Patrick Gorman
ALPWAPERTH
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$338,519
2.4× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $299,882 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $966 · lifetime repaid $10,850.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $5.5 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Employee Travel$119,417
- Office Administration$119,189
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$38,988
- Office Facilities$38,637
- Other Car Costs$11,214
- Travel Allowance$10,002
- Telecommunications$1,071
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$119,416.76
- Printing and Communications 27 Feb 26Office Administration$40,487.00
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$38,636.83
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$12,887.17
- Printing and Communications 14 Dec 25Office Administration$11,582.66
- Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25Office Administration$10,304.03
- Printing and Communications 20 Nov 25Office Administration$8,386.00
- Printing and Communications 18 Jan 26Office Administration$4,502.00
- Perth to Sydney 8 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Sydney$2,840.34
- Melbourne to Perth 20 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth$2,575.89
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 —
ReportingPeriodIdon 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.