Skip to main content
Pollywatch
Latest data · Jan–Mar 2026
Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

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

2023Q022026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Employee Travel
    $119,417
  2. Office Administration
    $119,189
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $38,988
  4. Office Facilities
    $38,637
  5. Other Car Costs
    $11,214
  6. Travel Allowance
    $10,002
  7. Telecommunications
    $1,071

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $119,416.76
  2. Printing and Communications 27 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $40,487.00
  3. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $38,636.83
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $12,887.17
  5. Printing and Communications 14 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $11,582.66
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $10,304.03
  7. Printing and Communications 20 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $8,386.00
  8. Printing and Communications 18 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $4,502.00
  9. Perth to Sydney 8 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Sydney
    $2,840.34
  10. Melbourne to Perth 20 Feb 26
    Scheduled 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 (2023Q022026Q01). 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.