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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

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ALPVICCALWELL

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$80,652

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

Of which $43,345 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $322k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $37,306
  2. Employee Travel
    $12,893
  3. Office Administration
    $9,832
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $7,818
  5. Travel Allowance
    $7,583
  6. Other Car Costs
    $4,949
  7. Telecommunications
    $270

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $37,306.29
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $12,893.17
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,290.91
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,288.00
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,288.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-22
    $1,288.00
  8. Lease rental 10/12/2025 to 09/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,282.24
  9. Lease rental 10/01/2026 to 09/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,282.24
  10. Lease rental 10/02/2026 to 09/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,282.24

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.