Mark Butler
ALPSAHINDMARSH
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$269,675
1.9× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $224,423 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $322 · lifetime repaid $19,549.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $8.5 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Employee Travel$140,489
- Office Facilities$45,252
- Office Administration$31,740
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$27,984
- Travel Allowance$11,666
- Other Car Costs$11,544
- Telecommunications$836
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$164
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$140,488.86
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$45,252.05
- Printing and Communications 3 Nov 25Office Administration$9,600.00
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$6,310.49
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$4,491.40
- Perth to Melbourne 19 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Melbourne$2,575.89
- Flags 1 Feb 26Office Administration$2,304.25
- Printing and Communications 23 Nov 25Office Administration$1,920.86
- Parliamentary DutiesTravel Allowance · 2026-02-08$1,610.00
- Brisbane to Adelaide 12 Dec 25Scheduled Commercial Transport · Brisbane → Adelaide$1,392.50
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 —
ReportingPeriodIdon 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.