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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Malarndirri Mccarthy

ALPNT

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$335,064

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

Of which $261,847 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $683 · lifetime repaid $14,982.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $6.4 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $162,858
  2. Office Facilities
    $73,217
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $34,064
  4. Other Car Costs
    $33,156
  5. Office Administration
    $16,416
  6. Travel Allowance
    $8,064
  7. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $6,000
  8. Family Travel
    $657

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $162,858.28
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $73,217.09
  3. Darwin to Katherine 9 Mar 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Darwin → Katherine
    $3,000.00
  4. Katherine to Darwin 9 Mar 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Katherine → Darwin
    $3,000.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,794.33
  6. Lease rental 28/12/2025 to 27/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,553.79
  7. Lease rental 28/01/2026 to 27/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,553.79
  8. Lease rental 28/02/2026 to 27/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,553.79
  9. Darwin to Sydney 10 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Darwin → Sydney
    $2,497.20
  10. Canberra to Perth 4 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth
    $2,383.67

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.