Susan Templeman
ALPNSWMACQUARIE
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$139,392
1.0× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $90,724 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $265 · lifetime repaid $641.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $4.7 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Facilities$48,668
- Employee Travel$35,037
- Office Administration$33,376
- Other Car Costs$8,432
- Travel Allowance$7,334
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$5,453
- Telecommunications$1,092
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$48,667.88
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$35,037.49
- Sydney to Perth 23 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Perth$2,840.34
- Perth to Sydney 25 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Sydney$2,360.32
- Printing and Communications 5 Nov 25Office Administration$2,310.00
- Printing and Communications 3 Dec 25Office Administration$2,310.00
- Printing and Communications 7 Jan 26Office Administration$2,310.00
- Printing and Communications 4 Feb 26Office Administration$2,310.00
- Printing and Communications 3 Jul 25Office Administration$2,181.82
- Printing and Communications 20 Feb 26Office Administration$1,950.72
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.