Category · 2026Q01

Telecommunications

$176k

Across 226 parliamentarians, the total claimed on Telecommunications in 2026Q01. Median MP with a claim: $697.

Ranked this quarter

226 of 226

Every parliamentarian with a non-zero Telecommunications claim in 2026Q01, sorted high to low. Tap a name to see their full profile.

#	MP	Party · State	vs median	Claimed
1	Bob Katter	Independent · QLD	4.7× median	$3,246
2	Tom Venning	Liberal · SA	4.0× median	$2,758
3	Tony Pasin	Liberal · SA	3.7× median	$2,556
4	Anne Ruston	Liberal · SA	2.9×	$2,045
5	Darren Chester	Nationals · VIC	2.8×	$1,920
6	Rebekha Sharkie	Independent · SA	2.8×	$1,918
7	Llew O'Brien	Nationals · QLD	2.7×	$1,913
8	Marion Scrymgour	ALP · NT	2.4×	$1,679
9	David Littleproud	Nationals · QLD	2.4×	$1,640
10	Sussan Ley	Liberal · NSW	2.2×	$1,568
11	Kevin Hogan	Nationals · NSW	2.2×	$1,556
12	Dan Tehan	Liberal · VIC	2.1×	$1,483
13	Rob Mitchell	ALP · VIC	2.1×	$1,460
14	Meryl Swanson	ALP · NSW	2.1×	$1,457
15	Barnaby Joyce	One Nation · NSW	2.1×	$1,456
16	Rick Wilson	Liberal · WA	2.1×	$1,444
17	Leah Blyth	Liberal · SA	2.1×	$1,434
18	Ben Small	Liberal · WA	2.1×	$1,432
19	Don Farrell	ALP · SA	2.0×	$1,406
20	Penny Wong	ALP · SA	2.0×	$1,400
21	Alex Antic	Liberal · SA	1.9×	$1,352
22	Sue Lines	ALP · WA	1.9×	$1,317
23	Tony Zappia	ALP · SA	1.9×	$1,290
24	Kerrynne Liddle	Liberal · SA	1.8×	$1,287
25	Sharon Claydon	ALP · NSW	1.8×	$1,267
26	Colin Boyce	Nationals · QLD	1.8×	$1,245
27	Helen Haines	Independent · VIC	1.8×	$1,236
28	Anne Stanley	ALP · NSW	1.8×	$1,227
29	Matt O'Sullivan	Liberal · WA	1.7×	$1,212
30	Michelle Rowland	ALP · NSW	1.7×	$1,210
31	Michelle Landry	Nationals · QLD	1.7×	$1,200
32	Deborah O'Neill	ALP · NSW	1.7×	$1,199
33	Amanda Rishworth	ALP · SA	1.7×	$1,195
34	James Mcgrath	Liberal · QLD	1.7×	$1,194
35	Mike Freelander	ALP · NSW	1.7×	$1,181
36	Wendy Askew	Liberal · TAS	1.7×	$1,176
37	Justine Elliot	ALP · NSW	1.6×	$1,147
38	Catherine King	ALP · VIC	1.6×	$1,114
39	Glenn Sterle	ALP · WA	1.6×	$1,112
40	Jason Wood	Liberal · VIC	1.6×	$1,110
41	Susan Templeman	ALP · NSW	1.6×	$1,092
42	Joanne Ryan	ALP · VIC	1.5×	$1,073
43	Patrick Gorman	ALP · WA	1.5×	$1,071
44	Kristy Mcbain	ALP · NSW	1.5×	$1,070
45	Andrew Bragg	Liberal · NSW	1.5×	$1,062
46	Mark Dreyfus	ALP · VIC	1.5×	$1,057
47	Marielle Smith	ALP · SA	1.5×	$1,055
48	Andrew Mclachlan	Liberal · SA	1.5×	$1,055
49	Barbara Pocock	Greens · SA	1.5×	$1,055
50	Karen Grogan	ALP · SA	1.5×	$1,055
51	Matt Burnell	ALP · SA	1.5×	$1,055
52	Sarah Hanson-Young	Greens · SA	1.5×	$1,055
53	Rebecca White	ALP · TAS	1.5×	$1,054
54	Tanya Plibersek	ALP · NSW	1.5×	$1,051
55	Dan Repacholi	ALP · NSW	1.5×	$1,046
56	Tim Watts	ALP · VIC	1.5×	$1,044
57	Andrew Leigh	ALP · ACT	1.5×	$1,023
58	Ash Ambihaipahar	ALP · NSW	1.5×	$1,012
59	Alex Hawke	Liberal · NSW	1.4×	$1,009
60	Lisa Chesters	ALP · VIC	1.4×	$999
61	Richard Marles	ALP · VIC	1.4×	$991
62	Helen Polley	ALP · TAS	1.4×	$991
63	James Paterson	Liberal · VIC	1.4×	$980
64	Ellie Whiteaker	ALP · WA	1.4×	$978
65	Melissa Price	Liberal · WA	1.4×	$978
66	Jason Clare	ALP · NSW	1.4×	$957
67	Malcolm Roberts	Independent · QLD	1.4×	$951
68	Zhi Soon	ALP · NSW	1.4×	$949
69	Matt Smith	ALP · QLD	1.4×	$946
70	Jonathon Duniam	Liberal · TAS	1.4×	$944
71	Ali France	ALP · QLD	1.4×	$943
72	Milton Dick	ALP · QLD	1.3×	$941
73	Andrew Charlton	ALP · NSW	1.3×	$936
74	Mary Doyle	ALP · VIC	1.3×	$913
75	Shayne Neumann	ALP · QLD	1.3×	$910
76	Clare O'Neil	ALP · VIC	1.3×	$906
77	Sarah Henderson	Liberal · VIC	1.3×	$906
78	Zoe Mckenzie	Liberal · VIC	1.3×	$898
79	Terry Young	Liberal · QLD	1.3×	$898
80	Raff Ciccone	ALP · VIC	1.3×	$888
81	Jacqui Lambie	Independent · TAS	1.3×	$884
82	Larissa Waters	Greens · QLD	1.3×	$883
83	Anne Urquhart	ALP · TAS	1.3×	$879
84	Fatima Payman	Independent · WA	1.3×	$873
85	Lidia Thorpe	Independent · VIC	1.2×	$871
86	Josh Wilson	ALP · WA	1.2×	$864
87	Andrew Willcox	Nationals · QLD	1.2×	$837
88	Mark Butler	ALP · SA	1.2×	$836
89	Louise Miller-Frost	ALP · SA	1.2×	$836
90	Claire Clutterham	ALP · SA	1.2×	$836
91	Steve Georganas	ALP · SA	1.2×	$836
92	Andrew Wallace	Liberal · QLD	1.2×	$836
93	Madonna Jarrett	ALP · QLD	1.2×	$832
94	Kate Thwaites	ALP · VIC	1.2×	$831
95	Anne Webster	Nationals · VIC	1.1×	$802
96	Matthew Canavan	Nationals · QLD	1.1×	$795
97	Peter Khalil	ALP · VIC	1.1×	$776
98	Matt Keogh	ALP · WA	1.1×	$774
99	Tania Lawrence	ALP · WA	1.1×	$764
100	Anne Aly	ALP · WA	1.1×	$759
101	Emma Mcbride	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$758
102	Richard Colbeck	Liberal · TAS	1.1×	$752
103	Kara Cook	ALP · QLD	1.1×	$751
104	Sam Lim	ALP · WA	1.1×	$744
105	Chris Bowen	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$735
106	Anika Wells	ALP · QLD	1.0×	$728
107	Peter Whish-Wilson	Greens · TAS	1.0×	$718
108	Luke Gosling	ALP · NT	1.0×	$717
109	Angus Taylor	Liberal · NSW	1.0×	$716
110	Zali Steggall	Independent · NSW	1.0×	$712
111	Carol Brown	ALP · TAS	1.0×	$705
112	Nita Green	ALP · QLD	1.0×	$699
113	Dave Sharma	Liberal · NSW	1.0×	$699
114	Trish Cook	ALP · WA	1.0×	$696
115	Pat Conroy	ALP · NSW	1.0×	$685
116	Andrew Gee	Independent · NSW	1.0×	$677
117	David Pocock	Independent · ACT	1.0×	$672
118	Andrew Giles	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$663
119	Jacinta Nampijinpa Price	Liberal · NT	0.9×	$645
120	David Batt	Nationals · QLD	0.9×	$645
121	Phillip Thompson	Liberal · QLD	0.9×	$634
122	Malarndirri Mccarthy	ALP · NT	0.9×	$631
123	Richard Dowling	ALP · TAS	0.9×	$629
124	Jess Walsh	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$628
125	Matt Gregg	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$621
126	Susan Mcdonald	Nationals · QLD	0.9×	$617
127	Jim Chalmers	ALP · QLD	0.9×	$617
128	Penny Allman-Payne	Greens · QLD	0.9×	$610
129	Corinne Mulholland	ALP · QLD	0.9×	$609
130	Cameron Caldwell	Liberal · QLD	0.9×	$608
131	Julian Hill	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$608
132	Tammy Tyrrell	Independent · TAS	0.9×	$605
133	Jerome Laxale	ALP · NSW	0.9×	$597
134	Sam Rae	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$596
135	Ross Cadell	Nationals · NSW	0.9×	$594
136	Alison Penfold	Nationals · NSW	0.8×	$579
137	Josh Dolega	ALP · TAS	0.8×	$568
138	Katy Gallagher	ALP · ACT	0.8×	$548
139	Leon Rebello	Liberal · QLD	0.8×	$545
140	Ted O'Brien	Liberal · QLD	0.8×	$545
141	Jane Hume	Liberal · VIC	0.8×	$545
142	Emma Comer	ALP · QLD	0.8×	$545
143	Jodie Belyea	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$542
144	Pauline Hanson	One Nation · QLD	0.8×	$541
145	Nicolette Boele	Independent · NSW	0.8×	$540
146	Alice Jordan-Baird	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$530
147	Libby Coker	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$530
148	David Smith	ALP · ACT	0.8×	$530
149	Garth Hamilton	Liberal · QLD	0.8×	$530
150	Zaneta Mascarenhas	ALP · WA	0.8×	$529
151	Ed Husic	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$528
152	Angie Bell	Liberal · QLD	0.7×	$508
153	Julie-Ann Campbell	ALP · QLD	0.7×	$508
154	Josh Burns	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$508
155	Renee Coffey	ALP · QLD	0.7×	$508
156	Cassandra Fernando	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$508
157	Ged Kearney	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$508
158	Alicia Payne	ALP · ACT	0.7×	$508
159	Elizabeth Watson-Brown	Greens · QLD	0.7×	$508
160	Mary Aldred	Liberal · VIC	0.7×	$502
161	Carol Berry	ALP · NSW	0.7×	$501
162	Tim Wilson	Liberal · VIC	0.7×	$499
163	Charlotte Walker	ALP · SA	0.7×	$498
164	Fiona Phillips	ALP · NSW	0.7×	$485
165	Alison Byrnes	ALP · NSW	0.7×	$484
166	Nick Mckim	Greens · TAS	0.7×	$484
167	Jo Briskey	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$480
168	Tyron Whitten	One Nation · WA	0.7×	$476
169	Patrick Conaghan	Nationals · NSW	0.7×	$457
170	Claire Chandler	Liberal · TAS	0.7×	$457
171	Michaelia Cash	Liberal · WA	0.7×	$456
172	Andrew Hastie	Liberal · WA	0.7×	$456
173	Tony Sheldon	ALP · NSW	0.7×	$456
174	Mehreen Faruqi	Greens · NSW	0.7×	$456
175	Monique Ryan	Independent · VIC	0.7×	$455
176	Andrew Wilkie	Independent · TAS	0.6×	$452
177	Jess Teesdale	ALP · TAS	0.6×	$447
178	David Moncrieff	ALP · NSW	0.6×	$441
179	Jordon Steele-John	Greens · WA	0.6×	$431
180	Scott Buchholz	Liberal · QLD	0.6×	$427
181	Tony Burke	ALP · NSW	0.6×	$425
182	Julie Collins	ALP · TAS	0.6×	$425
183	Slade Brockman	Liberal · WA	0.6×	$421
184	Anthony Chisholm	ALP · QLD	0.6×	$414
185	Murray Watt	ALP · QLD	0.6×	$410
186	Gordon Reid	ALP · NSW	0.6×	$409
187	Melissa Mcintosh	Liberal · NSW	0.6×	$409
188	Tom French	ALP · WA	0.6×	$409
189	Simon Kennedy	Liberal · NSW	0.6×	$402
190	Paul Scarr	Liberal · QLD	0.6×	$400
191	Matt Thistlethwaite	ALP · NSW	0.6×	$398
192	Rowan Holzberger	ALP · QLD	0.6×	$397
193	Dean Smith	Liberal · WA	0.6×	$395
194	Michael Mccormack	Nationals · NSW	0.5×	$381
195	Sophie Scamps	Independent · NSW	0.5×	$381
196	Sally Sitou	ALP · NSW	0.5×	$381
197	Tracey Roberts	ALP · WA	0.5×	$367
198	Ralph Babet	Independent · VIC	0.5×	$365
199	Sarah Witty	ALP · VIC	0.5×	$365
200	Aaron Violi	Liberal · VIC	0.5×	$336
201	Sam Birrell	Nationals · VIC	0.5×	$329
202	Jenny Mcallister	ALP · NSW	0.5×	$326
203	Kate Chaney	Independent · WA	0.5×	$316
204	Gabriel Ng	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$302
205	Bridget Mckenzie	Nationals · VIC	0.4×	$298
206	Varun Ghosh	ALP · WA	0.4×	$281
207	David Shoebridge	Greens · NSW	0.4×	$279
208	Daniel Mulino	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$271
209	Basem Abdo	ALP · VIC	0.4×	$270
210	Allegra Spender	Independent · NSW	0.4×	$260
211	Julian Leeser	Liberal · NSW	0.4×	$257
212	Steph Hodgins-May	Greens · VIC	0.4×	$255
213	Henry Pike	Liberal · QLD	0.3×	$240
214	Jana Stewart	ALP · VIC	0.3×	$227
215	Michelle Ananda-Rajah	ALP · VIC	0.3×	$219
216	Jess Collins	Liberal · NSW	0.3×	$200
217	Tim Ayres	ALP · NSW	0.3×	$196
218	Dorinda Cox	ALP · WA	0.3×	$196
219	Anthony Albanese	ALP · NSW	0.3×	$180
220	Carina Garland	ALP · VIC	0.2×	$154
221	Sean Bell	Independent · —	0.2×	$152
222	Maria Kovacic	Liberal · NSW	0.2×	$135
223	Stephen Jones	ALP · NSW	0.2×	$123
224	Lisa Darmanin	ALP · VIC	0.1×	$103
225	Jamie Chaffey	Nationals · NSW	0.1×	$75
226	Madeleine King	ALP · WA	0.1×	$75

Ranked since 2017Q02 (top 25)

Lifetime · $12.4 million

Cumulative claims under Telecommunications since the earliest IPEA quarter in our dataset. Long-tenured MPs naturally accumulate more — read with the “ranked this quarter” table above for current behaviour.

#	MP	Party · State	Claimed
1	Bob Katter	Independent · QLD	$125,502
2	Tanya Plibersek	ALP · NSW	$100,090
3	Darren Chester	Nationals · VIC	$97,316
4	Sussan Ley	Liberal · NSW	$95,820
5	Rick Wilson	Liberal · WA	$93,122
6	Dan Tehan	Liberal · VIC	$92,566
7	Tony Pasin	Liberal · SA	$88,424
8	Sharon Claydon	ALP · NSW	$88,136
9	Kevin Hogan	Nationals · NSW	$86,292
10	Angus Taylor	Liberal · NSW	$82,114
11	Penny Wong	ALP · SA	$80,740
12	David Littleproud	Nationals · QLD	$78,973
13	Matthew Canavan	Nationals · QLD	$78,023
14	Michael Mccormack	Nationals · NSW	$73,591
15	Andrew Gee	Independent · NSW	$73,237
16	Pat Conroy	ALP · NSW	$73,199
17	James Mcgrath	Liberal · QLD	$72,967
18	Justine Elliot	ALP · NSW	$71,352
19	Anne Stanley	ALP · NSW	$68,748
20	Melissa Price	Liberal · WA	$68,377
21	Deborah O'Neill	ALP · NSW	$68,247
22	Catherine King	ALP · VIC	$68,082
23	Chris Bowen	ALP · NSW	$67,603
24	Michelle Landry	Nationals · QLD	$67,533
25	Susan Templeman	ALP · NSW	$66,996

Sources

All figures from IPEA quarterly expenditure reports via data.gov.au. Category as reported in source under HighLevelCategory.
Median is across MPs with a non-zero claim in 2026Q01; MPs with no claim under this category in the quarter are excluded from the median calculation but visible in lifetime totals if they’ve ever claimed.
See methodology for the full list of caveats — including the difference between gross claimed and net of repayments.