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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Jacqui Lambie

IndependentTAS

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$117,551

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

Of which $101,877 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $23,815.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $3.2 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $57,563
  2. Office Administration
    $23,870
  3. Office Facilities
    $15,674
  4. Travel Allowance
    $8,933
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $5,359
  6. Other Car Costs
    $5,039
  7. Telecommunications
    $884
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $229

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $57,563.02
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $15,674.04
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $8,100.00
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $6,900.00
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $3,220.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $2,254.00
  7. Software Reimbursement (office expenses) 22 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,893.28
  8. Software Reimbursement (office expenses) 22 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,857.25
  9. Software Reimbursement (office expenses) 22 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,780.98
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-17
    $1,504.00

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.