Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Patrick Dodson

ALPWA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2025

$432

0.0× medianmedian MP $143,699 in Jan-Mar 2025

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Of which $432 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,589.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2017$4,461,917 across 31 quarters of claims.

About $637,417 per year in office, over 28 quarters actually in Parliament.

In Parliament 28 Apr 2016 to 26 Jan 2024.

Apr–Jun 2023 → Jan–Mar 2025 · today's $

Categories in Jan-Mar 2025, ranked by amount. Tap a category to see its sub-categories.

The MP's largest international trips over all quarters, with the reason IPEA records.

United States Accompanying the Foreign Minister to the United Nations General Assembly
Japan, USA · 16 Sept 2022 → 26 Sept 2022 · 11 days
$39,428
$3,584/day
Parliamentary Delegation
Indonesia · 29 July 2018 → 5 Aug 2018 · 8 days
$5,980
$747/day
Parliamentary Delegation
Timor-Leste · 28 Oct 2018 → 1 Nov 2018 · 5 days
$1,813
$363/day

IPEA quarterly expenditure report, Jan–Mar 2026
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority · via data.gov.au · CC-BY 3.0 AU
Trend covers 7 quarters (Apr–Jun 2023 to Jan–Mar 2025); the median comparison is against MPs in the same seniority role that quarter, falling back to all parliamentarians where a role is unknown.

Refreshed 13 July 2026 · Caveats