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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Alison Byrnes

ALPNSWCUNNINGHAM

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$145,524

1.0× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026

Of which $77,589 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $60.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.3 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $67,935
  2. Office Administration
    $50,779
  3. Employee Travel
    $11,486
  4. Travel Allowance
    $8,916
  5. Other Car Costs
    $4,382
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $1,543
  7. Telecommunications
    $484

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $67,935.16
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $19,296.37
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $11,485.55
  4. Printing and Communications 19 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,736.36
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $2,576.00
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,982.22
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-22
    $1,610.00
  9. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 22 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,599.00
  10. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 27 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,599.00

Sources

  • Headline, category breakdown, and largest claims: IPEA quarterly expenditure report, 2026Q01 — sourced from data.gov.au/data/organization/ipea.
  • Trend line: same source across 12 quarters (2023Q02 → 2026Q01). Median-MP comparison computed across all parliamentarians active in each quarter.
  • Identity: party, state, electorate, and role are read directly from the source CSV. From 2022Q03 onwards, MPs are tracked by a stable IPEA OfficeCode; earlier rows match by name.
  • Repayments sourced from the IPEA quarterly repayments CSV (available from 2022Q03 onwards). They are reported as a separate line, not netted off the gross total — ReportingPeriodId on a repayment marks when the money was paid back, not when the original claim was made. Adjustments are still not integrated. See methodology for the full list of caveats.