Lidia Thorpe is Independent VIC Whip. Lidia Thorpe claimed $437,587 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026, the 2025–26 financial year), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 206th of 224 parliamentarians; the median is $647,706. Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): $132,939. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($148,732); Employee Travel ($116,076); Office Administration ($106,382). Includes family and nominee travel, as in IPEA's own totals.
How these figures differ from IPEA’s
IPEA reports claims quarter by quarter. Political Gadgets adds up the latest four reported quarters to smooth one-off spikes (an election period, an overseas trip), then compares each parliamentarian with the median of all 224 and, for House members, with similar groups. The underlying data is IPEA’s; IPEA is the authoritative source. See IPEA’s Background on Expenditure Reporting.
Comparisons to similar groups
Cluster
Members
Cluster median (last 4 quarters)
This total vs the median
Position: Whip
10
$425,487
$12,100 above this group's median of $425,487
State: VIC
12
$467,558
$29,971 below this group's median of $467,558
Senators are grouped by state or territory and by the highest office they hold (minister, assistant minister, presiding officer, opposition leadership, shadow minister, shadow assistant minister, party leadership, whip, or backbencher); medians use the same rolling four-quarter totals as the headline figure, including family and nominee travel. Clusters with a single member are not shown. Ministry and shadow-ministry roles are from the Parliamentary Handbook.
Lidia Thorpe's total in each category over the 2025–26 financial year, compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$148,732
$183,185
$34,453 below the median of $183,185
Office Facilities - Not stated
$148,732
Employee Travel – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$116,076
$114,932
$1,144 above the median of $114,932
Domestic Travel
$116,076
Office Administration – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$106,382
$221,473
$115,091 below the median of $221,473
Printing and Communications
$58,250
Office Consumables and Services
$45,997
Publications
$2,135
Other Car Costs – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$28,255
$27,108
$1,147 above the median of $27,108
Private-Plated Vehicle
$21,800
COMCAR
$6,455
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$21,720
$43,715
$21,995 below the median of $43,715
Fares
$21,720
Travel Allowance – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$12,321
$31,310
$18,989 below the median of $31,310
Travel Allowance
$12,321
Telecommunications – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$3,111
$2,701
$410 above the median of $2,701
Telecommunications - Usage
$3,111
Family or Nominee Travel – Lidia Thorpe, 2025–26
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$991
$3,367
$2,376 below the median of $3,367
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$991
Total across all periods: $1,843,930 (1 Jul 2020 – 30 Jun 2026, 24 quarters)
Refunds and credits are netted off. Category names from earlier reporting formats are matched to their current names. Explore quarter by quarter.
Office Facilities – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$673,696
Office Facilities - Not stated
$673,696
Office Administration – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$440,240
Printing and Communications
$283,595
Office Consumables and Services
$151,499
Publications
$5,146
Employee Travel – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$386,773
Domestic Travel
$386,773
Other Car Costs – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$116,260
Private-Plated Vehicle
$85,067
COMCAR
$31,193
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$94,787
Fares
$94,787
Travel Allowance – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$89,593
Travel Allowance
$89,593
Family or Nominee Travel – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$20,832
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$20,734
COMCAR
$99
Telecommunications – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$17,655
Telecommunications - Usage
$17,655
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Lidia Thorpe, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$4,095
Parliamentary Duties
$4,042
Official Duties
$52
What’s included in these figures
The total for Lidia Thorpe is the sum of all expenses charged to Lidia Thorpe’s parliamentary office and
reported by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) over the 2025–26 financial year: travel,
office facilities and administration, vehicles, communications and other categories. Refunds and credits
are netted off, so a category can be negative. Family and nominee travel is included, as in
IPEA’s own headline total for a parliamentarian: those claims are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and shown as their own category,
“Family or Nominee Travel”.
Method and data source
Quarterly claims are taken from IPEA’s open data on
data.gov.au (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia), current to the IPEA release of 2 Sep 2026.
Totals cover the four most recent reported quarters; the median and rank are calculated across all
sitting parliamentarians with claims in the same window. Earlier category names are matched to current ones.
Figures are compiled from IPEA data; IPEA is the authoritative source. Page generated 2026-10-23.
Political Gadgets’ compilation is licensed
CC BY-NC 4.0.
Frequently asked questions
Why four quarters instead of one?
Lidia Thorpe’s four-quarter total of $437,587 (1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026) smooths out one-off quarters such as an election period or an overseas trip. The latest single quarter (Apr–Jun 2026) was $132,939, against an average of $109,397 a quarter across the window.
What is the median and how is it calculated?
The median is the middle four-quarter total when all 224 sitting parliamentarians are ranked: half claimed less than $647,706 and half more. Lidia Thorpe’s total of $437,587 is $210,119 below the median of $647,706, which ranks 206th of 224.
Why do some parliamentarians claim much more than others?
IPEA says: “When comparing expenditure between parliamentarians, it is important to take into account the parliamentarian’s role, the size of their electorate, and their electorate’s distance from the closest capital city and Canberra.” Lidia Thorpe’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($148,732).
Is family and nominee travel included?
Yes. Claims for travel by family members or nominees are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and counted in their total, as in IPEA’s own totals. For Lidia Thorpe this came to $991 over the window.
Expenditure data is compiled by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) and released under Creative Commons Licence (data.gov.au).
In all fairness there are some good reasons for variance in expenditure. The IPEA points out: "When comparing expenditure between parliamentarians, it is important to take into account the parliamentarian's role, the size of their electorate, and their electorate's distance from the closest capital city and Canberra. Further information on why some offices may have higher travel expenditure can be found on the IPEA website Background on Expenditure Reporting page."
Former members are not included in the totals, rankings or medians shown here.
