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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Sarah Henderson

LiberalVIC

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$95,917

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

Of which $52,404 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $10,496.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $3.5 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $43,513
  2. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $14,044
  3. Office Administration
    $10,021
  4. Other Car Costs
    $9,860
  5. Employee Travel
    $9,218
  6. Travel Allowance
    $8,324
  7. Telecommunications
    $906
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $32

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $43,513.10
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $9,217.55
  3. Printing and Communications 25 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $3,438.00
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-22
    $1,610.00
  6. Lease rental 16/12/2025 to 15/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,500.17
  7. Lease rental 16/01/2026 to 15/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,500.17
  8. Lease rental 16/02/2026 to 15/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,500.17
  9. Melbourne to Brisbane 22 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Brisbane
    $1,435.90
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-03
    $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.