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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Lidia Thorpe

IndependentVIC

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$110,437

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

Of which $71,615 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $418.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $1.7 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $38,822
  2. Employee Travel
    $29,787
  3. Office Administration
    $26,458
  4. Other Car Costs
    $7,017
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $4,906
  6. Travel Allowance
    $2,576
  7. Telecommunications
    $871

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $38,822.11
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $29,786.98
  3. Printing and Communications 15 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $5,000.00
  4. ICT Equipment - DPS approved 1 Jun 25
    Office Administration
    $4,100.00
  5. Printing and Communications 22 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,429.05
  6. Printing and Communications 11 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $1,967.97
  7. Printing and Communications 29 Sep 25
    Office Administration
    $1,760.40
  8. Lease rental 16/12/2025 to 15/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,593.65
  9. Lease rental 16/01/2026 to 15/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,593.65
  10. Lease rental 16/02/2026 to 15/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,593.65

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.