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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Cassandra Fernando

ALPVICHOLT

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$116,775

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

Of which $65,012 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.2 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $51,763
  2. Employee Travel
    $20,633
  3. Office Administration
    $19,710
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $8,524
  5. Other Car Costs
    $7,415
  6. Travel Allowance
    $5,474
  7. Family Travel
    $2,747
  8. Telecommunications
    $508

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $51,763.05
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $20,633.29
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $5,072.05
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $4,968.12
  5. Printing and Communications 10 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,952.00
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,894.23
  7. Printing and Communications 22 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,850.00
  8. Printing and Communications 11 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,755.00
  9. Lease rental 10/12/2025 to 09/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,325.47
  10. Lease rental 10/01/2026 to 09/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,325.47

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.