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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Rick Wilson

LiberalWAO'CONNOR

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$259,042

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

Of which $189,551 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $42 · lifetime repaid $6,983.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $7.9 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $69,491
  2. Office Administration
    $64,634
  3. Employee Travel
    $51,021
  4. Other Car Costs
    $25,238
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $24,261
  6. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $14,390
  7. Travel Allowance
    $7,331
  8. Telecommunications
    $1,444

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $69,490.69
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $51,021.00
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $20,401.67
  4. Lease rental 19/12/2025 to 18/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $3,563.79
  5. Lease rental 19/01/2026 to 18/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $3,563.79
  6. Lease rental 19/02/2026 to 18/03/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $3,563.79
  7. Printing and Communications 17 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $3,330.09
  8. Perth to Kalgoorlie 18 Dec 25
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Kalgoorlie
    $3,093.34
  9. Kalgoorlie to Norseman 18 Dec 25
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Kalgoorlie → Norseman
    $3,093.34
  10. Norseman to Perth 18 Dec 25
    Unscheduled Commercial Transport · Norseman → Perth
    $3,093.33

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.