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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Kara Cook

ALPQLDBONNER

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$140,661

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

Of which $108,397 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $485k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $61,785
  2. Office Facilities
    $32,264
  3. Employee Travel
    $15,291
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $10,176
  5. Family Travel
    $8,275
  6. Travel Allowance
    $6,118
  7. Other Car Costs
    $6,002
  8. Telecommunications
    $751

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $32,264.02
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $18,949.79
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $15,290.64
  4. Printing and Communications 23 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $11,035.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,694.62
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,444.57
  7. Printing and Communications 19 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,089.09
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,000.00
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Aug 25
    Office Administration
    $1,500.00
  10. Flags 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,339.80

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.