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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Melissa Price

LiberalWADURACK

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$222,422

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

Of which $137,744 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $230 · lifetime repaid $10,843.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $8.8 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $84,678
  2. Employee Travel
    $62,815
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $29,241
  4. Office Administration
    $19,927
  5. Travel Allowance
    $9,419
  6. Other Car Costs
    $8,974
  7. Family Travel
    $5,769
  8. Telecommunications
    $978

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $84,678.14
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $62,814.76
  3. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $4,644.00
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $4,563.05
  5. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $4,512.00
  6. Melbourne to Perth 13 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $2,828.64
  7. Canberra to Sydney 21 Jan 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Sydney
    $2,416.57
  8. Perth to Canberra 8 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Canberra
    $2,392.42
  9. Perth to Canberra 1 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Canberra
    $2,392.42
  10. Canberra to Perth 5 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth
    $2,392.42

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 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.