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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Tom French

ALPWAMOORE

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$161,086

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

Of which $116,550 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $473k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $59,067
  2. Office Facilities
    $44,536
  3. Employee Travel
    $26,105
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $22,635
  5. Travel Allowance
    $7,084
  6. Other Car Costs
    $1,250
  7. Telecommunications
    $409

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $44,535.83
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $26,105.05
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $13,466.91
  4. Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $6,287.73
  5. Printing and Communications 9 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $4,931.55
  6. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $4,533.72
  7. Printing and Communications 12 Mar 26
    Office Administration
    $3,720.80
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,000.00
  9. Perth to Sydney 1 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Sydney
    $2,700.26
  10. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $2,659.09

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 4 quarters (2025Q02 → 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.