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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Tom Venning

LiberalSAGREY

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$206,842

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

Of which $120,747 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $750k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $86,095
  2. Office Administration
    $51,552
  3. Employee Travel
    $25,009
  4. Other Car Costs
    $17,441
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $12,145
  6. Travel Allowance
    $5,475
  7. Family Travel
    $3,506
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $2,861

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $86,095.11
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $25,009.31
  3. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $4,820.00
  4. Printing and Communications 12 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,620.00
  5. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $3,600.00
  6. Lease rental 02/12/2025 to 01/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,367.62
  7. Lease rental 02/01/2026 to 01/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,367.62
  8. Lease rental 02/02/2026 to 01/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $2,367.62
  9. Kadina to Whyalla 14 Feb 26
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Kadina → Whyalla
    $2,202.27
  10. Flags 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,143.68

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 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 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.