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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Luke Gosling

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Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$190,440

1.4× medianvs backbenchers this quarter: median $133,209 across 139 MPs

Shown in today's value: each quarter is adjusted for inflation with the ABS CPI, then compared. Applies across the site. How this works.

Of which $147,200 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $7,336.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2017$5,790,479 across 36 quarters of claims.

About $643,387 per year in office, over 36 quarters actually in Parliament.

In Parliament 2 July 2016, still serving.

Quarterly trend

Apr–Jun 2023 → Jan–Mar 2026 · today's $

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan-Mar 2026, ranked by amount. Tap a category to see its sub-categories.

  1. Employee Travel
    $63,066
    • Domestic Travel$63,066
  2. Office Facilities
    $43,240
    • Other$43,240
  3. Office Administration
    $35,239
    • Printing and Communications$34,484
    • Office Consumables and Services$718
    • Publications$36
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $25,273
    • Fares$25,273
  5. Travel Allowance
    $8,705
    • Travel Allowance$8,705
  6. Other Car Costs
    $7,422
    • Private-Plated Vehicle$4,770
    • COMCAR$2,651
  7. International Travel
    $6,516
    • Representing a Minister$4,967
    • Representing Australia$1,548
  8. Telecommunications
    $717
    • Telecommunications - Usage$567
    • Telecommunications - Residential - Official$150

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $63,065.98
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $43,239.75
  3. Printing and Communications 16 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $6,765.00
  4. Printing and Communications 3 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $5,456.73
  5. Representing a Minister - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-11-27
    $4,967.41
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $4,360.36
  7. Printing and Communications 5 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,350.00
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,193.20
  9. Printing and Communications 12 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,565.00
  10. Darwin to Sydney 1 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Darwin → Sydney
    $2,387.50

Overseas travel, with stated reason

The MP's largest international trips over all quarters, with the reason IPEA records.

  1. Denmark Parliamentary Delegation
    Denmark, United Kingdom · 5 Oct 2023 → 12 Oct 2023 · 8 days
    $16,781
    $2,098/day
  2. International Parliamentary Delegation
    Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa · 5 June 2023 → 10 June 2023 · 6 days
    $11,958
    $1,993/day
  3. Fiji and New Caledonia Parliamentary Delegation to Fiji and New Caledonia
    Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu · 27 Aug 2023 → 2 Sept 2023 · 7 days
    $9,919
    $1,417/day
  4. Parliamentary Delegation.
    China · 26 June 2017 → 1 July 2017 · 6 days
    $7,674
    $1,279/day
  5. Official Travel - Indonesia
    Indonesia, Australia, Singapore · 10 June 2025 → 13 June 2025 · 4 days
    $6,763
    $1,691/day
  6. Official travel to Timor Leste
    East Timor · 27 Nov 2025 → 29 Nov 2025 · 3 days
    $5,398
    $1,799/day
  7. Accompanying Assistant Minister Tim Watts to Indonesia
    Indonesia · 11 Oct 2022 → 13 Oct 2022 · 3 days
    $4,713
    $1,571/day
  8. Parliamentary Delegation to China
    China · 26 June 2017 → 1 July 2017 · 6 days
    $4,208
    $701/day
  9. Timor-Leste - Representing Autralia Travel
    East Timor · 24 Apr 2024 → 25 Apr 2024 · 2 days
    $2,838
    $1,419/day
  10. Official Travel
    Indonesia · 25 Aug 2019 → 27 Aug 2019 · 3 days
    $1,906
    $635/day
  11. Overseas Special Envoy - Timor Leste
    East Timor · 19 Aug 2025 → 21 Aug 2025 · 3 days
    $1,740
    $580/day
  12. Official Travel - Timor Leste
    East Timor · 28 Jan 2026 → 29 Jan 2026 · 2 days
    $1,548
    $774/day

Sources

  • Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority · via data.gov.au · CC-BY 3.0 AU

    Trend covers 12 quarters (Apr–Jun 2023 to Jan–Mar 2026); the median comparison is against MPs in the same seniority role that quarter, falling back to all parliamentarians where a role is unknown.

Refreshed 15 June 2026 · Caveats