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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Leah Blyth

LiberalSA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$116,150

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

Of which $71,389 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $205.

Lifetime claimed since Jan-Mar 2025: $502k across 5 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q01 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $44,761
  2. Employee Travel
    $19,658
  3. International Travel
    $11,995
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $11,955
  5. Travel Allowance
    $9,699
  6. Office Administration
    $7,842
  7. Other Car Costs
    $7,090
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $1,650

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $44,761.18
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $19,657.96
  3. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-12-07
    $11,120.32
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-09
    $1,932.00
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-22
    $1,610.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  7. Adelaide to Canberra 8 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Canberra
    $1,286.84
  8. Canberra to Adelaide 5 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Adelaide
    $1,286.84
  9. Adelaide to Canberra 9 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Canberra
    $1,286.84
  10. Canberra to Adelaide 5 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Adelaide
    $1,278.09

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 5 quarters (2025Q01 → 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.