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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Ted O'Brien

LiberalQLDFAIRFAX

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$245,645

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

Of which $184,014 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,186.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $6.0 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $81,654
  2. Office Facilities
    $61,631
  3. Employee Travel
    $57,933
  4. Other Car Costs
    $19,067
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $12,096
  6. Travel Allowance
    $9,486
  7. Family Travel
    $3,232
  8. Telecommunications
    $545

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $61,631.00
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $57,932.82
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $19,034.05
  4. Printing and Communications 27 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $16,925.00
  5. Printing and Communications 13 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $13,400.00
  6. Printing and Communications 30 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,866.18
  7. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,465.80
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,799.85
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-08
    $1,610.00

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.