Certifications

As part of the public reporting process, current and former parliamentarians (including former prime ministers and post retirement travellers), are asked to certify that the expenses listed in their report were used for the dominant purpose of conducting their parliamentary business. Current and former parliamentarians are not asked to certify the specific amount of listed expenses as they may have limited knowledge or control over various types of expenses, such as office facilities.

Surviving spouses / de facto partners of former prime ministers are not asked to certify their reports.

Certifications data from 1 July 2022 onwards is available here on the IPEA website and data.gov.au in CSV format for download.

Certifications data from 1 January 2019 onwards is also available on data.gov.au