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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

David Smith

ALPACTBEAN

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$107,908

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

Of which $69,547 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.7 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $59,114
  2. Office Facilities
    $38,361
  3. Other Car Costs
    $4,076
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $3,308
  5. Employee Travel
    $2,059
  6. Telecommunications
    $530
  7. Travel Allowance
    $459

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $38,360.75
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $20,624.15
  3. Printing and Communications 6 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $12,597.95
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $4,000.00
  5. Printing and Communications 20 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,355.00
  6. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $2,059.48
  7. Printing and Communications 18 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,000.00
  8. Printing and Communications 4 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,810.00
  9. Printing and Communications 28 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,574.70
  10. Printing and Communications 20 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,338.35

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.