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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Penny Wong

ALPSA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$508,059

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

Of which $438,273 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $1,200 · lifetime repaid $3,511.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $11.0 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $313,039
  2. International Travel
    $70,663
  3. Office Facilities
    $69,786
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $21,226
  5. Office Administration
    $14,416
  6. Other Car Costs
    $10,766
  7. Travel Allowance
    $6,762
  8. Telecommunications
    $1,400

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $198,867.92
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-12-07
    $80,093.56
  3. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $69,786.23
  4. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-12-07
    $39,456.32
  5. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-11-19
    $33,137.22
  6. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-11-19
    $16,568.61
  7. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2025-11-11
    $3,684.77
  8. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2025-12-07
    $3,375.84
  9. Printing and Communications 11 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $3,107.00
  10. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2025-11-19
    $2,273.52

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.