Window · Apr-Jun 2017 – Jan-Mar 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.
$1,231,038,040
Total work expenditure · Since Q2 2017 · Apr-Jun 2017 – Jan-Mar 2026
Parliamentarians
437
Avg / parliamentarian
$2,817,021
Quarters
36
By chamber
- House · 299$896,300,74672.8% of total
- Senate · 138$334,737,29427.2% of total
By party (top 6)
- Australian Labor Party · 184$520,593,45542.3% of total
- Liberal Party of Australia · 151$468,055,25438.0% of total
- National Party of Australia · 33$116,663,3359.5% of total
- Independent · 37$69,105,7315.6% of total
- Australian Greens · 23$46,342,1003.8% of total
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 5$10,225,0070.8% of total
By state / territory
- NSW · 106$350,448,92028.5% of total
- VIC · 94$263,515,82121.4% of total
- QLD · 81$235,170,68719.1% of total
- WA · 52$161,121,40013.1% of total
- SA · 45$108,041,3738.8% of total
- TAS · 31$62,572,4915.1% of total
- NT · 9$24,851,0972.0% of total
- ACT · 7$16,009,3541.3% of total
- — · 10$7,894,2880.6% of total
- SU · 2$1,412,6090.1% of total
Highest expenditure · since q2 2017
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Qtrs | Expenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | 36/36 | $20,196,560 |
| 2 | Scott Morrison | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 37/36 | $15,167,616 |
| 3 | Bill Shorten | Australian Labor Party | VIC | 36/36 | $13,924,226 |
| 4 | Peter Dutton | Liberal Party of Australia | QLD | 36/36 | $13,628,124 |
| 5 | David Littleproud | National Party of Australia | QLD | 36/36 | $11,724,383 |
| 6 | Sussan Ley | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 37/36 | $9,916,552 |
| 7 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | 36/36 | $9,518,920 |
| 8 | Paul Fletcher | Liberal Party of Australia | NSW | 36/36 | $9,444,125 |
| 9 | Melissa Price | Liberal Party of Australia | WA | 38/36 | $9,357,565 |
| 10 | Michael McCormack | National Party of Australia | NSW | 37/36 | $9,000,350 |
Cumulative IPEA-reported expenditure across Apr-Jun 2017 – Jan-Mar 2026. Higher figures typically reflect ministerial responsibilities, electorate size, or travel demands. The Qtrs column shows how many quarters in the window the parliamentarian was on the public record — a lower number can indicate retirement, replacement, or a by-election.