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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Michelle Ananda-Rajah

ALPVIC

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$112,500

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

Of which $75,997 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $2,254 · lifetime repaid $12,938.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.0 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $36,502
  2. Office Administration
    $26,106
  3. Employee Travel
    $12,890
  4. International Travel
    $10,879
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $10,626
  6. Other Car Costs
    $9,592
  7. Travel Allowance
    $5,329
  8. Telecommunications
    $219

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $36,502.25
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $17,630.41
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $12,889.84
  4. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-12-07
    $10,004.48
  5. Software Reimbursement (office expenses) 1 Jul 25
    Office Administration
    $2,052.64
  6. Melbourne 18 Jan 26
    Other Car Costs
    $1,950.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,610.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  9. Software Reimbursement (office expenses) 1 Jul 25
    Office Administration
    $1,500.00
  10. Sydney to Melbourne 14 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Melbourne
    $1,092.50

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.