Zaneta Mascarenhas
ALPWASWAN
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$107,466
0.8× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $79,997 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $700 · lifetime repaid $2,244.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.1 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$35,246
- Office Facilities$27,469
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$23,123
- Employee Travel$17,333
- Travel Allowance$2,898
- Other Car Costs$868
- Telecommunications$529
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$27,469.33
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$17,333.29
- Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25Office Administration$8,118.10
- Perth to Sydney 11 Dec 25 to 12 Dec 25Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Sydney$3,116.81
- Sydney to Perth 13 Dec 25Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Perth$2,417.06
- Canberra to Perth 5 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth$2,392.43
- Canberra to Perth 5 Mar 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth$2,392.42
- Sydney to Perth 21 Jan 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Perth$2,353.21
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$2,117.00
- Perth to Melbourne 2 Feb 26 to 3 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Melbourne$1,943.54
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 —
ReportingPeriodIdon 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.