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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Jerome Laxale

ALPNSWBENNELONG

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$188,923

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

Of which $117,694 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $346 · lifetime repaid $346.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.6 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $85,102
  2. Office Facilities
    $71,228
  3. Employee Travel
    $11,662
  4. Other Car Costs
    $9,583
  5. Travel Allowance
    $7,084
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $3,415
  7. Telecommunications
    $597
  8. Family Travel
    $252

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $71,228.18
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $19,836.82
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $11,662.01
  4. Printing and Communications 6 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $8,800.00
  5. Printing and Communications 17 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $8,201.00
  6. Printing and Communications 19 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $6,000.00
  7. Printing and Communications 17 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,636.25
  8. Printing and Communications 18 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,500.00
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,266.00
  10. Printing and Communications 2 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,819.47

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.