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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Helen Haines

IndependentVICINDI

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$149,157

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

Of which $87,158 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $2,027 · lifetime repaid $13,498.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $4.0 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $61,998
  2. Office Administration
    $54,108
  3. Employee Travel
    $24,103
  4. Other Car Costs
    $6,080
  5. Telecommunications
    $1,236
  6. Travel Allowance
    $966
  7. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $666

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $61,998.06
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $24,103.00
  3. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $4,980.00
  4. Printing and Communications 19 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,305.60
  5. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 9 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,980.00
  6. Printing and Communications 2 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,909.00
  7. Printing and Communications 23 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,851.72
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,818.18
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,818.18
  10. Flags 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,786.40

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.