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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Alison Penfold

NationalsNSWLYNE

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$162,857

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

Of which $128,304 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $445k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $87,195
  2. Office Facilities
    $34,553
  3. Employee Travel
    $18,106
  4. Other Car Costs
    $7,832
  5. Travel Allowance
    $7,406
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $7,108
  7. Telecommunications
    $579
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $77

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $34,553.24
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $26,878.39
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $18,105.63
  4. Flags 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $8,932.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $5,739.82
  6. Printing and Communications 3 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $5,487.82
  7. Printing and Communications 4 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $5,106.00
  8. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $5,000.00
  9. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 16 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $4,500.00
  10. Lease rental 27/12/2025 to 26/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,768.01

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 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 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.