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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Steve Georganas

ALPSAADELAIDE

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$143,140

1.1× 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 $92,140 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,389.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2017$5,652,293 across 36 quarters of claims.

About $628,033 per year in office, over 36 quarters actually in Parliament.

In Parliament 9 Oct 2004, 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. Office Facilities
    $51,000
    • Other$51,000
  2. Office Administration
    $36,682
    • Printing and Communications$23,274
    • Office Consumables and Services$13,408
  3. Employee Travel
    $13,509
    • Domestic Travel$13,509
  4. International Travel
    $13,024
    • Parliamentary Delegations$13,024
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $8,275
    • Fares$8,275
  6. Family Travel
    $7,690
    • Scheduled Commercial Transport$7,619
    • COMCAR$71
  7. Travel Allowance
    $7,084
    • Travel Allowance$7,084
  8. Other Car Costs
    $5,039
    • COMCAR$3,330
    • Private-Plated Vehicle$1,710

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $51,000.47
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $13,509.47
  3. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-11-08
    $13,023.55
  4. Printing and Communications 9 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $5,000.00
  5. Printing and Communications 15 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $4,530.00
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,769.22
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $2,576.00
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,500.00
  9. Printing and Communications 6 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,390.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,610.00

Overseas travel, with stated reason

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

  1. Parliamentary Delegation
    UK France and Ireland · 2 June 2018 → 16 June 2018 · 15 days
    $22,219
    $1,481/day
  2. Official Travel - United Kingdom and Poland
    Poland, United Kingdom, Utd.Arab Emir. · 8 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025 · 9 days
    $18,804
    $2,089/day
  3. Parliamentary Delegation.
    Greece and Turkey · 25 Sept 2017 → 8 Oct 2017 · 14 days
    $14,936
    $1,067/day
  4. 45th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
    Laos, Thailand, Vietnam · 17 Oct 2024 → 23 Oct 2024 · 7 days
    $14,110
    $2,016/day
  5. Official travel
    Cambodia, Malaysia · 10 Sept 2025 → 22 Sept 2025 · 13 days
    $12,405
    $954/day
  6. Philippines - Parliamentary Delegation to 31st Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF)
    Philippines, Singapore · 18 Nov 2023 → 27 Nov 2023 · 10 days
    $9,936
    $994/day
  7. Parliamentary Delegation
    Fiji Kiribati and Tonga · 25 June 2017 → 1 July 2017 · 7 days
    $7,147
    $1,021/day
  8. Parliamentary Delegation
    Singapore · 30 Aug 2018 → 7 Sept 2018 · 9 days
    $5,296
    $588/day
  9. Parliamentary Delegation
    New Zealand · 17 Dec 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 · 4 days
    $4,197
    $1,049/day
  10. Parliamentary Delegation.
    Fiji Kiribati and Tonga · 25 June 2017 → 1 July 2017 · 7 days
    $702
    $100/day
  11. Parliamentary Delegation
    Greece and Turkey · 25 Sept 2017 → 8 Oct 2017 · 14 days
    $684
    $49/day
  12. Parliamentary Delegation.
    New Zealand · 17 Dec 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 · 4 days
    $486
    $122/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