Australian parliamentary expense data reported by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) for the period 1 October to 31 December 2024. The data covers work expenses and travel expenses of parliamentarians' staff, as mandated by 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 spending patterns of parliamentarians based on reported work expenses.
- Investigating travel expenditure for parliamentary staff based on the description of covered expense types.
- Benchmarking expense claims across different parliamentary offices or time periods.
- Monitoring compliance and transparency in government operations based on legislated reporting requirements.
Strengths
- Data is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license, permitting broad reuse.
- Reporting is mandated by legislation (Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017), suggesting a formal collection process.
- Covers a specific, recent quarterly period (Q4 2024).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
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 October 2024 to 31 December 2024
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-19 03:34:16.523948; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia