Expenditure data for current and former Australian parliamentarians and their staff's travel expenses from 1 October to 31 December 2022. The dataset is published by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) under the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017. It was last updated on the data_gov_au platform on 19 March 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyzing quarterly expenditure patterns based on the reported time period.
- Tracking travel expenses for parliamentary staff as mentioned in the description.
- Monitoring compliance and transparency in government spending based on the legislative framework.
- Comparing expense categories across different parliamentarians.
Strengths
- Covers a specific three-month period from October to December 2022.
- Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse.
- Sourced from the authoritative Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA)
- Collection Method
- Reported under section 12 of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017.
- Time Range
- 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-19 03:28:45.822267; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia