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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Ross Cadell

NationalsNSW

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$118,421

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

Of which $64,869 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $307.

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
    $53,552
  2. Employee Travel
    $15,871
  3. Office Administration
    $15,187
  4. Other Car Costs
    $15,143
  5. Travel Allowance
    $12,507
  6. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $4,455
  7. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $1,112
  8. Telecommunications
    $594

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $53,551.87
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $15,871.09
  3. Printing and Communications 12 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $8,880.30
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-06
    $2,254.00
  5. Lease rental 25/02/2026 to 24/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,705.16
  6. Lease rental 10/12/2025 to 09/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,642.25
  7. Lease rental 10/01/2026 to 09/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,642.25
  8. Lease rental 10/02/2026 to 09/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,642.25
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-02
    $1,288.00

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.