Kate Chaney
IndependentWACURTIN
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$195,293
1.4× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $151,296 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $12,450.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.5 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$82,025
- Office Facilities$43,997
- Employee Travel$38,238
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$13,766
- Family Travel$7,422
- Travel Allowance$5,796
- Other Car Costs$3,733
- Telecommunications$316
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$43,997.09
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$38,237.50
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$19,078.50
- Printing and Communications 23 Dec 25Office Administration$8,600.00
- Printing and Communications 23 Feb 26Office Administration$3,850.00
- Printing and Communications 13 Feb 26Office Administration$3,630.00
- Printing and Communications 9 Feb 26Office Administration$2,546.36
- Canberra to Perth 12 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth$2,392.42
- Perth to Canberra 9 Mar 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Canberra$2,392.42
- Canberra to Perth 12 Mar 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth$2,392.42
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.