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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Michelle Rowland

ALPNSWGREENWAY

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$395,241

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

Of which $248,243 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $12,970.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $8.6 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $146,999
  2. Employee Travel
    $108,259
  3. Office Administration
    $96,191
  4. Travel Allowance
    $14,280
  5. Other Car Costs
    $14,074
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $12,537
  7. Family Travel
    $1,692
  8. Telecommunications
    $1,210

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $146,998.58
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $108,258.98
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $15,227.80
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $12,254.73
  5. Printing and Communications 11 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $5,994.56
  6. Printing and Communications 14 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $4,545.45
  7. Printing and Communications 16 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,963.15
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,637.39
  9. Printing and Communications 5 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,000.00
  10. Printing and Communications 12 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,000.00

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.