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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Charlotte Walker

ALPSA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$53,585

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

Of which $53,330 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Jul-Sep 2025: $243k across 3 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q03 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $28,432
  2. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $8,301
  3. Other Car Costs
    $6,147
  4. Travel Allowance
    $6,118
  5. Family Travel
    $2,277
  6. Office Administration
    $1,214
  7. Telecommunications
    $498
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $343

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $28,431.73
  2. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  3. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,288.00
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  5. Lease rental 27/12/2025 to 26/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $969.03
  6. Lease rental 27/01/2026 to 26/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $969.03
  7. Lease rental 27/02/2026 to 26/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $969.03
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-18
    $966.00
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-09
    $966.00
  10. Adelaide to Canberra 8 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Canberra
    $809.10

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 3 quarters (2025Q03 → 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.