Tania Lawrence
ALPWAHASLUCK
Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026
$139,297
1.0× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026
Of which $118,297 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,117.
Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $2.2 million across 12 quarters.
Quarterly trend
2023Q02 → 2026Q01What was claimed, by category
Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.
- Office Administration$63,885
- Employee Travel$22,378
- Office Facilities$21,000
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$20,887
- Travel Allowance$6,118
- Other Car Costs$2,809
- Family Travel$1,456
- Telecommunications$764
Largest individual claims this quarter
- Aggregated TotalEmployee Travel$22,378.36
- Aggregated TotalOffice Facilities$20,999.93
- Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26Office Administration$17,087.63
- Printing and Communications 19 Dec 25Office Administration$8,100.00
- Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26Office Administration$5,263.65
- Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25Office Administration$4,517.90
- Printing and Communications 2 Mar 26Office Administration$2,945.00
- Printing and Communications 27 Jan 26Office Administration$2,445.00
- Canberra to Perth 5 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Perth$2,392.42
- Perth to Canberra 8 Feb 26Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Canberra$2,392.42
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.