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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Sussan Ley

LiberalNSWFARRER

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$449,501

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

Of which $376,846 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $1,078.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $10.5 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $265,186
  2. Office Facilities
    $72,655
  3. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $35,345
  4. Office Administration
    $33,919
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $15,488
  6. Other Car Costs
    $14,216
  7. Travel Allowance
    $11,124
  8. Telecommunications
    $1,568

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $265,185.64
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $72,654.87
  3. Townsville to Richmond 8 Jan 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Townsville → Richmond
    $7,516.55
  4. Richmond to Julia Creek 9 Jan 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Richmond → Julia Creek
    $7,516.55
  5. Julia Creek to Cloncurry 9 Jan 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Julia Creek → Cloncurry
    $7,516.55
  6. Cloncurry to Mount Isa 9 Jan 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Cloncurry → Mount Isa
    $7,516.53
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $3,864.00
  8. Goolwa to Albury 17 Jan 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Goolwa → Albury
    $3,120.00
  9. Lease rental 16/12/2025 to 15/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,355.82
  10. Lease rental 16/01/2026 to 15/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,355.82

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.