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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Marielle Smith

ALPSA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$82,484

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

Of which $41,872 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $644 · lifetime repaid $7,077.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.4 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $40,612
  2. Employee Travel
    $16,941
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $11,310
  4. Other Car Costs
    $6,542
  5. Travel Allowance
    $3,220
  6. Office Administration
    $1,515
  7. Family Travel
    $1,289
  8. Telecommunications
    $1,055

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $40,612.47
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $16,941.01
  3. Lease rental 19/12/2025 to 18/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,328.97
  4. Lease rental 19/01/2026 to 18/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,328.97
  5. Lease rental 19/02/2026 to 18/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,328.97
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,288.00
  7. Canberra to Adelaide 13 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Adelaide
    $1,286.84
  8. Canberra to Adelaide 12 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Adelaide
    $1,286.84
  9. Canberra to Adelaide 5 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Adelaide
    $1,278.09
  10. Adelaide to Canberra 9 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Adelaide → Canberra
    $1,236.11

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.