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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Tanya Plibersek

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Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$397,694

1.1× medianvs cabinet ministers this quarter: median $360,699 across 22 MPs

Shown in today's value: each quarter is adjusted for inflation with the ABS CPI, then compared. Applies across the site. How this works.

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 2017$11,989,351 across 36 quarters of claims.

About $1,332,150 per year in office, over 36 quarters actually in Parliament.

In Parliament 3 Oct 1998, still serving.

Quarterly trend

Apr–Jun 2023 → Jan–Mar 2026 · today's $

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan-Mar 2026, ranked by amount. Tap a category to see its sub-categories.

  1. Office Facilities
    $155,001
    • Other$155,001
  2. Office Administration
    $122,016
    • Printing and Communications$118,193
    • Office Consumables and Services$3,799
    • Publications$24
  3. Employee Travel
    $98,815
    • Domestic Travel$98,815
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $11,274
    • Fares$11,274
  5. Other Car Costs
    $8,085
    • COMCAR$4,367
    • Private-Plated Vehicle$3,719
  6. Travel Allowance
    $1,452
    • Travel Allowance$1,452
  7. Telecommunications
    $1,051
    • Telecommunications - Usage$637
    • Telecommunications - Residential - Official$415

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

Overseas travel, with stated reason

The MP's largest international trips over all quarters, with the reason IPEA records.

  1. Plastic rubbish conference
    France, Qatar, Utd.Arab Emir. · 25 May 2023 → 30 May 2023 · 6 days
    $25,255
    $4,209/day
  2. United Nations Ocean Conference
    Portugal · 24 June 2022 → 2 July 2022 · 9 days
    $16,339
    $1,815/day
  3. Convention on Biological Diversity’s 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15.2); International Steering Committee of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People; Bilateral Meetings
    Canada, USA · 15 Dec 2022 → 20 Dec 2022 · 6 days
    $8,398
    $1,400/day
  4. G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministerial Meeting
    Indonesia · 30 Aug 2022 → 2 Sept 2022 · 4 days
    $7,677
    $1,919/day
  5. 31st Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Environment Ministers’ High Level Talanoa
    Samoa · 7 Sept 2023 → 9 Sept 2023 · 3 days
    $2,896
    $965/day
  6. United Nations Ocean Conference
    Portugal · 24 June 2022 → 2 July 2022 · 9 days
    $997
    $111/day

Sources

  • Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority · via data.gov.au · CC-BY 3.0 AU

    Trend covers 12 quarters (Apr–Jun 2023 to Jan–Mar 2026); the median comparison is against MPs in the same seniority role that quarter, falling back to all parliamentarians where a role is unknown.

Refreshed 15 June 2026 · Caveats