Julie Collins
ALPTASFRANKLIN
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$232,220
1.6× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $203,370 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $20 · lifetime repaid $6,927.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $5.6 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Employee Travel$106,200
- Office Administration$54,587
- Office Facilities$28,850
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$25,373
- Travel Allowance$8,389
- Other Car Costs$7,142
- Family Travel$630
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$625
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$106,199.55
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$28,849.87
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$12,308.52
- Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25Office Administration$10,351.45
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$9,970.81
- Printing and Communications 14 Dec 25Office Administration$5,549.51
- Printing and Communications 14 Dec 25Office Administration$4,614.56
- Printing and Communications 27 Feb 26Office Administration$1,926.00
- Brisbane to Melbourne 19 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Brisbane → Melbourne$1,512.66
- Software Reimbursement (office expenses) 1 Jul 25Office Administration$1,500.00
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 —
ReportingPeriodIdon 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.