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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Claire Chandler

LiberalTAS

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$62,607

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

Of which $44,145 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.4 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $18,462
  2. Employee Travel
    $15,909
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $12,601
  4. Travel Allowance
    $7,720
  5. Other Car Costs
    $5,486
  6. Office Administration
    $1,897
  7. Telecommunications
    $457
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $76

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $18,461.62
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $15,909.09
  3. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,610.00
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-02
    $1,288.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-09
    $1,288.00
  7. Hobart to Sydney 1 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Hobart → Sydney
    $991.13
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-18
    $966.00
  9. Lease rental 22/12/2025 to 21/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $961.26
  10. Lease rental 22/01/2026 to 21/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $961.26

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.