Window · Apr–Jun 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.
$50,175,403
Reported work expenses · IPEA · Latest quarter · Apr–Jun 2026
▲ 24%vs Jan-Mar 2026▲ 4.7%vs Apr-Jun 2025≈ $1.82 per Australian this quarter
Modelled salary & super would add $24,788,460 — .
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically hundreds of thousands to over $1M per office per year.
Parliamentarians
280
Median expenses
$176,674
Avg expenses
$179,198
By chamber (expenses)
- House · 191$35,373,98970.5% of total▲ 21%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- Senate · 89$14,801,41329.5% of total▲ 31%vs Jan-Mar 2026
By party · top 6 (expenses)
- Australian Labor Party · 138$29,126,52958.0% of total▲ 20%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- Liberal Party of Australia · 78$10,955,08421.8% of total▲ 28%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- National Party of Australia · 22$3,910,3177.8% of total▲ 31%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- Independent · 22$3,401,6876.8% of total▲ 28%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- Australian Greens · 14$1,898,8323.8% of total▲ 32%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation · 6$882,9541.8% of total▲ 17%vs Jan-Mar 2026
By state / territory (expenses)
- NSW · 72$13,464,10226.8% of total▲ 12%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- VIC · 60$10,254,58520.4% of total▲ 30%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- QLD · 53$9,765,38719.5% of total▲ 26%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- WA · 33$6,839,56013.6% of total▲ 23%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- SA · 26$4,927,9419.8% of total▲ 33%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- TAS · 21$2,760,2315.5% of total▲ 48%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- NT · 5$1,285,2762.6% of total▲ 40%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- ACT · 5$628,4061.3% of total▲ 3.4%vs Jan-Mar 2026
- — · 5$249,9140.5% of total▲ 15%vs Jan-Mar 2026
Highest work expenses · latest quarter
Full register →| # | Name | Party | State | Expenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party | NSW | $966,288 |
| 2 | Don Farrell | Australian Labor Party | SA | $667,068 |
| 3 | Richard Marles | Australian Labor Party | VIC | $534,696 |
| 4 | Madeleine King | Australian Labor Party | WA | $509,083 |
| 5 | Penny Wong | Australian Labor Party | SA | $483,169 |
| 6 | Tim Ayres | Australian Labor Party | NSW | $442,236 |
| 7 | Clare O'Neil | Australian Labor Party | VIC | $438,934 |
| 8 | Jim Chalmers | Australian Labor Party | QLD | $422,322 |
| 9 | Patrick Gorman | Australian Labor Party | WA | $419,367 |
| 10 | Marion Scrymgour | Australian Labor Party | NT | $407,556 |
Work expenses as reported by IPEA over Apr–Jun 2026. Excludes electorate-office staff (MOPS Act), office accommodation, and defined-benefit pension accruals for pre-2004 members.