$794,128
9	Tim Ayres	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2/2	$794,092
10	Pat Conroy	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2/2	$776,918

Work expenses as reported by IPEA over Jan-Mar 2026 – 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.