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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Madeleine King

ALPWABRAND

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$511,557

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

Of which $449,934 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $2,576 · lifetime repaid $10,715.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $8.7 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $266,686
  2. International Travel
    $76,922
  3. Office Facilities
    $61,623
  4. Office Administration
    $45,742
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $40,610
  6. Other Car Costs
    $8,052
  7. Travel Allowance
    $7,138
  8. Family Travel
    $4,708

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $176,524.85
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $61,622.82
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-10-29
    $35,129.92
  4. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2026-02-01
    $34,244.48
  5. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-10-19
    $26,174.22
  6. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2026-03-13
    $20,786.42
  7. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-10-29
    $17,564.96
  8. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2026-02-01
    $15,283.24
  9. Printing and Communications 6 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $10,285.00
  10. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2026-03-13
    $9,447.20

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.