# OpenBench.au

> A neutral, public-interest aggregator of the quarterly work expenditure of every Australian federal parliamentarian, sourced from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA).

OpenBench.au is an independent, non-partisan archive. Figures are taken directly from IPEA quarterly releases; salary and superannuation are out of scope.

## Pages

- [Home](/): Overview of total expenditure, breakdowns by chamber, party, and state, plus the highest-expenditure parliamentarians.
- [Browse](/browse): Full register of parliamentarians with filters for party, state, and chamber, and selectable time ranges.
- [Compare](/compare): Side-by-side expenditure comparison for up to four parliamentarians.
- [About](/about): What OpenBench.au is and how it is maintained.
- [Methodology](/methodology): How figures are sourced and computed from IPEA data.

## Data

- [Full dataset summary](/llms-full.txt): Markdown dump of methodology plus the full parliamentarian register with latest-quarter expenditure, ranked.
- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable list of all public pages, including every parliamentarian profile (/mp/{slug}).
- [IPEA source](https://www.ipea.gov.au/reporting): Upstream quarterly expenditure releases.