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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Jess Walsh

ALPVIC

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$188,847

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

Of which $131,811 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,367.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.3 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $102,853
  2. Office Facilities
    $57,036
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $19,039
  4. Other Car Costs
    $7,778
  5. Office Administration
    $1,514
  6. Telecommunications
    $628

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $102,852.53
  2. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $57,035.63
  3. Melbourne to Perth 22 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $2,183.87
  4. Perth to Melbourne 24 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Melbourne
    $2,183.87
  5. Melbourne to Canberra 9 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Canberra
    $1,377.45
  6. Sydney to Melbourne 11 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Melbourne
    $1,252.95
  7. Sydney to Melbourne 27 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Melbourne
    $1,067.33
  8. Melbourne to Canberra 30 Nov 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Canberra
    $1,043.17
  9. Melbourne to Canberra 1 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Canberra
    $1,043.17
  10. Lease rental 28/12/2025 to 27/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,025.92

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 — 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.