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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Katy Gallagher

ALPACT

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$99,651

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

Of which $44,249 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $258.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.7 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $55,402
  2. Employee Travel
    $20,703
  3. Office Administration
    $12,567
  4. Other Car Costs
    $6,512
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $3,433
  6. Telecommunications
    $548
  7. Travel Allowance
    $486

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $55,401.78
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $20,703.34
  3. Printing and Communications 28 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $8,000.00
  4. Lease rental 23/02/2026 to 22/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,327.06
  5. Melbourne to Perth 17 Nov 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $1,319.30
  6. Canberra to Melbourne 17 Nov 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Melbourne
    $1,319.29
  7. Printing and Communications 18 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $1,300.00
  8. Lease rental 20/12/2025 to 19/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,090.63
  9. Lease rental 20/01/2026 to 19/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,090.63
  10. Lease rental 20/02/2026 to 19/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,090.63

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.