From 1 October to 31 December 2025, this dataset contains work and travel expenses for current and former Australian parliamentarians and their staff. It is published by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) under the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017. The data was last updated on 19 March 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze quarterly spending trends based on reported work and travel expenses.
- Compare expenditure patterns between different parliamentarians or political parties.
- Monitor compliance and transparency in government operations based on legislated reporting requirements.
Strengths
- Data is published under a specific legislative act (Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017), providing a clear legal basis.
- The dataset has a defined temporal coverage from 1 October to 31 December 2025.
- It is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for reuse with attribution.
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 by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority under section 12 of the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017.
- Time Range
- 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-19 03:39:06.560117; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia