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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Tony Burke

ALPNSWWATSON

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$498,404

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

Of which $360,517 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $100.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $9.5 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $228,793
  2. Office Facilities
    $137,887
  3. Office Administration
    $99,466
  4. Travel Allowance
    $17,546
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $8,485
  6. International Travel
    $2,037
  7. Other Car Costs
    $2,019
  8. Family Travel
    $1,479

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $227,613.24
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $137,887.26
  3. Printing and Communications 5 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $43,711.83
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $17,712.91
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $15,062.62
  6. Ministerial - Accommodation and meals
    International Travel · 2026-01-27
    $1,785.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2025-11-23
    $1,610.00
  8. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,610.00
  9. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  10. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $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.