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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Ellie Whiteaker

ALPWA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$138,110

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

Of which $110,646 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Jul-Sep 2025: $374k across 3 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q03 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $43,658
  2. Office Facilities
    $27,465
  3. Office Administration
    $22,961
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $20,152
  5. Travel Allowance
    $9,771
  6. Other Car Costs
    $7,976
  7. Family Travel
    $4,524
  8. Telecommunications
    $978

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $43,657.92
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $27,464.83
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $14,598.45
  4. Sydney to Perth 25 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Perth
    $2,840.34
  5. Melbourne to Perth 6 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $2,356.93
  6. Perth to Canberra 5 Nov 25
    Family Travel
    $2,261.77
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-30
    $1,932.00
  8. Melbourne to Perth 7 Nov 25
    Family Travel
    $1,828.58
  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 3 quarters (2025Q03 → 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.