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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Melissa Mcintosh

LiberalNSWLINDSAY

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$192,636

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

Of which $154,855 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $363 · lifetime repaid $4,581.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $3.4 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $105,973
  2. Office Facilities
    $37,781
  3. Employee Travel
    $34,017
  4. Travel Allowance
    $7,084
  5. Other Car Costs
    $6,221
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $1,151
  7. Telecommunications
    $409

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $37,781.04
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $34,016.88
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Aug 24
    Office Administration
    $28,227.27
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Aug 25
    Office Administration
    $18,656.93
  5. Printing and Communications 9 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $12,500.00
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Oct 25
    Office Administration
    $10,590.91
  7. Printing and Communications 22 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,875.00
  8. Printing and Communications 13 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $3,500.00
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,421.09
  10. Printing and Communications 17 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,804.38

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.