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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Tanya Plibersek

ALPNSWSYDNEY

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$397,694

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

Of which $242,694 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $700 · lifetime repaid $2,920.

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. Office Facilities
    $155,001
  2. Office Administration
    $122,016
  3. Employee Travel
    $98,815
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $11,274
  5. Other Car Costs
    $8,085
  6. Travel Allowance
    $1,452
  7. Telecommunications
    $1,051

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $155,000.73
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $98,815.39
  3. Printing and Communications 27 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $32,201.10
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $30,771.17
  5. Printing and Communications 2 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $13,806.16
  6. Printing and Communications 24 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,419.32
  7. Printing and Communications 7 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,400.00
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,130.00
  9. Printing and Communications 12 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,130.00
  10. Printing and Communications 1 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $2,130.00

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 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.