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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Richard Marles

ALPVICCORIO

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$502,303

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

Of which $432,674 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $810 · lifetime repaid $1,418.

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. Employee Travel
    $295,855
  2. International Travel
    $98,032
  3. Office Facilities
    $69,629
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $21,520
  5. Office Administration
    $6,859
  6. Other Car Costs
    $5,215
  7. Travel Allowance
    $4,201
  8. Telecommunications
    $991

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $137,582.35
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-12-05
    $99,308.02
  3. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $69,628.94
  4. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-12-05
    $33,109.64
  5. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2026-02-11
    $32,570.20
  6. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2026-02-11
    $20,728.48
  7. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2026-02-11
    $13,565.10
  8. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2026-03-11
    $10,820.60
  9. Ministerial - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-10-31
    $8,525.04
  10. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-10-31
    $8,405.04

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.