Anne Webster
NationalsVICMALLEE
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$202,179
1.4× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $145,878 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,624.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $4.6 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$66,751
- Office Facilities$56,301
- Employee Travel$50,391
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$11,666
- Travel Allowance$4,937
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$4,863
- Other Car Costs$4,081
- Family Travel$2,387
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$56,301.02
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$50,391.07
- Printing and Communications 22 Jan 26Office Administration$12,833.19
- Printing and Communications 30 Jan 26Office Administration$6,091.37
- Software Reimbursement (office expenses) 1 Jul 25Office Administration$5,200.00
- SMS broadcasting and survey services (office expenses) 1 Oct 25Office Administration$4,086.83
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$3,483.89
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$2,424.78
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$2,266.70
- Parliamentary DutiesTravel Allowance · 2026-02-08$1,610.00
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 —
ReportingPeriodIdon 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.