The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) publishes quarterly claims by parliamentarians for expenses for travel, office expenses, telecommunications and employee expenses here.

The IPEA was established in 2017 and provides a window into parliamentarians' expenditure, and consequentially public scrutiny. It is doubtless also (indirectly) the reason why the Hon Stuart Robert MP decided to repay unusually high internet charges. 

I am especially interested in what parliamentarians are reading as it provides an insight into who they are and what they are thinking. It is an expenditure that I do not begrudge parliamentarians - indeed, the more books they buy and read, the better for everyone. 

I reviewed all expenses claims for publications under the heading Office Administration Costs for July-September 2018 to identify claims for books, excluding copies of Hansard. This is unlikely to be 100% accurate, as I am not sure that I could identify books reliably. There appears to be coding applied to the claims, but the coding might not be applied consistently. The code that appeared to be applied most frequently to books was also applied occasionally to newspapers, for example.

Amongst claims for publications, The Australian, The Age, Australian Financial Review, The Monthly and a wide selection of regional newspapers (Tenterfield Star, The Scone Advocate, Cowra Guardian, Kalgoorlie Miner, Beaudesert Times, Townsville Bulletin, Port Douglas and Mossman Gazette, Cassowary Coast Times, Herbert River Express, Balonne Beacon, Chinchilla News, The Western Star, Fraser Coast Chronicle, The Murray Valley Standard, Coastal Leader, The Murray Pioneer, Derwent Valley Gazette, The Huon News, The Northern Argus, West Coast Sentinel, Sunraysia Daily, Bairnsdale Advertiser, Riverine Herald, The Cobram Courier, The Warrnambool Standard to name but a few) appear most frequently. But it is books that I'm interested in.

Unfortunately, the pickings are reasonably slim. Parliamentarians are possibly self-censoring their claims, but the most recent expenses claims provide for interesting reading nevertheless. 

Here's the raw results by state:

NSW

Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells

Silent Invasion: China's Influence In Australia
The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO 1949-1963. Volume 1
The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO 1963-1975. Volume 2
The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO 1975-1989. Volume 3
A Shorter History of Australia
Charles Bean's Gallipoli: Illustrated
First Among Equals: Australia's Prime Ministers from Barton to Turnbull
Howard: The Art of Persuasion
Menzies: The Shaping of Modern Australia
The Forgotten People 75th Anniversary Edition
The Forgotten People: Updated 

Ms Emma Husar MP

Outliers: The Story of Success
I'm Australian Too
The Hidden Lives of Learners

Ms Emma McBride MP

Role Play the Parliament
Message in a Sock
Alfred's War
In the Lamplight
Lest We Forget 

The Hon Michael McCormack MP

The Australian Game of Football 

NT

QLD