The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) publicly reports work and travel expenses for current and former Australian parliamentarians and their staff. This dataset covers the period from 1 April to 30 June 2024. It is published under the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017.
Use Cases
- Analyzing expenditure patterns of parliamentarians based on reported work and travel expenses.
- Tracking changes in staff travel costs over a fiscal quarter.
- Conducting transparency and accountability research based on legislated public reporting.
- Comparing expense categories across different parliamentary offices or time periods.
Strengths
- Data is published under a specific legislative mandate (Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017).
- Covers a defined three-month period from 1 April to 30 June 2024.
- Includes expenses for both current and former parliamentarians and their staff.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific quarterly reporting period.
Provenance
- Source
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA)
- Collection Method
- Legislated public reporting under section 12 of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017.
- Time Range
- 1 April 2024 to 30 June 2024
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-19 03:31:55.108383; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia