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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Ben Small

LiberalWAFORREST

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$188,146

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

Of which $143,339 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $1.1 million across 7 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $67,317
  2. Office Facilities
    $44,807
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $30,595
  4. Employee Travel
    $27,314
  5. Other Car Costs
    $8,509
  6. Travel Allowance
    $8,171
  7. Telecommunications
    $1,432

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $44,807.19
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $27,313.98
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $22,340.84
  4. Printing and Communications 27 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,995.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,745.04
  6. Sydney to Perth 13 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Perth
    $2,580.14
  7. Perth to Melbourne 28 Jan 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Melbourne
    $2,575.89
  8. Perth to Canberra 8 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Canberra
    $2,392.42
  9. Perth to Canberra 1 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Canberra
    $2,392.42
  10. Canberra to Perth 12 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth
    $2,392.42

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 7 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.