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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Meryl Swanson

ALPNSWPATERSON

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$142,201

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

Of which $100,370 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $19,274.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $4.9 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $58,141
  2. Office Facilities
    $41,831
  3. Employee Travel
    $18,115
  4. Other Car Costs
    $7,208
  5. International Travel
    $5,858
  6. Travel Allowance
    $5,152
  7. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $4,439
  8. Telecommunications
    $1,457

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $41,830.97
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $18,115.45
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $9,429.34
  4. Printing and Communications 10 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $6,838.88
  5. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-12-02
    $5,536.33
  6. Flags 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,990.40
  7. Flags 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,990.40
  8. Printing and Communications 20 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,403.17
  9. Printing and Communications 19 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,272.72
  10. Printing and Communications 22 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,146.15

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.