James Mcgrath
LiberalQLD
Other Car Costs · Jan–Mar 2026
$21,852
3.3× medianmedian MP’s other car costs claim · $6,647
How James has been trending
2023Q02 → 2026Q01Quarterly total across all categories, with the median MP for each quarter on the second line for context.
Lifetime claimed since 2023Q02: $5.1 million. See the full James Mcgrath profile for category breakdown and the largest individual claims.
Largest individual claims this quarter
All categories — the headline above is the other car costs subtotal only.
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$71,864.08
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$50,374.01
- Lease rental 29/12/2025 to 28/01/2026Other Car Costs$4,080.71
- Lease rental 29/01/2026 to 27/02/2026Other Car Costs$4,080.71
- Lease rental 28/02/2026 to 28/03/2026Other Car Costs$4,080.71
Sources
- Underlying figures from the IPEA quarterly expenditure report, Jan–Mar 2026 — sourced from data.gov.au/data/organization/ipea.
- Median computed across every parliamentarian with a non-zero Other Car Costs claim in Jan–Mar 2026. Threshold for inclusion as a highlight is greater than 3× that median. See methodology.
- Pollywatch reproduces the IPEA figure verbatim and adds no interpretation. Categories and amounts are from the source CSV; the comparator line is computed at build time.