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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Maria Kovacic

LiberalNSW

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$129,396

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

Of which $74,582 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $3,993.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $1.3 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $54,814
  2. Employee Travel
    $39,886
  3. Office Administration
    $13,435
  4. Travel Allowance
    $7,184
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $7,110
  6. Other Car Costs
    $6,379
  7. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $453
  8. Telecommunications
    $135

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $54,814.01
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $39,885.67
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Aug 25
    Office Administration
    $3,625.00
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Sep 25
    Office Administration
    $3,625.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Oct 25
    Office Administration
    $3,625.00
  6. Printing and Communications 23 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $2,210.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-02
    $1,288.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-09
    $1,288.00
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  10. Brisbane to Canberra 23 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Brisbane → Canberra
    $1,194.37

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.