Window · Jan-Mar 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.

$40,611,458

Total work expenditure · Latest quarter · Jan-Mar 2026

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Time range

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

1 quarter

Parliamentarians

257

Avg / parliamentarian

$158,021

Quarters

By chamber

House · 172$29,328,125
72.2% of total
Senate · 85$11,283,333
27.8% of total

By party (top 6)

Australian Labor Party · 133$24,241,642
59.7% of total
Liberal Party of Australia · 68$8,532,171
21.0% of total
National Party of Australia · 19$2,982,241
7.3% of total
Independent · 21$2,658,738
6.5% of total
Australian Greens · 11$1,439,916
3.5% of total
Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 5$756,751
1.9% of total

By state / territory

NSW · 67$12,045,162
29.7% of total
VIC · 56$7,911,515
19.5% of total
QLD · 45$7,754,576
19.1% of total
WA · 31$5,575,159
13.7% of total
SA · 25$3,717,657
9.2% of total
TAS · 19$1,867,005
4.6% of total
NT · 4$915,818
2.3% of total
ACT · 5$607,496
1.5% of total
— · 5$217,070
0.5% of total

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#	Name	Party	State	Expenses
1	Anthony Albanese	Australian Labor Party	NSW	$924,716
2	Madeleine King	Australian Labor Party	WA	$511,557
3	Penny Wong	Australian Labor Party	SA	$508,059
4	Richard Marles	Australian Labor Party	VIC	$502,303
5	Tony Burke	Australian Labor Party	NSW	$498,404
6	Don Farrell	Australian Labor Party	SA	$453,752
7	Chris Bowen	Australian Labor Party	NSW	$449,941
8	Sussan Ley	Liberal Party of Australia	NSW	$449,501
9	Tanya Plibersek	Australian Labor Party	NSW	$397,694
10	Michelle Rowland	Australian Labor Party	NSW	$395,241

Cumulative IPEA-reported expenditure across Jan-Mar 2026. Higher figures typically reflect ministerial responsibilities, electorate size, or travel demands.