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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Varun Ghosh

ALPWA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$129,207

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

Of which $87,887 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $5,323.

Lifetime claimed since Jan-Mar 2024: $1.2 million across 9 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2024Q01 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $41,319
  2. Employee Travel
    $39,339
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $25,462
  4. Travel Allowance
    $9,769
  5. Office Administration
    $7,569
  6. Other Car Costs
    $5,369
  7. Telecommunications
    $281
  8. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $100

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $41,319.29
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $39,339.04
  3. Printing and Communications 17 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $3,798.00
  4. Canberra to Melbourne 6 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Melbourne
    $2,431.01
  5. Perth to Canberra 18 Jan 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Canberra
    $2,383.67
  6. Canberra to Perth 27 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth
    $2,371.35
  7. Melbourne to Perth 28 Nov 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $2,356.93
  8. Melbourne to Perth 10 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $2,338.27
  9. Melbourne to Perth 13 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $2,121.88
  10. Sydney to Perth 21 Jan 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Perth
    $2,001.75

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 9 quarters (2024Q01 → 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.