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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Sam Rae

ALPVICHAWKE

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$256,765

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

Of which $194,048 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $333.

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 Administration
    $86,416
  2. Employee Travel
    $75,068
  3. Office Facilities
    $62,717
  4. Other Car Costs
    $12,967
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $10,146
  6. Travel Allowance
    $8,856
  7. Telecommunications
    $596

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $75,068.18
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $62,716.66
  3. Printing and Communications 24 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $48,198.00
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $18,481.38
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Mar 25
    Office Administration
    $2,730.00
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 25
    Office Administration
    $2,310.00
  7. Printing and Communications 6 Oct 24
    Office Administration
    $2,272.73
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,136.01
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,642.76
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2025-11-23
    $1,610.00

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.