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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Sarah Witty

ALPVICMELBOURNE

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$144,141

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

Of which $73,293 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $331 · lifetime repaid $331.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $509k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $70,848
  2. Employee Travel
    $24,278
  3. Office Administration
    $20,393
  4. International Travel
    $10,780
  5. Other Car Costs
    $6,356
  6. Travel Allowance
    $5,474
  7. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $5,354
  8. Telecommunications
    $365

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $70,847.87
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $24,277.84
  3. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-11-08
    $9,856.28
  4. Printing and Communications 27 Oct 25
    Office Administration
    $3,500.00
  5. Printing and Communications 20 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,000.00
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,584.15
  7. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,965.60
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,614.33
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,600.00
  10. Lease rental 15/12/2025 to 14/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,370.20

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 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 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.