Category · Apr–Jun 2026

Telecommunications

$163k

Across 226 parliamentarians, the total claimed on Telecommunications in Apr–Jun 2026. Median MP with a claim: $603.

What Telecommunications covers, Apr–Jun 2026

The Telecommunications bucket split into its sub-categories, as reported by IPEA.

Telecommunications - Usage
$116,888
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$46,581

Ranked this quarter

226 of 227

Every parliamentarian with a non-zero Telecommunications claim in Apr–Jun 2026, sorted high to low. Tap a name to see their full profile.

#	MP	Party · State	vs median	Claimed
1	Tom Venning	Liberal · SA	4.4× median	$2,662
2	Tim Wilson	Liberal · VIC	4.2× median	$2,551
3	Tony Pasin	Liberal · SA	3.9× median	$2,329
4	Justine Elliot	ALP · NSW	3.6× median	$2,142
5	Anne Ruston	Liberal · SA	3.3× median	$1,986
6	Amanda Rishworth	ALP · SA	3.3× median	$1,974
7	Barnaby Joyce	One Nation · NSW	3.1× median	$1,867
8	Pat Conroy	ALP · NSW	3.1× median	$1,850
9	Melissa Price	Liberal · WA	2.8×	$1,681
10	Don Farrell	ALP · SA	2.7×	$1,647
11	Anne Stanley	ALP · NSW	2.7×	$1,611
12	Emma Mcbride	ALP · NSW	2.6×	$1,593
13	Penny Wong	ALP · SA	2.6×	$1,562
14	Rebekha Sharkie	Independent · SA	2.5×	$1,527
15	Ali France	ALP · QLD	2.5×	$1,513
16	Patrick Gorman	ALP · WA	2.4×	$1,476
17	Mike Freelander	ALP · NSW	2.4×	$1,435
18	Michelle Rowland	ALP · NSW	2.3×	$1,411
19	Leah Blyth	Liberal · SA	2.3×	$1,389
20	Darren Chester	Nationals · VIC	2.2×	$1,354
21	Sarah Hanson-Young	Greens · SA	2.2×	$1,308
22	Andrew Wilkie	Independent · TAS	2.2×	$1,298
23	Deborah O'Neill	ALP · NSW	2.1×	$1,267
24	Andrew Willcox	Nationals · QLD	2.1×	$1,266
25	Patrick Conaghan	Nationals · NSW	2.1×	$1,263
26	Tanya Plibersek	ALP · NSW	2.1×	$1,261
27	Susan Templeman	ALP · NSW	2.1×	$1,257
28	Rebecca White	ALP · TAS	2.1×	$1,257
29	Tony Zappia	ALP · SA	2.1×	$1,244
30	Alex Antic	Liberal · SA	2.0×	$1,207
31	Clare O'Neil	ALP · VIC	2.0×	$1,195
32	Dan Repacholi	ALP · NSW	2.0×	$1,193
33	Madonna Jarrett	ALP · QLD	2.0×	$1,190
34	Nick Mckim	Greens · TAS	2.0×	$1,180
35	Wendy Askew	Liberal · TAS	1.9×	$1,173
36	Kevin Hogan	Nationals · NSW	1.9×	$1,162
37	Sharon Claydon	ALP · NSW	1.9×	$1,155
38	Matt Thistlethwaite	ALP · NSW	1.9×	$1,125
39	Rob Mitchell	ALP · VIC	1.9×	$1,119
40	Jason Clare	ALP · NSW	1.8×	$1,094
41	Kerrynne Liddle	Liberal · SA	1.8×	$1,073
42	Colin Boyce	Nationals · QLD	1.8×	$1,073
43	Zhi Soon	ALP · NSW	1.8×	$1,061
44	Alex Hawke	Liberal · NSW	1.8×	$1,059
45	Meryl Swanson	ALP · NSW	1.7×	$1,046
46	Josh Dolega	ALP · TAS	1.7×	$1,039
47	Matt Burnell	ALP · SA	1.7×	$1,010
48	Barbara Pocock	Greens · SA	1.7×	$1,009
49	Marielle Smith	ALP · SA	1.7×	$1,009
50	Andrew Mclachlan	Liberal · SA	1.7×	$1,009
51	Karen Grogan	ALP · SA	1.7×	$1,009
52	Ash Ambihaipahar	ALP · NSW	1.7×	$1,000
53	Richard Marles	ALP · VIC	1.6×	$986
54	Ted O'Brien	Liberal · QLD	1.6×	$974
55	Garth Hamilton	Liberal · QLD	1.6×	$970
56	Kristy Mcbain	ALP · NSW	1.6×	$966
57	Andrew Bragg	Liberal · NSW	1.6×	$962
58	Matt Keogh	ALP · WA	1.6×	$951
59	Dan Tehan	Liberal · VIC	1.6×	$949
60	Chris Bowen	ALP · NSW	1.5×	$917
61	Ben Small	Liberal · WA	1.5×	$905
62	Jacqui Lambie	Independent · TAS	1.5×	$895
63	Anne Urquhart	ALP · TAS	1.5×	$883
64	Richard Colbeck	Liberal · TAS	1.5×	$882
65	Lidia Thorpe	Independent · VIC	1.5×	$879
66	Andrew Charlton	ALP · NSW	1.4×	$868
67	David Littleproud	Nationals · QLD	1.4×	$846
68	Sue Lines	ALP · WA	1.4×	$844
69	David Batt	Nationals · QLD	1.4×	$828
70	Marion Scrymgour	ALP · NT	1.4×	$827
71	Fatima Payman	Independent · WA	1.4×	$826
72	Sam Lim	ALP · WA	1.4×	$824
73	Catherine King	ALP · VIC	1.4×	$823
74	Larissa Waters	Greens · QLD	1.4×	$821
75	Raff Ciccone	ALP · VIC	1.4×	$820
76	Matthew Canavan	Nationals · QLD	1.4×	$820
77	Bob Katter	Independent · QLD	1.4×	$816
78	Milton Dick	ALP · QLD	1.3×	$813
79	Michelle Landry	Nationals · QLD	1.3×	$812
80	Jim Chalmers	ALP · QLD	1.3×	$804
81	Rick Wilson	Liberal · WA	1.3×	$798
82	Angus Taylor	Liberal · NSW	1.3×	$796
83	Claire Clutterham	ALP · SA	1.3×	$791
84	Steve Georganas	ALP · SA	1.3×	$791
85	Louise Miller-Frost	ALP · SA	1.3×	$791
86	Mark Butler	ALP · SA	1.3×	$791
87	Scott Buchholz	Liberal · QLD	1.3×	$782
88	Zali Steggall	Independent · NSW	1.3×	$773
89	Kate Thwaites	ALP · VIC	1.3×	$772
90	Alison Penfold	Nationals · NSW	1.3×	$772
91	Ged Kearney	ALP · VIC	1.3×	$763
92	Jonathon Duniam	Liberal · TAS	1.3×	$762
93	Sarah Witty	ALP · VIC	1.3×	$755
94	Matt O'Sullivan	Liberal · WA	1.2×	$750
95	Andrew Gee	Independent · NSW	1.2×	$750
96	Mehreen Faruqi	Greens · NSW	1.2×	$728
97	Nicolette Boele	Independent · NSW	1.2×	$720
98	Peter Whish-Wilson	Greens · TAS	1.2×	$704
99	Sarah Henderson	Liberal · VIC	1.2×	$701
100	Peter Khalil	ALP · VIC	1.2×	$696
101	Julie Collins	ALP · TAS	1.1×	$690
102	Helen Haines	Independent · VIC	1.1×	$681
103	Ross Cadell	Nationals · NSW	1.1×	$657
104	Kara Cook	ALP · QLD	1.1×	$655
105	Anne Webster	Nationals · VIC	1.1×	$645
106	Fiona Phillips	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$645
107	Alison Byrnes	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$645
108	Sam Rae	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$632
109	Carol Brown	ALP · TAS	1.0×	$625
110	Matt Gregg	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$619
111	Tony Sheldon	ALP · NSW	1.0×	$610
112	Dave Sharma	Liberal · NSW	1.0×	$609
113	Daniel Mulino	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$608
114	Shayne Neumann	ALP · QLD	1.0×	$603
115	Tony Burke	ALP · NSW	1.0×	$597
116	Susan Mcdonald	Nationals · QLD	1.0×	$595
117	Simon Kennedy	Liberal · NSW	1.0×	$594
118	Richard Dowling	ALP · TAS	1.0×	$588
119	Glenn Sterle	ALP · WA	1.0×	$580
120	Malcolm Roberts	One Nation · QLD	1.0×	$578
121	Zoe Mckenzie	Liberal · VIC	1.0×	$577
122	Terry Young	Liberal · QLD	1.0×	$576
123	Mary Aldred	Liberal · VIC	1.0×	$575
124	Jason Wood	Liberal · VIC	1.0×	$574
125	Luke Gosling	ALP · NT	0.9×	$572
126	Slade Brockman	Liberal · WA	0.9×	$569
127	Sophie Scamps	Independent · NSW	0.9×	$569
128	Michael Mccormack	Nationals · NSW	0.9×	$568
129	Anne Aly	ALP · WA	0.9×	$567
130	Anika Wells	ALP · QLD	0.9×	$562
131	Tim Watts	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$558
132	Monique Ryan	Independent · VIC	0.9×	$548
133	Gordon Reid	ALP · NSW	0.9×	$545
134	Melissa Mcintosh	Liberal · NSW	0.9×	$545
135	Helen Polley	ALP · TAS	0.9×	$542
136	Joanne Ryan	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$536
137	Josh Wilson	ALP · WA	0.9×	$530
138	Ed Husic	ALP · NSW	0.9×	$530
139	Mark Dreyfus	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$529
140	Mary Doyle	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$520
141	Charlotte Walker	ALP · SA	0.9×	$518
142	Andrew Leigh	ALP · ACT	0.9×	$513
143	Sally Sitou	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$509
144	David Moncrieff	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$508
145	Carol Berry	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$508
146	Maria Kovacic	Liberal · NSW	0.8×	$502
147	Lisa Chesters	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$500
148	Jo Briskey	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$491
149	Andrew Wallace	Liberal · QLD	0.8×	$491
150	Tania Lawrence	ALP · WA	0.8×	$490
151	James Paterson	Liberal · VIC	0.8×	$489
152	James Mcgrath	Liberal · QLD	0.8×	$481
153	Jerome Laxale	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$477
154	Aaron Violi	Liberal · VIC	0.8×	$477
155	Matt Smith	ALP · QLD	0.8×	$473
156	Claire Chandler	Liberal · TAS	0.8×	$456
157	Ralph Babet	Independent · VIC	0.7×	$452
158	Dean Smith	Liberal · WA	0.7×	$447
159	Malarndirri Mccarthy	ALP · NT	0.7×	$436
160	Jess Teesdale	ALP · TAS	0.7×	$436
161	Jenny Mcallister	ALP · NSW	0.7×	$425
162	David Shoebridge	Greens · NSW	0.7×	$403
163	Nita Green	ALP · QLD	0.6×	$386
164	Anthony Albanese	ALP · NSW	0.6×	$379
165	Tammy Tyrrell	ALP · TAS	0.6×	$369
166	Sam Birrell	Nationals · VIC	0.6×	$366
167	Tyron Whitten	One Nation · WA	0.6×	$365
168	Jacinta Nampijinpa Price	Liberal · NT	0.6×	$363
169	Murray Watt	ALP · QLD	0.6×	$359
170	Gabriel Ng	ALP · VIC	0.6×	$356
171	Llew O'Brien	Nationals · QLD	0.6×	$348
172	Rowan Holzberger	ALP · QLD	0.6×	$347
173	Ellie Whiteaker	ALP · WA	0.6×	$346
174	Paul Scarr	Liberal · QLD	0.6×	$344
175	Julian Hill	ALP · VIC	0.6×	$343
176	Madeleine King	ALP · WA	0.6×	$342
177	Jess Collins	Liberal · NSW	0.6×	$341
178	David Pocock	Independent · ACT	0.6×	$336
179	Zaneta Mascarenhas	ALP · WA	0.6×	$334
180	Julian Leeser	Liberal · NSW	0.6×	$332
181	Sean Bell	One Nation · NSW	0.6×	$332
182	Andrew Giles	ALP · VIC	0.5×	$332
183	Phillip Thompson	Liberal · QLD	0.5×	$324
184	Anthony Chisholm	ALP · QLD	0.5×	$321
185	Michaelia Cash	Liberal · WA	0.5×	$320
186	Basem Abdo	ALP · VIC	0.5×	$314
187	Andrew Hastie	Liberal · WA	0.5×	$313
188	Penny Allman-Payne	Greens · QLD	0.5×	$305
189	Dorinda Cox	ALP · WA	0.5×	$305
190	Jess Walsh	ALP · VIC	0.5×	$304
191	Cameron Caldwell	Liberal · QLD	0.5×	$304
192	Corinne Mulholland	ALP · QLD	0.5×	$304
193	Tim Ayres	ALP · NSW	0.5×	$291
194	Henry Pike	Liberal · QLD	0.5×	$287
195	Kate Chaney	Independent · WA	0.5×	$282
196	Allegra Spender	Independent · NSW	0.5×	$278
197	Emma Comer	ALP · QLD	0.5×	$272
198	Tom French	ALP · WA	0.5×	$272
199	Leon Rebello	Liberal · QLD	0.5×	$272
200	Jane Hume	Liberal · VIC	0.5×	$272
201	Pauline Hanson	One Nation · QLD	0.4×	$270
202	David Smith	ALP · ACT	0.4×	$267
203	Libby Coker	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$265
204	Alice Jordan-Baird	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$265
205	Tracey Roberts	ALP · WA	0.4×	$262
206	Jodie Belyea	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$260
207	Alicia Payne	ALP · ACT	0.4×	$254
208	Renee Coffey	ALP · QLD	0.4×	$254
209	Elizabeth Watson-Brown	Greens · QLD	0.4×	$254
210	Cassandra Fernando	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$254
211	Angie Bell	Liberal · QLD	0.4×	$254
212	Julie-Ann Campbell	ALP · QLD	0.4×	$254
213	Josh Burns	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$254
214	Katy Gallagher	ALP · ACT	0.4×	$254
215	Steph Hodgins-May	Greens · VIC	0.4×	$239
216	Bridget Mckenzie	Nationals · VIC	0.4×	$229
217	Jana Stewart	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$224
218	Jordon Steele-John	Greens · WA	0.3×	$208
219	Michelle Ananda-Rajah	ALP · VIC	0.3×	$199
220	Carina Garland	ALP · VIC	0.3×	$197
221	Varun Ghosh	ALP · WA	0.3×	$177
222	Jamie Chaffey	Nationals · NSW	0.2×	$101
223	Louise Pratt	ALP · WA	0.0×	$23
224	Linda Reynolds	Liberal · WA	0.0×	$10
225	Ian Goodenough	Liberal · WA	0.0×	$3
226	Patrick Dodson	ALP · WA	0.0×	$1

Ranked since Apr–Jun 2017 (top 25)

Lifetime · $12.5 million

#	MP	Party · State	Claimed
1	Bob Katter	Independent · QLD	$126,319
2	Tanya Plibersek	ALP · NSW	$101,351
3	Darren Chester	Nationals · VIC	$98,669
4	Rick Wilson	Liberal · WA	$93,920
5	Dan Tehan	Liberal · VIC	$93,515
6	Tony Pasin	Liberal · SA	$90,753
7	Sharon Claydon	ALP · NSW	$89,291
8	Kevin Hogan	Nationals · NSW	$87,454
9	Angus Taylor	Liberal · NSW	$82,910
10	Penny Wong	ALP · SA	$82,302
11	David Littleproud	Nationals · QLD	$79,818
12	Matthew Canavan	Nationals · QLD	$78,843
13	Pat Conroy	ALP · NSW	$75,049
14	Michael Mccormack	Nationals · NSW	$74,160
15	Andrew Gee	Independent · NSW	$73,987
16	Justine Elliot	ALP · NSW	$73,494
17	James Mcgrath	Liberal · QLD	$73,448
18	Anne Stanley	ALP · NSW	$70,359
19	Melissa Price	Liberal · WA	$70,057
20	Deborah O'Neill	ALP · NSW	$69,514
21	Catherine King	ALP · VIC	$68,905
22	Chris Bowen	ALP · NSW	$68,520
23	Michelle Landry	Nationals · QLD	$68,345
24	Susan Templeman	ALP · NSW	$68,253
25	Mike Freelander	ALP · NSW	$67,695

Showing the 25 highest lifetime claimants. See any MP’s full breakdown on their profile.

Sources

IPEA quarterly expenditure reports, Apr–Jun 2017 to Apr–Jun 2026
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority · via data.gov.au · CC-BY 3.0 AU
Category as reported under HighLevelCategory. Median is across MPs with a non-zero claim in Apr–Jun 2026.

Refreshed 12 Aug 2026 · Caveats