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Latest data · Jan–Mar 2026
Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

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

2025Q022026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $65,128
  2. Office Administration
    $42,474
  3. Employee Travel
    $36,642
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $23,610
  5. Travel Allowance
    $8,929
  6. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $7,284
  7. Other Car Costs
    $6,095
  8. Telecommunications
    $946

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $65,127.60
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $36,642.39
  3. Flags 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $4,466.00
  4. Printing and Communications 9 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $3,203.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,699.03
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $2,447.66
  7. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,447.66
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,428.78
  9. Horn Island to Murray Island 12 Jan 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Horn Island → Murray Island
    $2,404.63
  10. Murray Island to Yam Island 12 Jan 26
    Unscheduled 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 (2025Q022026Q01). 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.