Bob Katter
IndependentQLDKENNEDY
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$298,161
2.1× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $203,458 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $3,401.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $8.7 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Facilities$94,702
- Office Administration$82,543
- Employee Travel$77,787
- Other Car Costs$17,790
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$11,854
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$9,438
- Telecommunications$3,246
- Family Travel$801
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$94,702.39
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$77,786.69
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$20,432.04
- Printing and Communications 10 Dec 25Office Administration$14,980.00
- Printing and Communications 18 Jul 25Office Administration$6,750.00
- Charters Towers to Atherton 21 Feb 26Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Charters Towers → Atherton$5,115.00
- Charters Towers to Hughenden 26 Jan 26Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Charters Towers → Hughenden$3,265.00
- Hughenden to Charters Towers 26 Jan 26Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Hughenden → Charters Towers$3,265.00
- Printing and Communications 17 Dec 25Office Administration$2,501.82
- Printing and Communications 3 Mar 26Office Administration$1,985.00
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.