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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Catherine King

ALPVICBALLARAT

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$216,531

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

Of which $173,395 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $65 · lifetime repaid $8,857.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $6.7 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $78,967
  2. Office Administration
    $56,441
  3. Office Facilities
    $43,136
  4. Other Car Costs
    $13,553
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $12,205
  6. Travel Allowance
    $11,114
  7. Telecommunications
    $1,114

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $78,967.16
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $43,136.03
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $22,008.05
  4. Printing and Communications 26 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $14,625.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,958.23
  6. Flags 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,786.40
  7. Flags 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,504.98
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-18
    $1,288.00
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,288.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,288.00

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.