The 2011/12 total was about $350,000 more than the previous financial year.
Overseas travel accounted for almost $4 million of the total expenses for the first six months of 2012, or an average of $160,000 a week.
Office facilities and administration costs accounted for almost a quarter of the total.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard claimed $517,379 for overseas travel, $190,000 of which accounted for trips taken before January 1 but paid for in the first six months of this year.
Ms Gillard made trips to South Korea ($42,493), Singapore and Turkey ($137,754), the United States ($112,758) and Mexico and Brazil ($34,530) between January and June.
The Prime Minister's total entitlements came to $575,259 for the reporting period, plus an additional $202,944 in expenses incurred prior to January 1.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott received $439,647.59 in entitlements, and while he did not have any overseas travel expenses from January to June, his trip to the UK, United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan in November last year came to $7529.
http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/politicians-rack-more-101-million-expenses/1642984/