BOWMAN MP Andrew Laming spent more than $79,000 on printing and communications between July and September but says none of it was used to endorse LNP candidates ahead of the state election.
Parliamentary expense documents have revealed Mr Laming had more than 340,000 items printed over the course of three months using taxpayer money, including 220,000 on a single day in July.
He said his average printing and correspondence budget was about $220,000 per year, or $4 per household in his electorate.
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"Nothing was expended on campaign or election material for LNP candidates as this is prohibited," Mr Laming said.
"This material is submitted for pre-approval to ensure it is compliant with federal communications rules."
Mr Laming said the 220,000 items printed on July 16 included achievement summary mailouts about the work he had done in the community, homebuilder information cards and envelopes.
A total of 60,000 jigsaw magnets were also sent out, along with 7047 letters to specific suburbs within Mr Laming's electorate.
Office administrative costs, which includes the money spent on printing, office consumables and telephone services, totaled $87,427.
It was far and away the most Mr Laming had claimed in any expense category between July 1 and September 30, with office facilities the second most costly category at $33,601.
He spent $124,183 in all over the three month period, an increase of about $26,500 on the previous three months.
Mr Laming said federal MPs could campaign on local issues but could not direct readers of their printed materials to vote a particular way.
Capalaba MP Don Brown accused Mr Laming of using taxpayer funds to run a smear campaign against Labor during the last state election.
Mr Brown said in 2018 that the Bowman MP had attacked him and Redlands MP Kim Richards by printing material that was false, petty and misleading.
He was again accused of interfering with the state election during October this year, when Mr Brown said Mr Laming had run advertising to influence the state poll.
Redlands MP Kim Richards and Mr Brown retained their seats, defeating LNP candidates Henry Pike and Bev Walters.
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