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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Ged Kearney

ALPVICCOOPER

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$192,198

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

Of which $142,674 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $136 · lifetime repaid $809.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $5.0 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $81,004
  2. Office Facilities
    $49,524
  3. Employee Travel
    $40,382
  4. Other Car Costs
    $7,519
  5. Travel Allowance
    $6,118
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $5,533
  7. Family Travel
    $1,610
  8. Telecommunications
    $508

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $49,523.76
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $40,382.00
  3. Printing and Communications 1 May 25
    Office Administration
    $16,250.00
  4. Printing and Communications 17 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $14,000.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $10,171.29
  6. Printing and Communications 14 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $9,600.00
  7. Printing and Communications 6 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $9,000.00
  8. Printing and Communications 6 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $8,900.00
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,900.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-02
    $2,576.00

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.