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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Jamie Chaffey

NationalsNSWPARKES

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$202,931

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

Of which $109,751 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $410 · lifetime repaid $410.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $534k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $93,181
  2. Office Administration
    $50,404
  3. Employee Travel
    $20,771
  4. Travel Allowance
    $18,173
  5. Other Car Costs
    $7,977
  6. International Travel
    $6,704
  7. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $5,088
  8. Family Travel
    $558

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $93,180.52
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $20,770.89
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $19,250.69
  4. Printing and Communications 19 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $11,900.00
  5. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-12-02
    $6,382.33
  6. Flags 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,875.72
  7. Electorate Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-13
    $1,820.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,610.00
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,610.00

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 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 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.