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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Jess Teesdale

ALPTASBASS

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$94,616

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

Of which $73,132 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $318.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $271k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $31,661
  2. Office Facilities
    $21,484
  3. Employee Travel
    $17,893
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $9,860
  5. Travel Allowance
    $5,152
  6. Other Car Costs
    $4,362
  7. Family Travel
    $3,757
  8. Telecommunications
    $447

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $21,484.01
  2. Printing and Communications 22 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $18,700.00
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $17,892.70
  4. Printing and Communications 30 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $8,100.00
  5. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-08
    $1,610.00
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-02-01
    $1,288.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  8. Lease rental 31/12/2025 to 30/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,259.42
  9. Lease rental 31/01/2026 to 27/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,259.42
  10. Lease rental 28/02/2026 to 30/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,259.42

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 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 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.