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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Garth Hamilton

LiberalQLDGROOM

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$189,749

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

Of which $156,688 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $7,528.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.8 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $68,224
  2. International Travel
    $37,805
  3. Office Facilities
    $33,061
  4. Employee Travel
    $18,686
  5. Other Car Costs
    $10,581
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $10,472
  7. Travel Allowance
    $8,726
  8. Family Travel
    $1,664

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $33,060.87
  2. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-09-13
    $20,175.48
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $18,686.20
  4. Delegation - Incidentals
    International Travel · 2025-09-13
    $14,327.57
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $14,080.82
  6. Printing and Communications 19 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $5,478.58
  7. Printing and Communications 12 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $4,685.98
  8. Flags 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $4,466.00
  9. Printing and Communications 17 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $4,243.48
  10. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,319.42

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.