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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Carina Garland

ALPVICCHISHOLM

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$130,145

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

Of which $98,015 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $1.9 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $60,106
  2. Office Facilities
    $32,130
  3. Employee Travel
    $15,311
  4. Travel Allowance
    $8,694
  5. Other Car Costs
    $7,092
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $6,658
  7. Telecommunications
    $154

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $32,129.54
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $18,352.35
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $15,311.31
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $8,311.83
  5. Printing and Communications 19 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $8,100.00
  6. Printing and Communications 6 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,485.00
  7. Printing and Communications 28 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,265.66
  8. Printing and Communications 31 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,178.08
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,007.55
  10. Printing and Communications 16 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $2,117.00

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 — 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.