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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Trish Cook

ALPWABULLWINKEL

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$158,189

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

Of which $114,676 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2025: $413k across 4 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2025Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $50,818
  2. Office Facilities
    $43,513
  3. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $22,057
  4. Employee Travel
    $20,597
  5. Other Car Costs
    $7,598
  6. International Travel
    $6,734
  7. Family Travel
    $4,889
  8. Travel Allowance
    $1,288

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $43,512.66
  2. Printing and Communications 4 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $26,699.25
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $20,596.77
  4. Printing and Communications 2 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $15,445.92
  5. Delegation - Fares
    International Travel · 2025-12-02
    $6,412.47
  6. Melbourne to Perth 13 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Perth
    $2,766.65
  7. Perth to Melbourne 1 Feb 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Melbourne
    $2,471.89
  8. Perth to Melbourne 1 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Perth → Melbourne
    $2,471.89
  9. Perth to Canberra 27 Oct 25
    Family Travel
    $2,384.28
  10. Brisbane to Perth 10 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Brisbane → Perth
    $2,163.26

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.