The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) reports parliamentarians' work and staff travel expenses under the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017. This dataset covers expenditure from 1 January to 31 March 2024. It is published by IPEA and was last updated on 2026-03-19.
Use Cases
- Analyze spending patterns of current and former parliamentarians based on reported work expenses.
- Track travel expenditure for parliamentary staff based on the description of staff travel expenses.
- Monitor compliance and transparency in government spending based on the statutory reporting framework.
- Compare quarterly expenditure trends across different parliamentary offices or individuals.
Strengths
- Data is published under a statutory reporting requirement (Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017).
- Covers a specific, recent quarterly period (1 January to 31 March 2024).
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is dated 2026-03-19.
Provenance
- Source
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA)
- Collection Method
- Public reporting under section 12 of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017.
- Time Range
- 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2024
- Freshness
- Covers Q1 2024; metadata last updated 2026-03-19.
- Geography
- Australia