Scott Buchholz
LiberalQLDWRIGHT
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$148,640
1.0× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $117,459 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $707 · lifetime repaid $26,611.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $5.2 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$69,072
- Office Facilities$31,181
- Employee Travel$23,315
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$10,074
- Travel Allowance$7,536
- Other Car Costs$6,302
- Family Travel$502
- Telecommunications$427
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$31,181.25
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$23,314.53
- Flags 1 Dec 25Office Administration$14,952.00
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$14,445.88
- Flags 1 Dec 25Office Administration$8,932.00
- Printing and Communications 9 Jan 26Office Administration$8,365.00
- Printing and Communications 17 Dec 25Office Administration$5,000.00
- Printing and Communications 19 Jan 26Office Administration$2,600.00
- Printing and Communications 17 Jan 26Office Administration$2,500.00
- Flags 1 Dec 25Office Administration$2,040.00
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 —
ReportingPeriodIdon 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.