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The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) conducts assurance activities and audits relating to:
- all work expenses, travel expenses and travel allowances claimed by parliamentarians
- travel expenses and travel allowances claimed by MOP(S) Act Staff.
IPEA may give rulings determining that conduct engaged in by a parliamentarian or another person in relation to travel expenses or allowances of a parliamentarian was or was not in accordance with the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017.
Audit reports released by the Members of the Authority
| Audit scope | Download | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| The audit examined travel and travel related expenses of the Hon Anika Wells MP from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025. | 8 May 2026 | |
| The audit examined travel expenses incurred by Mr Amos over the period between 30 May and 26 November 2017 and between 1 July 2019 and 2 February 2023. | 8 May 2026 | |
| The audit examined expenses, including family travel, incurred by Mr Laming MP, during the period from 21 June 2019 to 27 June 2019. | 24 March 2022 | |
| The audit examined travel and travel related expenses incurred by Senator McCarthy focusing primarily on domestic travel connections through Sydney during the period 2 July 2016 to 30 April 2019. | 4 April 2020 | |
| The audit examined travel and travel related expenses of Mr Christensen MP for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018 focusing on travel adjacent to personal international travel. | 20 January 2020 | |
| The audit examined travel and travel related expenses of Ms Emma Husar MP for the period 2 July 2016 to 31 July 2018. | 7 March 2019 | |
| The audit examined travel and travel related expenses of Ms Vikki Campion from May 2016 to February 2018 including periods where Ms Campion was employed by the Hon Mr Barnaby Joyce MP, Senator the Hon Matthew Canavan and the Hon Mr Damian Drum. | 13 July 2018 | |
| The audit examined travel and travel related expenses of the Hon Mr Barnaby Joyce from May 2016 to February 2018 and followed public acknowledgement of a personal relationship between Mr Joyce and a member of his staff during part of this period. | 12 July 2018 |
Rulings given by the Members of the Authority
Ruling - Dr Sam McMahon, former Senator - 21 October 2025.pdf (PDF, 236.27 KB) Ruling - Mr Andrew Laming MP, Member for Bowman - 24 March 2022 (PDF, 230.18 KB) Ruling – Mr David Leyonhjelm, former Senator – August 2019 (PDF, 175.04 KB)
1IPEA notes Dr Laming has repaid the full amount
2IPEA notes Mr Leyonhjelm has repaid the full amount
Corrected attachments
IPEA has released updated attachments for two audits. The audits were conducted on correct data. The omissions occurred when manually summarising the data into the table for publication.
Correction to Attachment B of a Parliamentarian's travel and travel related expenses 9 May 2016 to 14 February 2018 - Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, Member for New England (PDF, 178.89 KB) Correction to Attachment C of a MOP(S) staff member's travel and travel related expenses 9 May 2016 to 14 February 2018 - Ms Vikki Campion (PDF, 130.18 KB)
Assurance reviews
Published assurance reviews have moved to a separate page.
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IPEA’s oversight provides assurance to the public, parliamentarians and staff that parliamentary work expenses are being used in accordance with the Framework
IPEA has a multi-layered approach to assurance that takes account of the high volume and types of parliamentary work expenses being accessed, and the need for public accountability
An assurance review follows a preliminary assessment if there are indications that a work expense may have been used outside the legislative framework.
