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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Don Farrell

ALPSA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$453,752

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

Of which $361,924 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $3,355 · lifetime repaid $7,336.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $8.6 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $249,594
  2. Office Facilities
    $91,829
  3. International Travel
    $49,159
  4. Office Administration
    $25,577
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $15,263
  6. Travel Allowance
    $8,806
  7. Family Travel
    $7,653
  8. Other Car Costs
    $4,465

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $171,315.07
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $91,828.67
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2026-02-24
    $39,725.32
  4. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2026-01-23
    $25,354.96
  5. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2026-02-24
    $15,955.66
  6. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2026-02-10
    $13,198.75
  7. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2026-02-10
    $12,998.25
  8. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2026-01-23
    $12,557.48
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $8,773.85
  10. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2026-01-23
    $5,529.33

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.