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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Sue Lines

ALPWA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$241,846

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

Of which $172,952 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $322 · lifetime repaid $12,967.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $5.7 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $109,666
  2. Office Facilities
    $68,894
  3. International Travel
    $29,948
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $12,321
  5. Travel Allowance
    $8,568
  6. Office Administration
    $6,537
  7. Family Travel
    $2,384
  8. Other Car Costs
    $1,498

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $84,651.49
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $68,894.07
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-11-09
    $18,730.90
  4. Official - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-11-09
    $9,426.30
  5. Official - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2025-09-26
    $6,849.95
  6. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel · 2025-09-26
    $6,284.00
  7. Official - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-09-26
    $5,993.50
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-28
    $4,186.00
  9. Official - Ground transport
    International Travel · 2025-09-26
    $3,796.91
  10. Official - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2025-11-09
    $3,231.20

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 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.