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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Ash Ambihaipahar

ALPNSWBARTON

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$106,767

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

Of which $58,075 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $366k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $48,691
  2. Office Administration
    $27,094
  3. Employee Travel
    $14,695
  4. Travel Allowance
    $9,016
  5. Other Car Costs
    $4,577
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $1,682
  7. Telecommunications
    $1,012

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $48,691.36
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $14,694.84
  3. Printing and Communications 15 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $4,440.00
  4. Printing and Communications 6 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $3,197.73
  5. Printing and Communications 13 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,000.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,932.00
  7. Printing and Communications 13 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,800.00
  8. Printing and Communications 30 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,784.75
  9. Printing and Communications 5 Oct 25
    Office Administration
    $1,674.51
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel 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 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.