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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

James Mcgrath

LiberalQLD

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$179,500

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

Of which $129,126 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $5,411.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $5.1 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $71,864
  2. Office Facilities
    $50,374
  3. Other Car Costs
    $21,852
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $14,471
  5. Travel Allowance
    $9,309
  6. Office Administration
    $7,658
  7. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $2,778
  8. Telecommunications
    $1,194

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $71,864.08
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $50,374.01
  3. Lease rental 29/12/2025 to 28/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $4,080.71
  4. Lease rental 29/01/2026 to 27/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $4,080.71
  5. Lease rental 28/02/2026 to 28/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $4,080.71
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,610.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  8. Cairns to Mackay 7 Dec 25 to 10 Dec 25
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Cairns → Mackay
    $1,604.03
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-09
    $1,288.00

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.