Phillip Thompson
LiberalQLDHERBERT
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$172,740
1.2× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $140,469 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $8,038.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $3.6 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$66,273
- Employee Travel$40,130
- Office Facilities$32,271
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$20,372
- Travel Allowance$9,368
- Other Car Costs$5,956
- Telecommunications$634
- Unscheduled Commercial Transport-$492
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$40,129.85
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$32,271.13
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$18,289.27
- Printing and Communications 5 Dec 25Office Administration$15,900.00
- Parliamentary DutiesTravel Allowance · 2026-02-01$4,186.00
- Printing and Communications 17 Nov 25Office Administration$2,500.00
- Printing and Communications 15 Dec 25Office Administration$2,500.00
- Printing and Communications 12 Jan 26Office Administration$2,500.00
- Printing and Communications 25 Aug 25Office Administration$1,850.00
- Townsville to Brisbane 8 Mar 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Townsville → Brisbane$1,651.94
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.