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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Andrew Mclachlan

LiberalSA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$102,512

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

Of which $46,394 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,400.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.2 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $56,118
  2. Employee Travel
    $14,849
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $11,355
  4. Other Car Costs
    $7,170
  5. Office Administration
    $5,797
  6. Travel Allowance
    $5,474
  7. Telecommunications
    $1,055
  8. Family Travel
    $568

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $56,117.90
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $14,849.11
  3. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-09
    $1,288.00
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  5. Adelaide to Canberra 9 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Canberra
    $1,286.84
  6. Canberra to Adelaide 12 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Adelaide
    $1,286.84
  7. Adelaide to Canberra 2 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Canberra
    $1,278.09
  8. Adelaide to Canberra 9 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Canberra
    $1,236.11
  9. Adelaide to Sydney 12 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Sydney
    $1,163.22
  10. Lease rental 26/12/2025 to 25/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,140.25

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.