Matt Burnell
ALPSASPENCE
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$116,699
0.8× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $81,074 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $3,274.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.2 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$36,151
- Office Facilities$35,626
- Employee Travel$17,523
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$13,290
- Travel Allowance$7,084
- Other Car Costs$5,713
- Telecommunications$1,055
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$258
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$35,625.91
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$17,523.18
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$5,849.71
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$5,382.35
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$5,330.13
- Printing and Communications 20 Jan 26Office Administration$3,470.00
- Office Equipment - Purchase < $4,999 (office expenses) 4 Mar 26Office Administration$1,908.18
- Brisbane to Adelaide 11 Dec 25Scheduled Commercial Transport · Brisbane → Adelaide$1,392.50
- Canberra to Sydney 21 Jan 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Sydney$1,316.83
- Parliamentary DutiesTravel Allowance · 2026-02-01$1,288.00
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.