Simon Kennedy
LiberalNSWCOOK
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$161,355
1.1× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $110,171 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $432.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2024: $1.2 million across 8 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2024Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$72,792
- Office Facilities$51,184
- Employee Travel$20,173
- Other Car Costs$6,451
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$5,813
- Travel Allowance$4,508
- Telecommunications$402
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport$32
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$51,184.17
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$20,172.55
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$7,700.00
- Other Office Equipment - Purchase => $5,000 (office expenses) 13 Mar 26Office Administration$5,272.68
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$4,700.00
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$4,100.00
- Office Equipment - Purchase < $4,999 (office expenses) 13 Mar 26Office Administration$4,095.41
- Printing and Communications 12 Nov 25Office Administration$3,736.36
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$3,642.53
- Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25Office Administration$3,500.00
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 8 quarters (2024Q02 → 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.