Matt Smith
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Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$191,156
1.3× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $126,029 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $547k across 4 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2025Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Facilities$65,128
- Office Administration$42,474
- Employee Travel$36,642
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$23,610
- Travel Allowance$8,929
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$7,284
- Other Car Costs$6,095
- Telecommunications$946
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$65,127.60
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$36,642.39
- Flags 1 Jan 26Office Administration$4,466.00
- Printing and Communications 9 Mar 26Office Administration$3,203.00
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$2,699.03
- Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25Office Administration$2,447.66
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$2,447.66
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$2,428.78
- Horn Island to Murray Island 12 Jan 26Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Horn Island → Murray Island$2,404.63
- Murray Island to Yam Island 12 Jan 26Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Murray Island → Yam Island$2,209.13
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 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 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.