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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Anthony Albanese

ALPNSWGRAYNDLER

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$924,716

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

Of which $848,774 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $18,104.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $23.4 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $668,978
  2. International Travel
    $103,861
  3. Office Facilities
    $75,942
  4. Office Administration
    $38,073
  5. Other Car Costs
    $27,113
  6. Travel Allowance
    $8,333
  7. Family Travel
    $2,236
  8. Telecommunications
    $180

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $629,665.18
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $75,941.73
  3. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2025-10-26
    $31,316.23
  4. Ministerial - Ground transport
    International Travel · 2025-10-19
    $28,917.08
  5. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-10-19
    $13,193.59
  6. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-10-26
    $9,846.18
  7. Printing and Communications 11 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $9,219.00
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $9,042.17
  9. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2025-10-19
    $8,436.18
  10. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2026-02-05
    $8,226.23

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.