Former Parliamentarians' Expenditure | IPEA - INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES AUTHORITY

The information contained in the reports below is considered to be an accurate statement of payments made and receipts received within the selected period. The reports should be read in conjunction with the explanatory notes.

Payment of Work Expenses

Former Prime Ministers
Life Gold Pass Holders
Post Retirement Travellers
Surviving Spouses or De Facto Partners of Former Prime Ministers
Explanatory Notes

Former Prime Ministers

Name	Domestic Scheduled Fares	Other Car Costs	Office Facilities	Office Administrative Costs	Telecommunications	Family Travel Costs	Travel Allowance	Employee Costs	Overseas Travel
The Hon Tony Abbott + Domestic Scheduled Fares$127.25 Car Costs$2,744.00 Office Facilities$45,761.56 Office Administrative Costs$3,918.17 Telecommunications$29.97 Family Travel Costs$0.00 Travel Allowance$0.00 Employee Costs$0.00 Overseas Travel$0.00	$127.25	$2,744.00	$45,761.56	$3,918.17	$29.97	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
The Hon Julia Gillard AC + Domestic Scheduled Fares$0.00 Car Costs$2,779.20 Office Facilities$23,074.17 Office Administrative Costs$82.44 Telecommunications$640.99 Family Travel Costs$0.00 Travel Allowance$0.00 Employee Costs$1,127.23 Overseas Travel$0.00	$0.00	$2,779.20	$23,074.17	$82.44	$640.99	$0.00	$0.00	$1,127.23	$0.00
The Hon John Howard OM AC + Domestic Scheduled Fares$1,450.35 Car Costs$4,662.88 Office Facilities$94,679.64 Office Administrative Costs$2,227.84 Telecommunications$694.59 Family Travel Costs$961.62 Travel Allowance$0.00 Employee Costs$1,014.06 Overseas Travel$0.00	$1,450.35	$4,662.88	$94,679.64	$2,227.84	$694.59	$961.62	$0.00	$1,014.06	$0.00
The Hon Paul Keating + Domestic Scheduled Fares$0.00 Car Costs$3,253.77 Office Facilities$45,457.44 Office Administrative Costs$1,045.34 Telecommunications$1,036.51 Family Travel Costs$0.00 Travel Allowance$0.00 Employee Costs$222.45 Overseas Travel$0.00	$0.00	$3,253.77	$45,457.44	$1,045.34	$1,036.51	$0.00	$0.00	$222.45	$0.00
The Hon Kevin Rudd AC + Domestic Scheduled Fares$4,479.34 Car Costs$5,003.73 Office Facilities$31,531.32 Office Administrative Costs$636.89 Telecommunications$0.00 Family Travel Costs$862.12 Travel Allowance$0.00 Employee Costs$3,023.79 Overseas Travel$0.00	$4,479.34	$5,003.73	$31,531.32	$636.89	$0.00	$862.12	$0.00	$3,023.79	$0.00
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull + Domestic Scheduled Fares$0.00 Car Costs$1,810.69 Office Facilities$113,406.62 Office Administrative Costs$921.87 Telecommunications$729.35 Family Travel Costs$0.00 Travel Allowance$0.00 Employee Costs$0.00 Overseas Travel$0.00	$0.00	$1,810.69	$113,406.62	$921.87	$729.35	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Post Retirement Travellers

Name	Domestic Scheduled Fares	Other Car Costs
Mr Cory Bernardi + Domestic Scheduled Fares$0.00 Car Costs$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
The Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO + Domestic Scheduled Fares$0.00 Car Costs$0.00	$0.00	$0.00

Surviving Spouses or De Facto Partners of Former Prime Ministers

Name	Domestic Scheduled Fares	Other Car Costs	Office Facilities	Office Administrative Costs	Telecommunications
Ms Blanche d'Alpuget + Domestic Scheduled Fares$0.00 Car Costs$0.00 Office Facilities$0.00 Office Administrative Costs$0.00 Telecommunications$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Mrs Tamie Fraser AO + Domestic Scheduled Fares$743.52 Car Costs$0.00 Office Facilities$0.00 Office Administrative Costs$0.00 Telecommunications$165.31	$743.52	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$165.31
Lady Nancy Gorton + Domestic Scheduled Fares$0.00 Car Costs$0.00 Office Facilities$0.00 Office Administrative Costs$0.00 Telecommunications$351.52	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$351.52

Explanatory Notes

1. Domestic Scheduled Fares

Payments made for travel by former Parliamentarians via domestic scheduled services. This total includes amounts paid and refunds received during the period.

Where a trip has multiple legs of travel, the cost of the whole trip may be reported against the first leg of travel.

2. Other Car Costs

Payments made for the following:

Private-Plated Vehicle (former Prime Ministers only): hire, insurance, maintenance costs and fuel costs of Commonwealth-leased private-plated vehicles
COMCAR (former Prime Ministers and surviving spouses / de facto partners of former Prime Ministers only): the cost of COMCAR trips billed within the period

Where a trip has multiple legs of travel, the cost of the whole trip may be reported against the first leg of travel.

3. Office Facilities^#

(former Prime Ministers and surviving spouses / de facto partners of former Prime Ministers only)
Payments made for the following:

Property operating expenses: including lease, power, cleaning
Office security
Repairs and maintenance: of both property and its fixtures
Telecommunications – purchases: the purchase of, servicing, repairs and maintenance of telecommunications
Office equipment: the purchase of office equipment.

4. Office Administrative Costs

(former Prime Ministers only)
Payments made for the following:

Office Consumables and Services
Printing and Communications
Publications

5. Telecommunications

(former Prime Ministers and surviving spouses / de facto partners of former Prime Ministers only)
Payments made for telecommunication usage costs (fixed and mobile).

6. Family Travel Costs

(former Prime Ministers only)
Payments made for domestic travel, undertaken by the former Parliamentarian's spouse / de facto partner for the following:

Domestic Scheduled Fares
COMCAR

Where a trip has multiple legs of travel, the cost of the whole trip may be reported against the first leg of travel.

7. Travel Allowance

(former Prime Ministers only)
Payments made to former Prime Ministers for overnight stays in locations other than their home base, when travelling in their capacity as a former Prime Minister.

8. Employee Costs^~

(former Prime Ministers only)
Payments made for domestic and overseas travel (where the travel can be attributed to an employee).

For domestic travel, the following payments are included:

Motor Vehicle Allowance
Travelling Allowance
Domestic Scheduled Fares
Cabcharge
Other Car Costs
Parking

For overseas travel (where the travel can be attributed to an employee), the following costs are generally included:

Fares
Travelling and Expense Allowances
Passport Costs
Equipment Allowance
Other Related Overseas Travel Costs

Other overseas employee costs such as accommodation, meals, ground transport and other related overseas travel costs are not included due to limitations with the data provided to IPEA by third party suppliers at the time of payment. These costs are attributed to the former Prime Minister.

The number of employees represents the number of employees with travel expenses in the period, not the total number of employees in an office.

9. Overseas Travel

(former Prime Ministers only)
Payments made for overseas travel approved by the Prime Minister.

For former Prime Ministers and their accompanying spouses (including de facto partners), costs include fares, transport, accommodation, meals, official hospitality, travel and expense allowances, passport, equipment allowance, medical and other related overseas travel costs.

For employees of former Prime Ministers, certain costs are identified per overseas trip. These employee costs generally include fares, travel and expense allowances, passport, equipment allowance and other related overseas travel costs paid to, or on behalf of, the employee. Other overseas employee costs such as accommodation, meals, ground transport and other related overseas travel costs are unable to be attributed to individual employees due to limitations with the data provided to IPEA by third party suppliers at the time of payment. These costs are included with the Former Prime Minister's overseas costs per trip.

# Office Facilities appears as an aggregate cost.

~ Employee costs appear as aggregate costs.