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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Carol Brown

ALPTAS

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$102,797

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

Of which $71,632 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $1,231.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $3.3 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $31,165
  2. Office Administration
    $27,777
  3. Employee Travel
    $16,238
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $11,915
  5. Travel Allowance
    $8,141
  6. Other Car Costs
    $6,694
  7. Telecommunications
    $705
  8. International Travel
    $127

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $31,164.92
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $16,238.09
  3. Printing and Communications 7 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $11,592.51
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $4,729.25
  5. Printing and Communications 7 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,997.41
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,610.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-22
    $1,610.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-02
    $1,288.00
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-09
    $1,288.00
  10. Lease rental 05/12/2025 to 04/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,123.28

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.