Major parties rake in over $140m in political donations
Dominic Giannini |
Labor and the coalition have raked in more than $140 million in donations in 2023/24, according to Australian Electoral Commission data.
Rounding note: to the nearest $100,000 for over $1 million, to the nearest $10,000 for under $1 million and to the nearest $1000 under $100,000
Labor
* National – $15 million
* NSW branch – $13.3 million
* Victoria branch – $11.1 million
* Queensland branch – $10.6 million
* South Australia branch – $2.9 million
* Tasmania branch – $2.2 million
* Western Australia branch – $8 million
* Northern Territory branch – $980,000
* ACT branch – $3.5 million
* Total – $67.5 million
Liberal Party
* National – $11.1 million
* NSW branch – $11.9 million
* Victoria branch – $15.6 million
* Liberal National Party of Queensland – $13.7 million
* South Australia branch – $2.9 million
* Tasmania branch – $3.4 million
* Western Australia branch – $4.9 million
* ACT branch – $34,000
* Total – $64 million
National Party
* National – $2.5 million
* NSW branch – $4.2 million
* Victoria branch – $1.5 million
* South Australia branch – $13,000
* Western Australia branch – $630,000
* Country Liberal Party (members sit in Nationals partyroom) – $1.2 million
Total, excluding LNP which combined Queensland Liberals and Nationals – $8.8 million
Greens
* National – $4.8 million
* NSW branch – $4.2 million
* Victoria branch – $3.2 million
* Queensland branch – $2.5 million
* South Australia branch – $450,000
* Tasmania branch – $660,000
* Western Australia branch – $420,000
* Northern Territory branch – $240,000
* ACT branch – $560,000
* Total – $17 million
“Hidden Money”
* The source of more than $35 million of donations to the coalition (48 per cent), $25.5 million to Labor (38 per cent) and $7.7 million to the Greens (45 per cent) weren’t declared, according to Centre for Public Integrity analysis.
* The threshold under which parties didn’t need to declare donations was $16,300 in 2023/24 and increased to $16,900 for 2024/25.
Significant third parties
* Advance Australia – $15.7 million
* Australian Christian Lobby – $6.2 million
* Australian Council of Trade Unions – $27.7 million
* Australian Education Union – $100 million
* Australian Nursery and Midwifery Federation – $50.5 million
* Business Council of Australia – $15.3 million
* Climate200 – $6 million
* CFMEU – $193 million
* GetUp $6.8 million
* United Workers Union – $100 million
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