Category · 2026Q01

Travel Allowance

$1.7 million

Across 220 parliamentarians, the total claimed on Travel Allowance in 2026Q01. Median MP with a claim: $7,728.

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220 of 220

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

#	MP	Party · State	vs median	Claimed
1	Colin Boyce	Nationals · QLD	2.4×	$18,463
2	Jamie Chaffey	Nationals · NSW	2.4×	$18,173
3	Tony Burke	ALP · NSW	2.3×	$17,546
4	Andrew Willcox	Nationals · QLD	2.1×	$16,044
5	Deborah O'Neill	ALP · NSW	2.0×	$15,144
6	Bridget Mckenzie	Nationals · VIC	1.9×	$14,538
7	Nita Green	ALP · QLD	1.9×	$14,480
8	Michelle Rowland	ALP · NSW	1.8×	$14,280
9	Emma Mcbride	ALP · NSW	1.8×	$14,267
10	Dan Repacholi	ALP · NSW	1.8×	$14,212
11	Michaelia Cash	Liberal · WA	1.7×	$13,522
12	Julian Hill	ALP · VIC	1.7×	$13,514
13	Kristy Mcbain	ALP · NSW	1.7×	$13,252
14	Ross Cadell	Nationals · NSW	1.6×	$12,507
15	David Littleproud	Nationals · QLD	1.6×	$12,242
16	Marion Scrymgour	ALP · NT	1.6×	$12,235
17	Dean Smith	Liberal · WA	1.6×	$12,174
18	Penny Allman-Payne	Greens · QLD	1.5×	$11,771
19	David Shoebridge	Greens · NSW	1.5×	$11,753
20	Mark Butler	ALP · SA	1.5×	$11,666
21	Josh Dolega	ALP · TAS	1.5×	$11,423
22	Jenny Mcallister	ALP · NSW	1.5×	$11,394
23	Jane Hume	Liberal · VIC	1.5×	$11,352
24	Murray Watt	ALP · QLD	1.5×	$11,340
25	Helen Polley	ALP · TAS	1.5×	$11,277
26	Sarah Hanson-Young	Greens · SA	1.5×	$11,222
27	Wendy Askew	Liberal · TAS	1.4×	$11,196
28	Sussan Ley	Liberal · NSW	1.4×	$11,124
29	Catherine King	ALP · VIC	1.4×	$11,114
30	Jonathon Duniam	Liberal · TAS	1.4×	$10,842
31	Darren Chester	Nationals · VIC	1.4×	$10,618
32	Tyron Whitten	One Nation · WA	1.4×	$10,598
33	David Moncrieff	ALP · NSW	1.4×	$10,562
34	Tony Sheldon	ALP · NSW	1.4×	$10,505
35	Michelle Landry	Nationals · QLD	1.3×	$10,350
36	Matthew Canavan	Nationals · QLD	1.3×	$10,304
37	Tracey Roberts	ALP · WA	1.3×	$10,304
38	Anika Wells	ALP · QLD	1.3×	$10,193
39	Patrick Gorman	ALP · WA	1.3×	$10,002
40	Alex Hawke	Liberal · NSW	1.3×	$9,982
41	Kerrynne Liddle	Liberal · SA	1.3×	$9,794
42	Ellie Whiteaker	ALP · WA	1.3×	$9,771
43	Varun Ghosh	ALP · WA	1.3×	$9,769
44	Anne Ruston	Liberal · SA	1.3×	$9,742
45	Leah Blyth	Liberal · SA	1.3×	$9,699
46	Matt Keogh	ALP · WA	1.3×	$9,694
47	Tim Wilson	Liberal · VIC	1.2×	$9,499
48	Ted O'Brien	Liberal · QLD	1.2×	$9,486
49	Melissa Price	Liberal · WA	1.2×	$9,419
50	Jason Clare	ALP · NSW	1.2×	$9,390
51	Josh Wilson	ALP · WA	1.2×	$9,386
52	Monique Ryan	Independent · VIC	1.2×	$9,370
53	Phillip Thompson	Liberal · QLD	1.2×	$9,368
54	Amanda Rishworth	ALP · SA	1.2×	$9,326
55	James Mcgrath	Liberal · QLD	1.2×	$9,309
56	Kevin Hogan	Nationals · NSW	1.2×	$9,274
57	Ash Ambihaipahar	ALP · NSW	1.2×	$9,016
58	Sean Bell	Independent · —	1.2×	$8,969
59	James Paterson	Liberal · VIC	1.2×	$8,944
60	Jacqui Lambie	Independent · TAS	1.2×	$8,933
61	Matt Smith	ALP · QLD	1.2×	$8,929
62	Alison Byrnes	ALP · NSW	1.2×	$8,916
63	Andrew Gee	Independent · NSW	1.2×	$8,907
64	Rebecca White	ALP · TAS	1.1×	$8,876
65	Sam Rae	ALP · VIC	1.1×	$8,856
66	Chris Bowen	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$8,806
67	Don Farrell	ALP · SA	1.1×	$8,806
68	Richard Dowling	ALP · TAS	1.1×	$8,771
69	Larissa Waters	Greens · QLD	1.1×	$8,754
70	Llew O'Brien	Nationals · QLD	1.1×	$8,735
71	Garth Hamilton	Liberal · QLD	1.1×	$8,726
72	Luke Gosling	ALP · NT	1.1×	$8,705
73	Dave Sharma	Liberal · NSW	1.1×	$8,694
74	Barbara Pocock	Greens · SA	1.1×	$8,694
75	Carina Garland	ALP · VIC	1.1×	$8,694
76	Anne Stanley	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$8,694
77	Milton Dick	ALP · QLD	1.1×	$8,694
78	Jacinta Nampijinpa Price	Liberal · NT	1.1×	$8,674
79	Glenn Sterle	ALP · WA	1.1×	$8,583
80	Sue Lines	ALP · WA	1.1×	$8,568
81	Patrick Conaghan	Nationals · NSW	1.1×	$8,546
82	Anthony Chisholm	ALP · QLD	1.1×	$8,409
83	Julie Collins	ALP · TAS	1.1×	$8,389
84	Zhi Soon	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$8,372
85	Ed Husic	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$8,372
86	Anthony Albanese	ALP · NSW	1.1×	$8,333
87	Sarah Henderson	Liberal · VIC	1.1×	$8,324
88	Malcolm Roberts	Independent · QLD	1.1×	$8,319
89	Tony Zappia	ALP · SA	1.1×	$8,282
90	Matt O'Sullivan	Liberal · WA	1.1×	$8,193
91	Kate Thwaites	ALP · VIC	1.1×	$8,187
92	Ben Small	Liberal · WA	1.1×	$8,171
93	Tammy Tyrrell	Independent · TAS	1.1×	$8,156
94	David Batt	Nationals · QLD	1.1×	$8,153
95	Carol Brown	ALP · TAS	1.1×	$8,141
96	Steph Hodgins-May	Greens · VIC	1.1×	$8,124
97	Clare O'Neil	ALP · VIC	1.1×	$8,116
98	Pat Conroy	ALP · NSW	1.0×	$8,088
99	Malarndirri Mccarthy	ALP · NT	1.0×	$8,064
100	Sam Lim	ALP · WA	1.0×	$8,050
101	Nick Mckim	Greens · TAS	1.0×	$8,048
102	Claire Clutterham	ALP · SA	1.0×	$8,016
103	Peter Whish-Wilson	Greens · TAS	1.0×	$7,938
104	Paul Scarr	Liberal · QLD	1.0×	$7,937
105	Daniel Mulino	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$7,924
106	Michael Mccormack	Nationals · NSW	1.0×	$7,914
107	Andrew Hastie	Liberal · WA	1.0×	$7,836
108	Andrew Wallace	Liberal · QLD	1.0×	$7,752
109	Sharon Claydon	ALP · NSW	1.0×	$7,734
110	Tim Watts	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$7,728
111	Corinne Mulholland	ALP · QLD	1.0×	$7,728
112	Cameron Caldwell	Liberal · QLD	1.0×	$7,728
113	Richard Colbeck	Liberal · TAS	1.0×	$7,728
114	Claire Chandler	Liberal · TAS	1.0×	$7,720
115	Basem Abdo	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$7,583
116	Tim Ayres	ALP · NSW	1.0×	$7,570
117	Tony Pasin	Liberal · SA	1.0×	$7,570
118	Scott Buchholz	Liberal · QLD	1.0×	$7,536
119	Susan Mcdonald	Nationals · QLD	1.0×	$7,412
120	Raff Ciccone	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$7,406
121	Mary Doyle	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$7,406
122	Jo Briskey	ALP · VIC	1.0×	$7,406
123	Alison Penfold	Nationals · NSW	1.0×	$7,406
124	Andrew Wilkie	Independent · TAS	1.0×	$7,406
125	Susan Templeman	ALP · NSW	0.9×	$7,334
126	Rick Wilson	Liberal · WA	0.9×	$7,331
127	Angie Bell	Liberal · QLD	0.9×	$7,210
128	Ralph Babet	Independent · VIC	0.9×	$7,202
129	Maria Kovacic	Liberal · NSW	0.9×	$7,184
130	Andrew Giles	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$7,158
131	Madeleine King	ALP · WA	0.9×	$7,138
132	Henry Pike	Liberal · QLD	0.9×	$7,116
133	Jim Chalmers	ALP · QLD	0.9×	$7,084
134	Jess Collins	Liberal · NSW	0.9×	$7,084
135	Steve Georganas	ALP · SA	0.9×	$7,084
136	Mike Freelander	ALP · NSW	0.9×	$7,084
137	Karen Grogan	ALP · SA	0.9×	$7,084
138	Sam Birrell	Nationals · VIC	0.9×	$7,084
139	Rowan Holzberger	ALP · QLD	0.9×	$7,084
140	Tom French	ALP · WA	0.9×	$7,084
141	Melissa Mcintosh	Liberal · NSW	0.9×	$7,084
142	Matt Burnell	ALP · SA	0.9×	$7,084
143	Matt Gregg	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$7,084
144	Louise Miller-Frost	ALP · SA	0.9×	$7,084
145	Joanne Ryan	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$7,084
146	Jerome Laxale	ALP · NSW	0.9×	$7,084
147	Dan Tehan	Liberal · VIC	0.9×	$6,785
148	Lisa Darmanin	ALP · VIC	0.9×	$6,762
149	Elizabeth Watson-Brown	Greens · QLD	0.9×	$6,762
150	Penny Wong	ALP · SA	0.9×	$6,762
151	Madonna Jarrett	ALP · QLD	0.9×	$6,728
152	Mehreen Faruqi	Greens · NSW	0.9×	$6,688
153	Leon Rebello	Liberal · QLD	0.8×	$6,551
154	Julie-Ann Campbell	ALP · QLD	0.8×	$6,551
155	Renee Coffey	ALP · QLD	0.8×	$6,440
156	Fiona Phillips	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$6,440
157	Slade Brockman	Liberal · WA	0.8×	$6,440
158	Jodie Belyea	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$6,440
159	Anne Urquhart	ALP · TAS	0.8×	$6,348
160	Peter Khalil	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$6,286
161	Dorinda Cox	ALP · WA	0.8×	$6,269
162	Tania Lawrence	ALP · WA	0.8×	$6,118
163	Kara Cook	ALP · QLD	0.8×	$6,118
164	Ged Kearney	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$6,118
165	Charlotte Walker	ALP · SA	0.8×	$6,118
166	Justine Elliot	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$6,118
167	Matt Thistlethwaite	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$6,084
168	Zoe Mckenzie	Liberal · VIC	0.8×	$5,973
169	Jana Stewart	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$5,843
170	Kate Chaney	Independent · WA	0.8×	$5,796
171	Terry Young	Liberal · QLD	0.8×	$5,796
172	Zali Steggall	Independent · NSW	0.8×	$5,796
173	Alice Jordan-Baird	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$5,796
174	Gabriel Ng	ALP · VIC	0.8×	$5,796
175	Emma Comer	ALP · QLD	0.8×	$5,796
176	Jason Wood	Liberal · VIC	0.8×	$5,796
177	Andrew Charlton	ALP · NSW	0.8×	$5,796
178	Alex Antic	Liberal · SA	0.7×	$5,651
179	Julian Leeser	Liberal · NSW	0.7×	$5,585
180	Carol Berry	ALP · NSW	0.7×	$5,585
181	Tom Venning	Liberal · SA	0.7×	$5,475
182	Sarah Witty	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$5,474
183	Libby Coker	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$5,474
184	Nicolette Boele	Independent · NSW	0.7×	$5,474
185	Aaron Violi	Liberal · VIC	0.7×	$5,474
186	Andrew Mclachlan	Liberal · SA	0.7×	$5,474
187	Cassandra Fernando	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$5,474
188	Ali France	ALP · QLD	0.7×	$5,474
189	Michelle Ananda-Rajah	ALP · VIC	0.7×	$5,329
190	Meryl Swanson	ALP · NSW	0.7×	$5,152
191	Fatima Payman	Independent · WA	0.7×	$5,152
192	Jess Teesdale	ALP · TAS	0.7×	$5,152
193	Barnaby Joyce	One Nation · NSW	0.6×	$5,023
194	Anne Webster	Nationals · VIC	0.6×	$4,937
195	Rebekha Sharkie	Independent · SA	0.6×	$4,830
196	Dai Le	Independent · NSW	0.6×	$4,508
197	Simon Kennedy	Liberal · NSW	0.6×	$4,508
198	Andrew Bragg	Liberal · NSW	0.6×	$4,508
199	Rob Mitchell	ALP · VIC	0.6×	$4,508
200	Sally Sitou	ALP · NSW	0.6×	$4,508
201	Shayne Neumann	ALP · QLD	0.6×	$4,297
202	Richard Marles	ALP · VIC	0.5×	$4,201
203	Sophie Scamps	Independent · NSW	0.5×	$4,186
204	Mary Aldred	Liberal · VIC	0.5×	$3,864
205	Jordon Steele-John	Greens · WA	0.4×	$3,345
206	Marielle Smith	ALP · SA	0.4×	$3,220
207	Zaneta Mascarenhas	ALP · WA	0.4×	$2,898
208	Angus Taylor	Liberal · NSW	0.3×	$2,654
209	Lidia Thorpe	Independent · VIC	0.3×	$2,576
210	Pauline Hanson	One Nation · QLD	0.3×	$2,576
211	Gordon Reid	ALP · NSW	0.3×	$2,576
212	Lisa Chesters	ALP · VIC	0.3×	$2,254
213	Josh Burns	ALP · VIC	0.2×	$1,465
214	Tanya Plibersek	ALP · NSW	0.2×	$1,452
215	Trish Cook	ALP · WA	0.2×	$1,288
216	Mark Dreyfus	ALP · VIC	0.2×	$1,288
217	Helen Haines	Independent · VIC	0.1×	$966
218	Katy Gallagher	ALP · ACT	0.1×	$486
219	David Smith	ALP · ACT	0.1×	$459
220	Andrew Leigh	ALP · ACT	0.0×	$160

Ranked since 2017Q02 (top 25)

Lifetime · $53.2 million

Cumulative claims under Travel Allowance 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	Bridget Mckenzie	Nationals · VIC	$591,534
2	David Littleproud	Nationals · QLD	$550,552
3	Sussan Ley	Liberal · NSW	$487,237
4	Dan Tehan	Liberal · VIC	$466,669
5	James Mcgrath	Liberal · QLD	$462,764
6	Michaelia Cash	Liberal · WA	$398,966
7	Deborah O'Neill	ALP · NSW	$395,349
8	Anne Ruston	Liberal · SA	$392,494
9	Melissa Price	Liberal · WA	$388,352
10	Michael Mccormack	Nationals · NSW	$373,234
11	Darren Chester	Nationals · VIC	$361,299
12	Matthew Canavan	Nationals · QLD	$347,313
13	Sarah Hanson-Young	Greens · SA	$343,014
14	Don Farrell	ALP · SA	$342,781
15	Anthony Albanese	ALP · NSW	$320,750
16	Rick Wilson	Liberal · WA	$313,610
17	Slade Brockman	Liberal · WA	$313,067
18	Catherine King	ALP · VIC	$312,499
19	Murray Watt	ALP · QLD	$309,812
20	Glenn Sterle	ALP · WA	$305,612
21	Dean Smith	Liberal · WA	$303,325
22	Michelle Landry	Nationals · QLD	$303,213
23	Kevin Hogan	Nationals · NSW	$302,305
24	Julian Hill	ALP · VIC	$300,252
25	Malarndirri Mccarthy	ALP · NT	$296,810

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.