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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Sean Bell

Independent

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$100,963

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

Of which $64,862 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Oct-Dec 2025: $199k across 2 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q04 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $39,289
  2. Office Facilities
    $36,101
  3. Travel Allowance
    $8,969
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $7,610
  5. Other Car Costs
    $4,233
  6. Family Travel
    $2,811
  7. Office Administration
    $1,241
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $557

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $39,288.72
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $36,100.61
  3. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,610.00
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-08
    $1,288.00
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2025-12-21
    $998.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-18
    $966.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-02
    $966.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-12
    $826.00
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-06
    $818.00
  10. Canberra to Brisbane 4 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Brisbane
    $813.84

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 2 quarters (2025Q04 → 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.