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This special report provides a window into the murky world of political donations.
Mind The Gap: An Interactive Report Into Accountability In Political Donations |
AusGovInfo 26th Feb 2020 |
Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that the Center for Public Integrity had calculated the sources for political donations that are not disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commision at just over $100 million for the 18-19 financial year for the major parties.
I've taken that analysis much further by breaking it down by party, branch, year and donor type. Use the buttons above to see the breakdown by party. Figures are in millions.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) only requires the sources of donations that fall above what is known as the disclosure threshold to be reported to them. In 18-19 the disclosure threshold is $13,800. The figure is indexed to the CPI.
The extra data now provided by the AEC makes it possible (with a lot of work) to categorise political donors by the entity type. What comes through loud and clear in the data is that types of donors fall into two main categories: representatives of Capital (those who own the means of production) and representatives of those who do not, the workers.
Marxism sees power in society divided between two opposing classes. Each individual in society is defined by our relationship to the means of production. While these means of production (ownership of land, factories, access to natural resources) change with technology, the underlying conflict between those who own the means to produce goods (factories, shareholders) and those who own only their own labour is the fuel that powers the class conflict which we see played out to this day in our society and politics.
Within these broad class categories, sub-groups form along both sides of this divide. Whether a political donor is a business, individual, Industry Association or other group, they typically represent one or the other side of the Capital/worker binary. Financials are summed over the last six financial years.
Political Parties, Associated Entities, Third Parties and Political Campaigners must now provide certain information to the Australian Electoral Commission which includes amounts spent on political communications. These are included for the first time in my political donations transparency project. Click on the buttons above to see the budgets of each entity type along with donations made.
See the tabs below for definitions of qualifying information for each of these AEC lists. Organisations can be on more than one AEC list. When counting donations by category, I provide the data from all relevant datasets but count each entity according to the highest disclosure threshold relevant to each organisation.
The Commonwealth funding and disclosure scheme (the disclosure scheme) detailed under Part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Electoral Act) was introduced to increase overall transparency and inform the public about the financial dealings of political parties, candidates and others involved in the electoral process. The disclosure scheme requires candidates, Senate groups, political parties, political campaigners, associated entities, third parties and donors to lodge election or annual financial disclosure returns with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
An associated entity under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (s287) means an entity: that is controlled by one or more registered political parties; or that operates wholly or to a significant extent for the benefit of one or more registered political parties; or that is a financial member of a registered political party; or on whose behalf another person is a financial member of a registered political party; or that has voting rights in a registered political party; or on whose behalf another person has voting rights in a registered political party. AEC
There is a requirement for the registration of a person or entity that meets the definition of a political campaigner. Registration as a political campaigner is required when: electoral expenditure exceeds $500,000 during that financial year or any one of the previous three financial years; or electoral expenditure exceeds $100,000 during that financial year, and electoral expenditure during the previous financial year was at least two-thirds of the revenue of the person or entity for that year. Political campaigners are required to provide annual financial disclosure returns with the AEC.
This data has only been collected by the AEC for the 18-19 financial year due to recent changes in legislation.
A ‘third party’ is a person or entity (other than a political entity or a member of the House of Representatives or the Senate) incurring electoral expenditure that is: more than the disclosure threshold during a financial year; but below the amount that would require registration as a ‘political campaigner’ (see below). AEC
There are instances of organisations that appear both on the AEC list of Associated Entities and the list of Third Parties. There are also instances of organisations that appear on the Political Campaigners list and the Third Parties list. Among these entities there are entries for Electoral Expenditure for organisations in the Poltical Campaigners table that have no corresponding entry for 18-19 in the Third Parties data.
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This new project geocodes data to let you see important information for your local area by electorate, directing you to the decision maker to lobby for each dataset. You can see all electorates at once on page load or you can click the geolocation button to let the browser focus on your local area. Franking credits near me displays tax data for a range of variables including totaling franking credits received by individuals and from shares and partnerships. Grants near me shows Commonwealth grants by electorate. Click on the electorate link through to the grants project to see much more detail on each electorate from the grants project. Charites near me provides aggregated financial data from charities by electorate. Click through to the charities project updated welfare recipient numbers including both JobSeeker and JobKeeper by electorate with charity financial data aggregated by electorate to allow charities, advocates and decision makers to see the financial health of charities in each electorate and the number of welfare recipients they may be dealing with as a result of Covid-19. Influencers near me provides payments to political parties (including non-donations) by area. You can see who has made payments to parties near you and click through to the donations project to map by donor, category (eg business, individual, trusts & estates etc). |
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Members of the House of Representatives and Senate are required to disclose a range of information on a regular basis to the Register of Member's Interests and Register of Senator's Interests respectively. While the requirements are similar between the two Houses of Parliament, the registers are goverened by separate agencies and are different systems. To date, these registers have provided only PDFs to the public which can not be manageably scraped. This means the data has to be extracted manually, which requires a lot of labour to keep up to date. During the latter part of 2020, I hope to recruit volunteers to help keep these datasets up to date. |
Party | Declarations | |
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1 | LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA | 5,164 |
2 | AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY | 4,503 |
3 | THE NATIONALS | 803 |
4 | INDEPENDENT | 472 |
5 | LIBERAL NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND | 295 |
6 | AUSTRALIAN GREENS | 265 |
7 | COUNTRY LIBERAL PARTY | 108 |
8 | CENTRE ALLIANCE | 82 |
9 | LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY | 77 |
10 | PAULINE HANSON'S ONE NATION | 49 |
11 | KATTER'S AUSTRALIAN PARTY | 36 |
12 | DERRYN HINCH'S JUSTICE PARTY | 31 |
13 | AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIVES | 27 |
14 | JACQUI LAMBIE NETWORK | 6 |
15 | UNITED AUSTRALIA PARTY | 2 |
Name | Status/Party/Electorate | Declarations | |
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1 | MARISE PAYNE | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for New South Wales | 340 |
2 | CATHY MCGOWAN | Former Independent Member for Indi | 255 |
3 | MALCOLM TURNBULL | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Wentworth | 202 |
4 | MITCH FIFIELD | Former Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Victoria | 190 |
5 | SCOTT MORRISON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Cook | 172 |
6 | BILL SHORTEN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Maribyrnong | 160 |
7 | JASON CLARE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Blaxland | 134 |
8 | STUART ROBERT | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Fadden | 122 |
9 | BARNABY JOYCE | Sitting The Nationals Member for New England | 115 |
10 | PAUL FLETCHER | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Bradfield | 113 |
11 | SARAH HENDERSON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Corangamite | 109 |
12 | DAVID GILLESPIE | Sitting The Nationals Member for Lyne | 107 |
13 | KRISTINA KENEALLY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales | 105 |
14 | TIM WILSON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Goldstein | 102 |
15 | TERRI BUTLER | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Griffith | 100 |
16 | ANTHONY ALBANESE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Grayndler | 98 |
17 | JASON FALINSKI | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Mackellar | 94 |
18 | JOEL FITZGIBBON | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Hunter | 93 |
19 | TONY ABBOTT | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Warringah | 92 |
20 | WAYNE SWAN | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Lilley | 92 |
21 | GREG HUNT | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Flinders | 88 |
22 | KELLY O'DWYER | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Higgins | 86 |
23 | BRIDGET MCKENZIE | Sitting The Nationals Senator for Victoria | 84 |
24 | JULIE BISHOP | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Curtin | 84 |
25 | ROSS HART | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Bass | 84 |
26 | KATIE ALLEN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Higgins | 83 |
27 | AMANDA RISHWORTH | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Kingston | 82 |
28 | TIM HAMMOND | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Perth | 82 |
29 | JULIAN LEESER | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Berowra | 81 |
30 | LINDA BURNEY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Barton | 81 |
31 | SCOTT BUCHHOLZ | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Wright | 81 |
32 | TREVOR EVANS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Brisbane | 81 |
33 | KERRYN PHELPS | Former Independent Member for Wentworth | 81 |
34 | JOHN ALEXANDER | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Bennelong | 79 |
35 | RICHARD MARLES | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Corio | 78 |
36 | BARRY O'SULLIVAN | Former The Nationals Senator for Queensland | 76 |
37 | KAREN ANDREWS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for McPherson | 76 |
38 | SUE LINES | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Western Australia | 75 |
39 | DAVID LEYONHJELM | Former Liberal Democratic Party Senator for New South Wales | 74 |
40 | DON FARRELL | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia | 74 |
41 | MATT KEOGH | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Burt | 74 |
42 | CHRIS CREWTHER | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Dunkley | 73 |
43 | JIM CHALMERS | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Rankin | 71 |
44 | DAVE SHARMA | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Wentworth | 70 |
45 | DAVID LITTLEPROUD | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Maranoa | 70 |
46 | JOSH WILSON | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Fremantle | 69 |
47 | SUSAN TEMPLEMAN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Macquarie | 69 |
48 | STEVEN CIOBO | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Moncrieff | 68 |
49 | MERYL SWANSON | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Paterson | 67 |
50 | LUCY WICKS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Robertson | 66 |
51 | NIGEL SCULLION | Former Country Liberal Party Senator for Northern Territory | 66 |
52 | PETER DUTTON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Dickson | 65 |
53 | STEVE IRONS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Swan | 65 |
54 | CHRISTIAN PORTER | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Pearce | 64 |
55 | LIBBY COKER | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Corangamite | 63 |
56 | CHRIS BOWEN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for McMahon | 62 |
57 | SUSAN LAMB | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Longman | 62 |
58 | STEVE GEORGANAS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Hindmarsh | 61 |
59 | ANNE ALY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Cowan | 60 |
60 | DEAN SMITH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia | 59 |
61 | ANDREW WALLACE | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Fisher | 58 |
62 | KEN WYATT | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Hasluck | 58 |
63 | SHARON CLAYDON | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Newcastle | 58 |
64 | DAN TEHAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Wannon | 57 |
65 | MIKE FREELANDER | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Macarthur | 56 |
66 | MICHELLE ROWLAND | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Greenway | 55 |
67 | ANGUS TAYLOR | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Hume | 54 |
68 | JOSH FRYDENBERG | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Kooyong | 54 |
69 | TIM WATTS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Gellibrand | 54 |
70 | BEN MORTON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Tangney | 53 |
71 | BERT VAN MANEN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Forde | 53 |
72 | JAMES MCGRATH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Queensland | 53 |
73 | MATT THISTLETHWAITE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Kingsford Smith | 52 |
74 | ANDREW GEE | Sitting The Nationals Member for Calare | 51 |
75 | CLAIRE MOORE | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland | 51 |
76 | DAVID COLEMAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Banks | 51 |
77 | TANYA PLIBERSEK | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Sydney | 51 |
78 | FIONA MARTIN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Reid | 49 |
79 | RICK WILSON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for O'Connor | 48 |
80 | ANDREW LEIGH | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Fenner | 47 |
81 | JANET RICE | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for Victoria | 47 |
82 | JENNY MCALLISTER | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales | 46 |
83 | SCOTT RYAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Victoria | 46 |
84 | CRAIG LAUNDY | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Reid | 45 |
85 | JANE PRENTICE | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Ryan | 45 |
86 | KEN O'DOWD | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Flynn | 45 |
87 | LISA CHESTERS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Bendigo | 45 |
88 | GLENN STERLE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Western Australia | 44 |
89 | CHRISTOPHER PYNE | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Sturt | 43 |
90 | CONCETTA FIERRAVANTI-WELLS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for New South Wales | 43 |
91 | DARREN CHESTER | Sitting The Nationals Member for Gippsland | 43 |
92 | CATHY O'TOOLE | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Herbert | 42 |
93 | JULIAN HILL | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Bruce | 42 |
94 | KEITH PITT | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Hinkler | 42 |
95 | KEVIN HOGAN | Former The Nationals Member for Page | 42 |
96 | MARK BUTLER | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Hindmarsh | 42 |
97 | ROWAN RAMSEY | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Grey | 42 |
98 | TIM STORER | Former Independent Senator for South Australia | 42 |
99 | SAM MCMAHON | Sitting Country Liberal Party Senator for Northern Territory | 42 |
100 | MURRAY WATT | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland | 41 |
101 | NOLA MARINO | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Forrest | 41 |
102 | STIRLING GRIFF | Sitting Centre Alliance Senator for South Australia | 41 |
103 | TED O'BRIEN | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Fairfax | 41 |
104 | DEBORAH O'NEILL | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales | 40 |
105 | JOHN MCVEIGH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Groom | 40 |
106 | LUKE HOWARTH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Petrie | 40 |
107 | ZALI STEGGALL | Sitting Independent Member for Warringah | 40 |
108 | FIONA PHILLIPS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Gilmore | 40 |
109 | LINDA REYNOLDS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia | 39 |
110 | MILTON DICK | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Oxley | 39 |
111 | TRENT ZIMMERMAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for North Sydney | 39 |
112 | BRIDGET ARCHER | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for BASS | 39 |
113 | TERRY YOUNG | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Longman | 39 |
114 | VINCE CONNELLY | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Stirling | 39 |
115 | ARTHUR SINODINOS | Former Liberal Party of Australia Senator for New South Wales | 38 |
116 | DAVID SMITH | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Australian Capital Territory | 38 |
117 | IAN GOODENOUGH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Moore | 38 |
118 | JULIE COLLINS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Franklin | 38 |
119 | MICHAEL MCCORMACK | Sitting The Nationals Member for Riverina | 38 |
120 | NICK MCKIM | Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania | 38 |
121 | PETER KHALIL | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Wills | 38 |
122 | WARREN SNOWDON | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Lingiari | 38 |
123 | ADAM BANDT | Sitting Australian Greens Member for Melbourne | 37 |
124 | ANDREW BROAD | Former The Nationals Member for Mallee | 37 |
125 | DAVID FEENEY | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Batman | 37 |
126 | GAI BRODTMANN | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Canberra | 37 |
127 | PENNY WONG | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia | 37 |
128 | MADELEINE KING | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Brand | 36 |
129 | TONY BURKE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Watson | 36 |
130 | TONY SMITH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Casey | 36 |
131 | PAUL SCARR | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Queensland | 36 |
132 | KATE THWAITES | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Jagajaga | 36 |
133 | ANDREW HASTIE | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Canning | 35 |
134 | BRENDAN O'CONNOR | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Gorton | 35 |
135 | LUKE GOSLING | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Solomon | 35 |
136 | MARK DREYFUS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Isaacs | 35 |
137 | MICHAEL KEENAN | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Stirling | 35 |
138 | PATRICK DODSON | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Western Australia | 34 |
139 | ANDREW BRAGG | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for New South Wales | 34 |
140 | MARIELLE SMITH | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia | 34 |
141 | KEVIN ANDREWS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Menzies | 33 |
142 | MELISSA PRICE | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Durack | 33 |
143 | ANGIE BELL | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Moncrieff | 33 |
144 | CHRIS HAYES | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Fowler | 32 |
145 | EMMA HUSAR | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Lindsay | 32 |
146 | JULIA BANKS | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Chisholm | 32 |
147 | TONY PASIN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Barker | 32 |
148 | GERARD RENNICK | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Queensland | 32 |
149 | ANNE WEBSTER | Sitting The Nationals Member for Mallee | 32 |
150 | ANTHONY CHISHOLM | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland | 31 |
151 | CATRYNA BILYK | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania | 31 |
152 | DERRYN HINCH | Former Derryn Hinch's Justice Party Senator for Victoria | 31 |
153 | GRAHAM PERRETT | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Moreton | 31 |
154 | JUSTINE KEAY | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Braddon | 31 |
155 | LUCY GICHUHI | Former Liberal Party of Australia Senator for South Australia | 31 |
156 | CATHERINE KING | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Ballarat | 30 |
157 | KATY GALLAGHER | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Australian Capital Territory | 30 |
158 | MATT CANAVAN | Sitting The Nationals Senator for Queensland | 30 |
159 | PATRICK GORMAN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Perth | 30 |
160 | GAVIN PEARCE | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Braddon | 30 |
161 | HELEN HAINES | Sitting Independent Member for Indi | 30 |
162 | ANDREW GILES | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Scullin | 29 |
163 | JAMES PATERSON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Victoria | 29 |
164 | KIMBERLEY KITCHING | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria | 29 |
165 | SHAYNE NEUMANN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Blair | 29 |
166 | JANE HUME | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Victoria | 28 |
167 | JENNY MACKLIN | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Jagajaga | 28 |
168 | JOANNE RYAN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Lalor | 28 |
169 | GLADYS LIU | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Chisholm | 28 |
170 | CAROL BROWN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania | 27 |
171 | CORY BERNARDI | Sitting Australian Conservatives Senator for South Australia | 27 |
172 | NICK CHAMPION | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Spence | 27 |
173 | ANDREW LAMING | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Bowman | 26 |
174 | BRIAN MITCHELL | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Lyons | 26 |
175 | DAVID FAWCETT | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for South Australia | 26 |
176 | JASON WOOD | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for La Trobe | 26 |
177 | MARIA VAMVAKINOU | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Calwell | 26 |
178 | ALAN TUDGE | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Aston | 25 |
179 | RICHARD DI NATALE | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for Victoria | 25 |
180 | SIMON BIRMINGHAM | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for South Australia | 25 |
181 | STEPHEN JONES | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Whitlam | 25 |
182 | ZED SESELJA | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Australian Capital Territory | 25 |
183 | PAT CONAGHAN | Sitting The Nationals Member for Cowper | 25 |
184 | BOB KATTER | Sitting Katter's Australian Party Member for Kennedy | 24 |
185 | DAMIAN DRUM | Sitting The Nationals Member for Nicholls | 24 |
186 | LLEW O'BRIEN | Former Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Wide Bay | 24 |
187 | ROSS VASTA | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Bonner | 24 |
188 | SHARON BIRD | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Cunningham | 24 |
189 | WARREN ENTSCH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Leichhardt | 24 |
190 | ANIKA WELLS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Lilly | 24 |
191 | JULIAN SIMMONDS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Ryan | 24 |
192 | CLARE O'NEIL | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Hotham | 23 |
193 | EMMA MCBRIDE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Dobell | 23 |
194 | LEE RHIANNON | Former Australian Greens Senator for New South Wales | 23 |
195 | MICHAELIA CASH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia | 23 |
196 | PAT CONROY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Shortland | 23 |
197 | RUSSELL BROADBENT | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Monash | 23 |
198 | TONY ZAPPIA | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Makin | 23 |
199 | CELIA HAMMOND | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Curtin | 23 |
200 | ALEX HAWKE | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Mitchell | 22 |
201 | DOUG CAMERON | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales | 22 |
202 | JULIE OWENS | sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Parramatta | 22 |
203 | MEHREEN FARUQI | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for New South Wales | 22 |
204 | MICHAEL DANBY | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Melbourne Ports | 21 |
205 | REX PATRICK | Sitting Centre Alliance Senator for South Australia | 21 |
206 | SUSAN MCDONALD | Sitting The Nationals Senator for Queensland | 21 |
207 | ANNE STANLEY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Werriwa | 20 |
208 | ANTHONY BYRNE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Holt | 20 |
209 | CHRIS KETTER | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland | 20 |
210 | ERIC ABETZ | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Tasmania | 20 |
211 | REBEKHA SHARKIE | Sitting Centre Alliance Member for Mayo | 20 |
212 | DAVID VAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Victoria | 20 |
213 | ANDREW WILKIE | Sitting Independent Member for Clark | 19 |
214 | LUKE HARTSUYKER | Former The Nationals Member for Cowper | 19 |
215 | ED HUSIC | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Chifley | 18 |
216 | IAN MACDONALD | Former Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Queensland | 18 |
217 | LISA SINGH | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania | 18 |
218 | MARK COULTON | Sitting The Nationals Member for Parkes | 18 |
219 | PAULINE HANSON | Sitting Pauline Hanson's One Nation Senator for Queensland | 18 |
220 | PETER GEORGIOU | Former Pauline Hanson's One Nation Senator for Western Australia | 18 |
221 | PETER WHISH-WILSON | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania | 18 |
222 | PERIN DAVEY | Sitting The Nationals Senator for New South Wales | 18 |
223 | CLAIRE CHANDLER | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Tasmania | 18 |
224 | MELISSA MCINTOSH | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Lindsay | 18 |
225 | RACHEL SIEWERT | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for Western Australia | 17 |
226 | ALEX ANTIC | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for South Australia | 17 |
227 | ANN SUDMALIS | Former Liberal Party of Australia Member for Gilmore | 16 |
228 | ANNE URQUHART | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania | 16 |
229 | JUSTINE ELLIOT | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Richmond | 16 |
230 | KATE ELLIS | Former Australian Labor Party Member for Adelaide | 16 |
231 | MATT O'SULLIVAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia | 16 |
232 | GEORGE CHRISTENSEN | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Dawson | 15 |
233 | JONATHON DUNIAM | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Tasmania | 15 |
234 | MATHIAS CORMANN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia | 15 |
235 | NICOLLE FLINT | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Boothby | 15 |
236 | ROB MITCHELL | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for McEwen | 15 |
237 | SUSSAN LEY | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Farrer | 15 |
238 | NITA GREEN | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland | 15 |
239 | ALICIA PAYNE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Canberra | 15 |
240 | ANNE RUSTON | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for South Australia | 14 |
241 | HELEN POLLEY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania | 14 |
242 | MICHELLE LANDRY | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Capricornia | 14 |
243 | JESS WALSH | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria | 14 |
244 | PETA MURPHY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Dunkley | 14 |
245 | CRAIG KELLY | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Hughes | 13 |
246 | JIM MOLAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for New South Wales | 13 |
247 | LOUISE PRATT | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Western Australia | 13 |
248 | STEVE MARTIN | Former The Nationals Senator for Tasmania | 13 |
249 | MALCOLM ROBERTS | Sitting Pauline Hanson's One Nation Senator for Queensland | 13 |
250 | PHILLIP THOMPSON | Sitting Liberal National Party of Queensland Member for Herbert | 13 |
251 | AMANDA STOKER | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Queensland | 12 |
252 | FRASER ANNING | Former Katter's Australian Party Senator for Queensland | 12 |
253 | GED KEARNEY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Cooper | 12 |
254 | MIKE KELLY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Eden-Monaro | 12 |
255 | JOSH BURNS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Macnamara | 12 |
256 | DAVID BUSHBY | Former Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Tasmania | 11 |
257 | GAVIN MARSHALL | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria | 11 |
258 | RICHARD COLBECK | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Tasmania | 11 |
259 | SARAH HANSON-YOUNG | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for South Australia | 11 |
260 | TIM AYERS | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales | 11 |
261 | ALEX GALLACHER | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia | 10 |
262 | JOHN WILLIAMS | Former The Nationals Senator for New South Wales | 10 |
263 | MICHAEL SUKKAR | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Deakin | 10 |
264 | RAFF CICCONE | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria | 10 |
265 | ANDREW BARTLETT | Former Australian Greens Senator for Queensland | 9 |
266 | JORDON STEELE-JOHN | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for Western Australia | 9 |
267 | LARISSA WATERS | Sitting Australian Greens Senator for Queensland | 9 |
268 | WENDY ASKEW | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Tasmania | 9 |
269 | TONY SHELDON | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales | 9 |
270 | DANIEL MULINO | Sitting Australian Labor Party Member for Fraser | 9 |
271 | JAMES STEVENS | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Member for Sturt | 9 |
272 | JACINTA COLLINS | Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria | 8 |
273 | KIM CARR | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria | 7 |
274 | SLADE BROCKMAN | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia | 7 |
275 | MALARNDIRRI MCCARTHY | Sitting Australian Labor Party Senator for Northern Territory | 6 |
276 | HOLLIE HUGHES | Sitting Liberal Party of Australia Senator for New South Wales | 6 |
277 | JACQUIE LAMBIE | Sitting Jacqui Lambie Network Senator for Tasmania | 6 |
278 | DUNCAN SPENDER | Former Liberal Democratic Party Senator for New South Wales | 3 |
279 | BRIAN BURSTON | Former United Australia Party Senator for New South Wales | 2 |
1 | GIFTS | 2,453 | |
2 | TRAVEL/HOSPITALITY | 1,918 | |
3 | MEMBERSHIPS | 1,636 | |
4 | SHAREHOLDINGS | 1,148 | |
5 | ACCOUNTS | 1,032 | |
6 | LIABILITIES | 800 | |
7 | REAL ESTATE | 726 | |
8 | OTHER ASSETS | 630 | |
9 | OTHER INCOME | 400 | |
10 | DIRECTORSHIPS | 300 | |
11 | TRUSTS - BENEFICIAL INTEREST | 271 | |
12 | BONDS | 235 | |
13 | OTHER INTERESTS | 221 | |
14 | TRUSTS - TRUSTEE | 91 | |
15 | PARTNERSHIPS | 41 | |
16 | TRUSTS - BENEFICIAL INTERESTS | 14 | |
17 | MEMBERSHIP | 2 | |
18 | OTHER ASSSETS | 1 | |
19 | SHARHOLDINGS | 1 |
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There are two major datasets that this project is making use of, the political donations data from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and the Tax Transpareny dataset published by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The Tax Transparency dataset has been integrated with political donations data to show which 'top-earning' corporations are also political donations and show the amount each corporation has paid to political parties in recent years. It is important to note that only donations that fall above the disclosure threshold are made by the AEC in machine-readable format regardless of whether political parties provide records of all donations received to the AEC or not. The disclosure threshold was $13,800 in the 2018-19 financial year and is pegged to the CPI. I have charted the breakdown by Party of the gap between the total receipts of each party and those that have been reported and published by the AEC. With the exception of payments excluded from collection or publication by the AEC, this donations project includes all payments received by political parties regardless of whether they are designated as a political donation, 'other receipt' or government funding (with appropriate labelling). This is because I think a lot of people want to know all sources of funding received by political parties regardless of their receipt type. Having said that, it is worth pointing out that only payments designated by the donor or party as a 'donation' attract the legal requirements associated with donating to a political party. ie Payments that are not donations can be made by charities or other types of organisations without the same legal implications that those payments would attract were they designated as 'donations'. |
Figures include donations, payments and government funding.
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BUSINESSES | 4,746 | $258.095M |
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INDIVIDUALS | 2,288 | $43.740M |
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ASSOCIATED ENTITIES | 2,105 | $124.918M |
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AGENCIES | 1,222 | $433.714M |
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS | 738 | $13.150M |
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TRUSTS AND ESTATES | 93 | $3.125M |
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CAMPAIGNERS | 73 | $0.717M |
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THIRD PARTIES | 28 | $1.508M |
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OTHERS | 18 | $0.131M |
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UNIVERSITIES | 13 | $0.102M |
Donations aggregated over the past six financial years
1 | ALP | $331.674M | 34.64% |
2 | LIBS | $318.936M | 33.31% |
3 | PALMER UNITED | $131.320M | 13.71% |
4 | GREENS | $56.643M | 5.92% |
5 | NATS | $48.807M | 5.10% |
6 | LNP | $41.947M | 4.38% |
7 | PHON | $4.120M | 0.43% |
8 | CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS | $3.987M | 0.42% |
9 | FAMILY FIRST | $3.419M | 0.36% |
10 | AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIVES | $3.157M | 0.33% |
11 | CENTRE ALLIANCE | $3.082M | 0.32% |
12 | KATTER | $2.241M | 0.23% |
13 | LIBERAL DEMOCRATS | $1.859M | 0.19% |
14 | SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA | $1.648M | 0.17% |
15 | ANIMAL JUSTICE | $0.944M | 0.10% |
16 | HINCH | $0.880M | 0.09% |
17 | SHOOTERS, FISHERS, FARMERS | $0.663M | 0.07% |
18 | FLUX | $0.262M | 0.03% |
19 | SEX | $0.256M | 0.03% |
20 | DEMOCRATIC LABOUR | $0.241M | 0.03% |
21 | AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS | $0.203M | 0.02% |
22 | LAZARUS | $0.181M | 0.02% |
23 | LAMBIE | $0.119M | 0.01% |
24 | VOLUNTARY EUTHENASIA | $0.100M | 0.01% |
25 | MARRIAGE EQUALITY | $0.100M | 0.01% |
26 | RECREATIONAL FISHERS | $0.075M | 0.01% |
27 | RISE UP | $0.074M | 0.01% |
28 | SOCIALIST ALLIANCE | $0.069M | 0.01% |
29 | COUNTRY ALLIANCE | $0.067M | 0.01% |
30 | LIBERTY ALLIANCE | $0.060M | 0.01% |
31 | FIRST NATIONS | $0.050M | 0.01% |
32 | AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS PARTY | $0.045M | 0.00% |
33 | CLIMATE ACTION | $0.042M | 0.00% |
34 | FISHING AND LIFESTYLE | $0.040M | 0.00% |
35 | HEMP | $0.037M | 0.00% |
36 | REPUBLICAN | $0.033M | 0.00% |
37 | AUSTRALIAN RECREATIONAL FISHERS | $0.029M | 0.00% |
38 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING | $0.026M | 0.00% |
39 | THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN PARTY | $0.025M | 0.00% |
40 | UNITING AUSTRALIA | $0.025M | 0.00% |
41 | BULLET TRAIN FOR AUSTRALIA | $0.024M | 0.00% |
42 | OUTDOOR RECREATION | $0.024M | 0.00% |
43 | MANUFACTURING AND FARMING | $0.020M | 0.00% |
44 | SENATOR ONLINE | $0.019M | 0.00% |
45 | WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY | $0.018M | 0.00% |
46 | AUSTRALIAN CYCLISTS PARTY | $0.015M | 0.00% |
Address information is not provided in AEC donations made by some individuals data due to privacy considerations. Location totals include only records where address information is available and payments or donations are above the disclosure threshold. Not all postcodes/suburbs have political donors. Figures are for the past six financial years.
Electorate | Value | Recipients | % | |
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1 | CANBERRA | $261,706,075 | 16 | 27.986% |
2 | SYDNEY | $203,980,538 | 17 | 21.813% |
3 | BRISBANE | $153,647,924 | 10 | 16.430% |
4 | MELBOURNE | $107,493,196 | 18 | 11.495% |
5 | GRIFFITH | $24,177,269 | 6 | 2.585% |
6 | PERTH | $23,453,250 | 7 | 2.508% |
7 | HERBERT | $21,624,381 | 3 | 2.312% |
8 | LINDSAY | $16,886,371 | 6 | 1.806% |
9 | ADELAIDE | $15,532,516 | 7 | 1.661% |
10 | GOLDSTEIN | $13,886,050 | 6 | 1.485% |
11 | MACNAMARA | $10,479,211 | 8 | 1.121% |
12 | NORTH SYDNEY | $5,304,090 | 7 | 0.567% |
13 | FARRER | $4,974,798 | 5 | 0.532% |
14 | STURT | $4,753,155 | 6 | 0.508% |
15 | HIGGINS | $4,159,781 | 6 | 0.445% |
16 | BENNELONG | $3,551,509 | 5 | 0.380% |
17 | KOOYONG | $3,464,828 | 6 | 0.371% |
18 | WENTWORTH | $2,848,005 | 8 | 0.305% |
19 | FAIRFAX | $2,679,649 | 3 | 0.287% |
20 | PARRAMATTA | $2,387,017 | 4 | 0.255% |
21 | CURTIN | $2,199,862 | 8 | 0.235% |
22 | CLARK | $1,992,750 | 3 | 0.213% |
23 | CHISHOLM | $1,891,242 | 6 | 0.202% |
24 | SOLOMON | $1,777,570 | 4 | 0.190% |
25 | LILLEY | $1,709,967 | 6 | 0.183% |
26 | BLAXLAND | $1,497,165 | 3 | 0.160% |
27 | FISHER | $1,382,875 | 2 | 0.148% |
28 | ISAACS | $1,322,278 | 6 | 0.141% |
29 | PARKES | $1,252,448 | 2 | 0.134% |
30 | SWAN | $1,203,321 | 5 | 0.129% |
31 | WARRINGAH | $1,054,035 | 6 | 0.113% |
32 | TANGNEY | $935,600 | 4 | 0.100% |
33 | FREMANTLE | $873,911 | 4 | 0.093% |
34 | FOWLER | $870,191 | 2 | 0.093% |
35 | MONCRIEFF | $866,948 | 5 | 0.093% |
36 | HOTHAM | $856,402 | 6 | 0.092% |
37 | STIRLING | $854,467 | 4 | 0.091% |
38 | ASTON | $853,233 | 2 | 0.091% |
39 | WILLS | $793,452 | 3 | 0.085% |
40 | RYAN | $735,375 | 6 | 0.079% |
41 | REID | $703,882 | 6 | 0.075% |
42 | FLINDERS | $674,850 | 2 | 0.072% |
43 | BOOTHBY | $673,412 | 3 | 0.072% |
44 | PAGE | $668,500 | 3 | 0.071% |
45 | MENZIES | $660,409 | 3 | 0.071% |
46 | BLAIR | $639,686 | 4 | 0.068% |
47 | BOWMAN | $632,750 | 5 | 0.068% |
48 | CORANGAMITE | $595,086 | 2 | 0.064% |
49 | BENDIGO | $578,917 | 3 | 0.062% |
50 | MACKELLAR | $570,328 | 4 | 0.061% |
51 | MORETON | $566,657 | 5 | 0.061% |
52 | BONNER | $497,122 | 3 | 0.053% |
53 | MITCHELL | $495,734 | 4 | 0.053% |
54 | SCULLIN | $484,252 | 2 | 0.052% |
55 | NEWCASTLE | $479,795 | 2 | 0.051% |
56 | BANKS | $466,216 | 2 | 0.050% |
57 | GROOM | $441,495 | 3 | 0.047% |
58 | MCPHERSON | $433,247 | 8 | 0.046% |
59 | GELLIBRAND | $420,173 | 3 | 0.045% |
60 | FADDEN | $399,200 | 3 | 0.043% |
61 | BEROWRA | $352,953 | 3 | 0.038% |
62 | CALWELL | $337,962 | 3 | 0.036% |
63 | COOK | $321,906 | 4 | 0.034% |
64 | GREY | $320,000 | 1 | 0.034% |
65 | WHITLAM | $309,584 | 3 | 0.033% |
66 | KINGSFORD SMITH | $295,314 | 3 | 0.032% |
67 | DURACK | $292,890 | 2 | 0.031% |
68 | OXLEY | $289,266 | 2 | 0.031% |
69 | MARIBYRNONG | $286,502 | 3 | 0.031% |
70 | CAPRICORNIA | $284,956 | 2 | 0.030% |
71 | HOLT | $280,100 | 1 | 0.030% |
72 | HUNTER | $274,081 | 2 | 0.029% |
73 | PEARCE | $268,666 | 1 | 0.029% |
74 | COWAN | $267,851 | 4 | 0.029% |
75 | DICKSON | $259,272 | 3 | 0.028% |
76 | LA TROBE | $254,000 | 2 | 0.027% |
77 | LYNE | $250,000 | 2 | 0.027% |
78 | BASS | $249,331 | 4 | 0.027% |
79 | LEICHHARDT | $246,753 | 4 | 0.026% |
80 | RICHMOND | $241,548 | 3 | 0.026% |
81 | LINGIARI | $234,302 | 2 | 0.025% |
82 | NICHOLLS | $227,696 | 4 | 0.024% |
83 | BRADDON | $225,439 | 4 | 0.024% |
84 | BRAND | $212,302 | 3 | 0.023% |
85 | FORDE | $211,397 | 4 | 0.023% |
86 | CORIO | $210,185 | 4 | 0.022% |
87 | NEW ENGLAND | $197,750 | 4 | 0.021% |
88 | COOPER | $195,343 | 3 | 0.021% |
89 | MCMAHON | $191,902 | 2 | 0.021% |
90 | GRAYNDLER | $189,623 | 3 | 0.020% |
91 | MAYO | $185,000 | 1 | 0.020% |
92 | O'CONNOR | $181,906 | 3 | 0.019% |
93 | BURT | $178,632 | 3 | 0.019% |
94 | BEAN | $170,084 | 3 | 0.018% |
95 | CASEY | $169,000 | 3 | 0.018% |
96 | KENNEDY | $166,200 | 4 | 0.018% |
97 | CANNING | $165,000 | 4 | 0.018% |
98 | BRADFIELD | $161,200 | 2 | 0.017% |
99 | GILMORE | $157,256 | 3 | 0.017% |
100 | DAWSON | $156,750 | 1 | 0.017% |
101 | EDEN-MONARO | $139,399 | 3 | 0.015% |
102 | BARTON | $137,300 | 2 | 0.015% |
103 | MOORE | $135,600 | 3 | 0.015% |
104 | LALOR | $134,742 | 3 | 0.014% |
105 | ROBERTSON | $116,374 | 2 | 0.012% |
106 | WIDE BAY | $115,160 | 4 | 0.012% |
107 | HINKLER | $111,631 | 2 | 0.012% |
108 | FORREST | $103,998 | 4 | 0.011% |
109 | HUGHES | $81,500 | 2 | 0.009% |
110 | FLYNN | $79,350 | 3 | 0.008% |
111 | CHIFLEY | $79,302 | 2 | 0.008% |
112 | BRUCE | $79,000 | 4 | 0.008% |
113 | FRANKLIN | $77,252 | 4 | 0.008% |
114 | CUNNINGHAM | $74,873 | 3 | 0.008% |
115 | KINGSTON | $74,302 | 2 | 0.008% |
116 | MONASH | $74,000 | 1 | 0.008% |
117 | WANNON | $73,500 | 2 | 0.008% |
118 | PETRIE | $68,000 | 3 | 0.007% |
119 | RANKIN | $66,422 | 3 | 0.007% |
120 | WRIGHT | $65,733 | 2 | 0.007% |
121 | MARANOA | $65,716 | 2 | 0.007% |
122 | LONGMAN | $62,002 | 2 | 0.007% |
123 | DUNKLEY | $60,000 | 1 | 0.006% |
124 | RIVERINA | $56,675 | 3 | 0.006% |
125 | INDI | $56,000 | 1 | 0.006% |
126 | GORTON | $55,500 | 2 | 0.006% |
127 | WATSON | $54,402 | 3 | 0.006% |
128 | DOBELL | $45,000 | 1 | 0.005% |
129 | MALLEE | $45,000 | 2 | 0.005% |
130 | HINDMARSH | $39,302 | 1 | 0.004% |
131 | PATERSON | $37,533 | 1 | 0.004% |
132 | JAGAJAGA | $31,950 | 2 | 0.003% |
133 | WERRIWA | $25,000 | 1 | 0.003% |
134 | MACQUARIE | $24,302 | 2 | 0.003% |
135 | FRASER | $22,200 | 2 | 0.002% |
136 | FENNER | $21,662 | 1 | 0.002% |
137 | DEAKIN | $21,500 | 2 | 0.002% |
138 | GIPPSLAND | $19,947 | 1 | 0.002% |
139 | HUME | $16,650 | 2 | 0.002% |
140 | BALLARAT | $6,902 | 1 | 0.001% |
141 | BARKER | $5,000 | 1 | 0.001% |
142 | GREENWAY | $4,302 | 1 | 0.000% |
143 | MAKIN | $4,302 | 1 | 0.000% |
144 | SPENCE | $4,302 | 1 | 0.000% |
145 | HASLUCK | $3,900 | 2 | 0.000% |
146 | MCEWEN | $3,650 | 1 | 0.000% |
147 | SHORTLAND | $3,300 | 1 | 0.000% |
148 | CALARE | $1,000 | 1 | 0.000% |
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The Australian Charities & Not-for-Profit Commission was created by the Labor government in late 2012. The ACNC then weathered attempts by the Abbott government to abolish it. The ACNC regulates over 50,000 charities. Of that number, nearly 1 in 4 charities record a main activity as religion and enjoy tax breaks denied to secular organisations. Education plays a big role in funding to Australian charities. Australian universities are among our 'wealthiest' charities due to HECS, assets and research grants/tenders received. Religious schools also dominate government funding as one in three children are now educated in the private system. However it is important to note that comparisons between funding of privately owned charities such as schools and hospitals must be compared with funding to comparative government institutions in order to properly understand the system. Government organisations can not be registered charities so funding to public schools and hospitals is not in the charities data. School funding is a program in the Commonwealth budget project available from the top menu. Religious charities are also prominant in social services including aged care, private hospitals and relief of poverty due to their historical role in these functions. This project aggregates financials across multiple variables, providing snapshots of the financial health of registered charities by their declared main activity, number of welfare recipients and federal electorate. The project also links ABN with Commonwealth grants, tenders and DGR data, providing a wealth of information on individual charities. The level and scope of this analysis is not available elsewhere. |
Registered charity revenue in billions
Figures from 2018 Annual Information Statements
Electorates are listed by the aggregate surplus/deficit for charities with addresses in that electorate. Some charities were not able to be assigned to an electorate due to lack of address information.
Electorate | Charities | Revenue | Surplus/Deficit | |
1 | SYDNEY | 2,382 | $17,386.096M | $1,260.019M |
2 | MELBOURNE | 2,619 | $16,411.066M | $808.031M |
3 | BRISBANE | 873 | $5,274.289M | $219.930M |
4 | ADELAIDE | 1,123 | $4,818.946M | $265.717M |
5 | PERTH | 565 | $3,669.965M | $144.152M |
6 | CHISHOLM | 428 | $3,631.621M | $150.419M |
7 | RYAN | 243 | $3,461.643M | $145.614M |
8 | GRIFFITH | 337 | $3,254.330M | $75.782M |
9 | HOTHAM | 305 | $3,136.166M | $205.589M |
10 | KINGSFORD SMITH | 300 | $2,990.815M | $139.717M |
11 | CANBERRA | 843 | $2,977.058M | $203.045M |
12 | CURTIN | 538 | $2,923.976M | $103.093M |
13 | NORTH SYDNEY | 627 | $2,496.749M | $235.352M |
14 | SWAN | 377 | $2,465.840M | $29.824M |
15 | MACNAMARA | 659 | $2,459.105M | $224.932M |
16 | KOOYONG | 512 | $2,418.647M | $90.298M |
17 | GRAYNDLER | 414 | $2,106.386M | $61.376M |
18 | CUNNINGHAM | 312 | $2,092.285M | $126.409M |
19 | BENNELONG | 377 | $2,082.525M | $72.159M |
20 | NEWCASTLE | 364 | $1,988.798M | $77.391M |
21 | PARRAMATTA | 481 | $1,981.945M | $268.666M |
22 | CLARK | 424 | $1,892.820M | $244.028M |
23 | BRADFIELD | 392 | $1,891.262M | $35.081M |
24 | COOPER | 218 | $1,495.964M | $50.347M |
25 | MORETON | 301 | $1,469.203M | $60.494M |
26 | BOOTHBY | 238 | $1,409.471M | $35.306M |
27 | BONNER | 212 | $1,395.448M | $16.651M |
28 | LEICHHARDT | 305 | $1,331.375M | $66.239M |
29 | LINDSAY | 217 | $1,280.726M | $186.946M |
30 | MITCHELL | 275 | $1,267.092M | $72.503M |
31 | CORIO | 310 | $1,134.037M | $42.414M |
32 | STIRLING | 220 | $1,048.264M | $84.587M |
33 | RIVERINA | 527 | $1,043.742M | $2.555M |
34 | PAGE | 469 | $1,037.046M | $45.496M |
35 | NEW ENGLAND | 487 | $972.969M | $56.439M |
36 | STURT | 352 | $940.343M | $159.239M |
37 | REID | 391 | $898.574M | $60.261M |
38 | WENTWORTH | 360 | $895.282M | $145.575M |
39 | GELLIBRAND | 218 | $890.964M | $26.268M |
40 | HUGHES | 179 | $861.420M | $631.751M |
41 | BALLARAT | 302 | $840.072M | $47.702M |
42 | GROOM | 283 | $828.801M | $24.475M |
43 | LILLEY | 265 | $780.593M | $-7.815M |
44 | SOLOMON | 246 | $778.040M | $-264.691M |
45 | FAIRFAX | 249 | $759.453M | $61.235M |
46 | HERBERT | 288 | $742.280M | $53.883M |
47 | MOORE | 145 | $679.670M | $20.480M |
48 | MACKELLAR | 229 | $634.218M | $58.464M |
49 | MCPHERSON | 203 | $629.121M | $45.162M |
50 | HINDMARSH | 209 | $624.565M | $116.016M |
51 | MONASH | 281 | $602.304M | $37.047M |
52 | HIGGINS | 437 | $588.857M | $60.076M |
53 | TANGNEY | 187 | $573.189M | $22.937M |
54 | BEROWRA | 286 | $551.261M | $20.092M |
55 | HASLUCK | 200 | $538.288M | $8.595M |
56 | LINGIARI | 184 | $531.223M | $68.686M |
57 | DURACK | 509 | $527.973M | $11.245M |
58 | FLYNN | 209 | $520.059M | $0.896M |
59 | DEAKIN | 248 | $516.246M | $22.155M |
60 | MALLEE | 392 | $501.325M | $29.819M |
61 | FREMANTLE | 245 | $497.588M | $-0.161M |
62 | WARRINGAH | 282 | $491.587M | $52.718M |
63 | CAPRICORNIA | 173 | $489.970M | $26.569M |
64 | WANNON | 397 | $489.444M | $23.110M |
65 | GIPPSLAND | 281 | $487.096M | $29.273M |
66 | BENDIGO | 385 | $481.998M | $42.729M |
67 | PARKES | 463 | $479.397M | $41.204M |
68 | ISAACS | 229 | $473.570M | $33.450M |
69 | CALARE | 408 | $472.386M | $20.513M |
70 | BARTON | 162 | $464.413M | $44.141M |
71 | GOLDSTEIN | 274 | $446.098M | $98.912M |
72 | NICHOLLS | 282 | $442.108M | $22.802M |
73 | BLAXLAND | 263 | $439.219M | $66.615M |
74 | FLINDERS | 186 | $434.531M | $11.163M |
75 | WILLS | 222 | $432.485M | $50.394M |
76 | MARIBYRNONG | 179 | $425.690M | $18.927M |
77 | INDI | 320 | $421.260M | $8.634M |
78 | COWPER | 389 | $410.582M | $15.349M |
79 | JAGAJAGA | 186 | $406.663M | $53.192M |
80 | CALWELL | 142 | $386.727M | $57.402M |
81 | BEAN | 198 | $377.078M | $20.442M |
82 | FOWLER | 217 | $370.004M | $61.951M |
83 | BARKER | 408 | $364.429M | $9.539M |
84 | RANKIN | 184 | $361.559M | $23.322M |
85 | WATSON | 233 | $347.883M | $30.389M |
86 | GREENWAY | 276 | $341.251M | $15.587M |
87 | LALOR | 159 | $336.727M | $30.412M |
88 | RICHMOND | 343 | $336.103M | $10.550M |
89 | MACARTHUR | 209 | $319.176M | $25.290M |
90 | WHITLAM | 234 | $312.874M | $33.535M |
91 | BASS | 219 | $304.800M | $42.440M |
92 | SCULLIN | 139 | $304.694M | $25.749M |
93 | FARRER | 423 | $300.919M | $16.076M |
94 | LYNE | 286 | $297.477M | $25.993M |
95 | KENNEDY | 273 | $278.381M | $12.360M |
96 | BURT | 246 | $275.601M | $19.679M |
97 | GREY | 446 | $274.705M | $19.113M |
98 | HINKLER | 182 | $272.043M | $7.632M |
99 | ROBERTSON | 260 | $268.600M | $13.381M |
100 | MACQUARIE | 335 | $263.269M | $13.948M |
101 | ASTON | 245 | $261.056M | $19.151M |
102 | SPENCE | 152 | $260.583M | $24.804M |
103 | CASEY | 261 | $257.268M | $12.679M |
104 | MAYO | 333 | $256.344M | $12.590M |
105 | FORREST | 315 | $253.405M | $9.684M |
106 | O'CONNOR | 465 | $251.794M | $17.853M |
107 | DUNKLEY | 155 | $247.330M | $13.631M |
108 | MONCRIEFF | 226 | $242.923M | $15.788M |
109 | LA TROBE | 128 | $236.810M | $15.788M |
110 | GILMORE | 277 | $235.914M | $-19.380M |
111 | BRUCE | 220 | $235.124M | $10.079M |
112 | PATERSON | 264 | $232.165M | $17.772M |
113 | FRASER | 147 | $225.182M | $-59.312M |
114 | DAWSON | 201 | $222.912M | $15.344M |
115 | BRADDON | 185 | $222.857M | $15.711M |
116 | FORDE | 179 | $216.276M | $5.771M |
117 | MENZIES | 227 | $215.725M | $15.763M |
118 | COWAN | 190 | $210.793M | $28.381M |
119 | HOLT | 134 | $208.517M | $23.721M |
120 | HUNTER | 302 | $208.498M | $12.938M |
121 | GORTON | 119 | $205.574M | $18.595M |
122 | WIDE BAY | 197 | $205.467M | $4.143M |
123 | BOWMAN | 164 | $204.281M | $15.477M |
124 | PETRIE | 126 | $202.544M | $10.499M |
125 | CHIFLEY | 135 | $192.827M | $11.603M |
126 | BANKS | 210 | $190.255M | $2.675M |
127 | OXLEY | 150 | $189.313M | $5.643M |
128 | PEARCE | 201 | $185.454M | $-1.043M |
129 | MCEWEN | 140 | $175.784M | $7.163M |
130 | FISHER | 182 | $172.389M | $14.403M |
131 | FADDEN | 136 | $170.644M | $9.972M |
132 | CANNING | 166 | $167.832M | $11.827M |
133 | BRAND | 120 | $167.488M | $7.888M |
134 | MAKIN | 149 | $167.208M | $11.117M |
135 | BLAIR | 223 | $163.942M | $11.502M |
136 | EDEN-MONARO | 318 | $159.338M | $5.889M |
137 | FRANKLIN | 222 | $157.480M | $4.584M |
138 | MARANOA | 311 | $152.112M | $7.981M |
139 | DOBELL | 164 | $136.725M | $8.279M |
140 | KINGSTON | 153 | $133.053M | $8.186M |
141 | CORANGAMITE | 193 | $132.973M | $24.118M |
142 | WRIGHT | 187 | $132.166M | $10.633M |
143 | COOK | 193 | $130.918M | $7.688M |
144 | SHORTLAND | 165 | $125.064M | $6.191M |
145 | MCMAHON | 128 | $122.536M | $5.072M |
146 | LONGMAN | 144 | $112.782M | $10.583M |
147 | DICKSON | 170 | $105.313M | $5.826M |
148 | LYONS | 158 | $97.206M | $12.949M |
149 | HUME | 234 | $92.015M | $3.209M |
150 | FENNER | 99 | $81.791M | $5.348M |
151 | WERRIWA | 94 | $42.489M | $7.013M |
152 | NONE | 3 | $0.200M | $-0.025M |
Welfare & JobKeeper recipients by Electorate. 1st quartile has least welfare/jobkeeper recipients, 4th quartile has the most.
All Electorates | 151 | 9,526,930 |
Electorates in the 1st Quartile | 37 | 1,751,136 |
Electorates in the 2nd Quartile | 38 | 2,276,314 |
Electorates in the 3rd Quartile | 39 | 2,618,889 |
Electorates in the 4th Quartile | 37 | 2,993,350 |
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With new Ministers announced regularly, this Commonwealth Grants project maps each Minister against the grants made during their tenure in any given position. A new Minister (or occasionally an entire Ministry) has been published on average every eight weeks since the beginning of the 2017-18 financial year (mid 2017). A new dataset has been created with these positions and dates to map both budget data (which operates on a financial year) and Commonwealth the grants that each agency claims are coming out of annual budget appropriations. Portfolios are the administrative lines drawn between specific agencies and responsible Ministers. Each Portfolio administers specific agencies and those agencies can only spend funding appropriated through Parliament and documented in the Portfolio Budget Statements published on budget night or the MYEFO updates each December or Portfolio Additional Estimate Statements published in February. Portfolio names change when Administrative Arragement Orders are made by the presiding government. This can change the portfolio to which an agency is attributed or the Minister responsible. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison announced significant changes to the Portfolios and agencies they administed which came into effect on 1, February 2020. Unless otherwise specified, grants in this system date back to January 2018 when the Commonwealth implemented a whole-of-government grants reporting system, using the same schema (fields) across every agency for the first time. See the budget project for updates on how the government is reporting budget data during the Covid-19 crisis. |
Totals for current financial year to date (at last update)
1 | AGED CARE | $5,097,622,828 | 13.0750% |
2 | INDIGENOUS HEALTH | $3,636,319,430 | 9.3269% |
3 | SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES | $3,179,360,074 | 8.1548% |
4 | PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES | $2,735,395,676 | 7.0161% |
5 | MEDICAL RESEARCH | $2,313,136,367 | 5.9330% |
6 | INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS | $1,958,927,366 | 5.0245% |
7 | REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT | $1,821,470,784 | 4.6719% |
8 | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) RESEARCH | $1,537,553,569 | 3.9437% |
9 | INDUSTRY INNOVATION | $1,140,314,146 | 2.9248% |
10 | LEGAL SERVICES | $1,095,888,168 | 2.8109% |
11 | CHILD CARE | $1,021,555,399 | 2.6202% |
12 | MENTAL HEALTH | $1,015,697,835 | 2.6052% |
13 | INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES | $996,167,963 | 2.5551% |
14 | HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH | $982,498,826 | 2.5200% |
15 | INDIGENOUS EDUCATION | $917,784,908 | 2.3540% |
16 | VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS | $904,481,753 | 2.3199% |
17 | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | $851,817,919 | 2.1848% |
18 | NATURAL RESOURCES - CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION | $605,520,403 | 1.5531% |
19 | HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HASS) RESEARCH | $542,635,025 | 1.3918% |
20 | CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES | $530,400,364 | 1.3604% |
21 | TRANSPORT | $416,369,787 | 1.0680% |
22 | INFRASTRUCTURE | $407,465,526 | 1.0451% |
23 | EDUCATION SUPPORT | $348,954,774 | 0.8950% |
24 | HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS | $332,892,176 | 0.8538% |
25 | HUMANITIES | $313,629,673 | 0.8044% |
26 | BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | $310,592,511 | 0.7966% |
27 | DROUGHT | $303,230,530 | 0.7778% |
28 | DEFENCE | $274,965,377 | 0.7053% |
29 | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | $263,355,177 | 0.6755% |
30 | ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE | $227,175,620 | 0.5827% |
31 | RURAL DEVELOPMENT | $221,871,802 | 0.5691% |
32 | SETTLEMENT SERVICES | $221,627,449 | 0.5685% |
33 | DEMENTIA | $215,609,058 | 0.5530% |
34 | CANCER | $171,415,726 | 0.4397% |
35 | DISASTER RELIEF | $159,079,373 | 0.4080% |
36 | SCIENCE | $157,972,447 | 0.4052% |
37 | RECREATION AND SPORT | $151,792,763 | 0.3893% |
38 | FARMING | $117,798,608 | 0.3021% |
39 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY | $107,032,042 | 0.2745% |
40 | HIGHER EDUCATION | $106,455,471 | 0.2730% |
41 | NATIONAL SECURITY | $104,103,845 | 0.2670% |
42 | FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | $98,767,541 | 0.2533% |
43 | INDIGENOUS ARTS AND CULTURE | $83,011,931 | 0.2129% |
44 | COMMUNITY SAFETY | $82,398,569 | 0.2113% |
45 | SMALL BUSINESS | $77,134,914 | 0.1978% |
46 | PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY | $76,054,252 | 0.1951% |
47 | SCHOLARSHIPS | $61,587,983 | 0.1580% |
48 | VOCATIONAL EDUCATION | $59,245,228 | 0.1520% |
49 | ENERGY RESOURCES | $58,955,334 | 0.1512% |
50 | PALLIATIVE CARE | $57,729,578 | 0.1481% |
51 | TRADE AND TOURISM | $53,053,095 | 0.1361% |
52 | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | $50,204,126 | 0.1288% |
53 | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | $39,987,764 | 0.1026% |
54 | VETERANS | $37,955,055 | 0.0974% |
55 | WOMEN | $33,077,717 | 0.0848% |
56 | MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS | $32,806,319 | 0.0841% |
57 | CRISIS ACCOMMODATION | $32,400,000 | 0.0831% |
58 | PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | $29,517,460 | 0.0757% |
59 | ACADEMIC MEDICAL RESEARCH | $20,092,922 | 0.0515% |
60 | SOCIAL SUPPORT | $18,895,160 | 0.0485% |
61 | COMMEMORATIVE | $17,075,452 | 0.0438% |
62 | HERITAGE | $14,016,320 | 0.0360% |
63 | MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS | $13,785,494 | 0.0354% |
64 | EMPLOYMENT SERVICES | $12,806,148 | 0.0328% |
65 | PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS INFRASTRUCTURE | $12,446,005 | 0.0319% |
66 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS | $12,082,227 | 0.0310% |
67 | MULTICULTURALISM | $11,520,461 | 0.0295% |
68 | RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY BASED SERVICES | $10,931,489 | 0.0280% |
69 | CHILD HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING | $6,945,400 | 0.0178% |
70 | MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES | $6,552,892 | 0.0168% |
71 | HUMAN RIGHTS | $5,233,356 | 0.0134% |
72 | TRANSITION TO WORK | $4,967,035 | 0.0127% |
73 | REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | $4,479,200 | 0.0115% |
74 | SOCIAL INCLUSION | $4,415,700 | 0.0113% |
75 | CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH | $4,400,000 | 0.0113% |
76 | SOCIAL JUSTICE | $3,212,747 | 0.0082% |
77 | TECHNOLOGY | $3,050,850 | 0.0078% |
78 | CLIMATE CHANGE | $3,031,093 | 0.0078% |
79 | CULTURAL HERITAGE | $2,176,595 | 0.0056% |
80 | OVERSEAS ADVOCACY | $1,924,979 | 0.0049% |
81 | MIGRANTS | $1,860,100 | 0.0048% |
82 | INTERNATIONAL AID AND DEVELOPMENT | $1,840,863 | 0.0047% |
83 | YOUTH SERVICES | $1,175,625 | 0.0030% |
84 | FOOD AND NUTRITION | $1,133,000 | 0.0029% |
85 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | $1,123,691 | 0.0029% |
86 | ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES | $890,966 | 0.0023% |
87 | ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION | $649,000 | 0.0017% |
88 | COMMUNITY CARE | $619,836 | 0.0016% |
89 | HEALTHY AGEING | $349,261 | 0.0009% |
90 | LITERACY AND NUMERACY SUPPORT | $345,240 | 0.0009% |
91 | INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES | $286,000 | 0.0007% |
92 | ZOOS, WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES | $278,000 | 0.0007% |
93 | POLLUTION CONTROL | $211,150 | 0.0005% |
94 | VISUAL ARTS | $182,000 | 0.0005% |
95 | RECYCLING | $165,000 | 0.0004% |
96 | LIBRARIES | $150,000 | 0.0004% |
97 | PERFORMING ARTS | $115,560 | 0.0003% |
98 | CONSULAR SERVICES | $95,000 | 0.0002% |
99 | ADVOCACY | $75,000 | 0.0002% |
100 | HOUSING AFFORDABILITY | $55,910 | 0.0001% |
101 | FAMILY RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT | $54,450 | 0.0001% |
102 | WATER RESOURCES | $33,000 | 0.0001% |
103 | ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN | $20,000 | 0.0001% |
104 | VICTIMS OF CRIME | $2,610 | 0.0000% |
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State | Electorate | Value | |
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1 | NSW | SYDNEY | $3,315,103,886 |
2 | VIC | MELBOURNE | $3,049,778,450 |
3 | QLD | BRISBANE | $2,249,521,337 |
4 | NT | LINGIARI | $1,839,324,542 |
5 | SA | ADELAIDE | $1,716,052,771 |
6 | ACT | CANBERRA | $1,542,601,177 |
7 | NSW | KINGSFORD SMITH | $995,401,216 |
8 | NT | SOLOMON | $974,675,683 |
9 | VIC | HOTHAM | $896,001,772 |
10 | WA | DURACK | $875,119,256 |
11 | VIC | MACNAMARA | $707,273,636 |
12 | WA | SWAN | $705,140,096 |
13 | WA | PERTH | $701,959,061 |
14 | QLD | LEICHHARDT | $698,067,060 |
15 | QLD | RYAN | $635,138,517 |
16 | QLD | GRIFFITH | $626,324,345 |
17 | WA | CURTIN | $587,488,837 |
18 | NSW | GRAYNDLER | $545,674,155 |
19 | NSW | NORTH SYDNEY | $534,265,245 |
20 | NSW | BENNELONG | $434,662,918 |
21 | TAS | CLARK | $429,504,620 |
22 | QLD | KENNEDY | $416,662,779 |
23 | NSW | PARRAMATTA | $395,427,463 |
24 | VIC | KOOYONG | $389,215,118 |
25 | NSW | PARKES | $374,235,518 |
26 | NSW | NEWCASTLE | $350,708,741 |
27 | SA | GREY | $347,781,773 |
28 | NSW | MITCHELL | $320,782,144 |
29 | NSW | PAGE | $292,136,396 |
30 | NSW | CUNNINGHAM | $268,815,916 |
31 | VIC | COOPER | $266,031,631 |
32 | QLD | DAWSON | $243,252,706 |
33 | VIC | GIPPSLAND | $238,585,246 |
34 | WA | STIRLING | $237,794,560 |
35 | QLD | MORETON | $237,357,094 |
36 | VIC | CORIO | $228,782,719 |
37 | NSW | CALARE | $225,510,451 |
38 | QLD | MARANOA | $223,969,803 |
39 | NSW | FARRER | $221,709,012 |
40 | VIC | CHISHOLM | $219,067,128 |
41 | TAS | FRANKLIN | $200,839,270 |
42 | NSW | COWPER | $197,748,349 |
43 | SA | BOOTHBY | $196,930,497 |
44 | QLD | HERBERT | $186,011,576 |
45 | NSW | RIVERINA | $182,742,570 |
46 | SA | BARKER | $180,909,481 |
47 | NSW | NEW ENGLAND | $178,531,993 |
48 | QLD | LILLEY | $178,133,927 |
49 | VIC | WILLS | $176,484,575 |
50 | NSW | GILMORE | $175,679,607 |
51 | QLD | CAPRICORNIA | $163,412,014 |
52 | VIC | MALLEE | $161,489,951 |
53 | VIC | WANNON | $153,916,657 |
54 | VIC | NICHOLLS | $143,990,988 |
55 | CHINA | OVERSEAS | $138,769,081 |
56 | QLD | MCPHERSON | $133,966,445 |
57 | QLD | BONNER | $132,845,589 |
58 | VIC | HIGGINS | $132,101,137 |
59 | TAS | BASS | $128,935,722 |
60 | WA | O'CONNOR | $122,039,205 |
61 | VIC | ISAACS | $117,888,782 |
62 | QLD | FAIRFAX | $110,862,931 |
63 | QLD | GROOM | $109,189,416 |
64 | ACT | BEAN | $107,782,835 |
65 | SA | HINDMARSH | $107,695,386 |
66 | VIC | INDI | $107,143,224 |
67 | NSW | WARRINGAH | $106,257,882 |
68 | NSW | WENTWORTH | $102,185,081 |
69 | QLD | HINKLER | $101,340,855 |
70 | WA | FREMANTLE | $98,233,024 |
71 | WA | FORREST | $97,345,192 |
72 | NSW | HUNTER | $95,447,543 |
73 | TAS | BRADDON | $91,569,237 |
74 | NSW | FOWLER | $89,380,881 |
75 | NSW | LINDSAY | $89,286,448 |
76 | VIC | ASTON | $87,012,537 |
77 | TAS | LYONS | $84,370,151 |
78 | VIC | BENDIGO | $82,841,020 |
79 | SA | STURT | $82,303,900 |
80 | NSW | EDEN-MONARO | $81,729,081 |
81 | QLD | MONCRIEFF | $80,289,961 |
82 | QLD | WIDE BAY | $78,715,510 |
83 | WA | HASLUCK | $76,617,153 |
84 | QLD | FISHER | $72,302,248 |
85 | WA | MOORE | $69,956,194 |
86 | NSW | RICHMOND | $69,840,335 |
87 | NSW | LYNE | $67,318,881 |
88 | NSW | MACARTHUR | $67,131,015 |
89 | SA | MAKIN | $66,329,287 |
90 | VIC | BALLARAT | $64,217,143 |
91 | NSW | REID | $63,552,315 |
92 | VIC | GELLIBRAND | $62,414,698 |
93 | QLD | FLYNN | $59,722,691 |
94 | SA | MAYO | $58,969,626 |
95 | NSW | DOBELL | $58,029,124 |
96 | QLD | LONGMAN | $56,750,144 |
97 | VIC | CORANGAMITE | $56,543,929 |
98 | WA | TANGNEY | $56,331,856 |
99 | WA | BURT | $53,412,810 |
100 | NSW | MACKELLAR | $53,365,882 |
101 | VIC | MONASH | $52,565,338 |
102 | NSW | ROBERTSON | $51,568,203 |
103 | NSW | COOK | $50,646,150 |
104 | VIC | SCULLIN | $50,432,968 |
105 | QLD | BLAIR | $50,342,008 |
106 | VIC | GOLDSTEIN | $49,293,434 |
107 | QLD | RANKIN | $48,529,334 |
108 | VIC | CALWELL | $47,950,680 |
109 | VIC | BRUCE | $47,248,451 |
110 | WA | CANNING | $45,599,891 |
111 | NSW | MACQUARIE | $44,973,013 |
112 | NSW | CHIFLEY | $44,528,110 |
113 | QLD | FORDE | $43,944,243 |
114 | NSW | WATSON | $43,659,623 |
115 | VIC | FLINDERS | $42,878,366 |
116 | QLD | BOWMAN | $42,564,658 |
117 | VIC | CASEY | $42,157,803 |
118 | WA | PEARCE | $41,082,714 |
119 | VIC | JAGAJAGA | $39,780,381 |
120 | NSW | PATERSON | $39,738,929 |
121 | NSW | BRADFIELD | $39,495,994 |
122 | NSW | GREENWAY | $37,846,102 |
123 | VIC | DUNKLEY | $34,988,740 |
124 | SA | SPENCE | $34,841,368 |
125 | NSW | WHITLAM | $32,830,243 |
126 | NSW | HUME | $27,400,210 |
127 | VIC | MARIBYRNONG | $26,489,320 |
128 | NSW | BLAXLAND | $26,062,182 |
129 | QLD | OXLEY | $25,628,234 |
130 | VIC | MENZIES | $24,867,551 |
131 | NSW | BANKS | $24,858,110 |
132 | ACT | FENNER | $23,781,381 |
133 | VIC | GORTON | $23,408,556 |
134 | QLD | DICKSON | $22,943,244 |
135 | VIC | LALOR | $21,459,558 |
136 | QLD | FADDEN | $20,863,955 |
137 | VIC | HOLT | $20,735,646 |
138 | NSW | BARTON | $20,612,228 |
139 | VIC | FRASER | $20,168,922 |
140 | QLD | WRIGHT | $19,334,463 |
141 | NSW | HUGHES | $17,910,939 |
142 | SA | KINGSTON | $17,893,635 |
143 | VIC | DEAKIN | $16,197,630 |
144 | NSW | MCMAHON | $15,344,866 |
145 | VIC | LA TROBE | $14,947,463 |
146 | NSW | WERRIWA | $14,001,112 |
147 | QLD | PETRIE | $13,822,965 |
148 | NSW | BEROWRA | $13,375,122 |
149 | WA | COWAN | $12,117,487 |
150 | WA | BRAND | $11,177,848 |
151 | VIC | MCEWEN | $9,081,165 |
152 | NSW | SHORTLAND | $7,728,309 |
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Aggregates are subject to the claims made at data.gov.au.
Estimated budget spending for the 2019-20 financial year at line-item granularity was published on 2nd April in the Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS). The only updates that have been published at line-item level across every portfolio since that date is the Portfolio Additional Estimate Statements (PAES) published on 6 March 2020. Several other Supply & Appropriation Bills have been passed since then (below) but these do not contain spending data for Special/Standing Appropriations which is normally 80% of government spending in any year.
Appropriation Acts 3 & 4 were published in the Portfolio Additional Estimate Statements (PAES) line-item CSV as per usual in March 2020 and I have used this data to show what was changed between the April 2019 data and the March 2020 updates. But the spending that has been authorised since March 2020 has not been released as line-item data. Appropriation Acts 5 & 6 would normally be published as line-item CSV Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimate Statements (PSAES) in early May, however this year the government has decided not to publish this information which means that there is no line-item data for the whole budget spend which includes any estimate of what the Covid stimulus and related spending will amount to for either the 2019-20 or 2020-21 financial years. This is because the government has refused to release the PSAES and delayed the release of PBS whenever the government decides to hold budget night in 2021. According to the Agency Accounting & Budget Framework Team: 'The intent is that this this will be picked up in the 2020-21 PB Statements but as part of the 2019-20 Estimated Actual figures'. The Agency Accounting & Budget Framework Team has provided the following response to my enquiry regarding the publication of up-to-date budget spending:'No 2019-20 Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements will be published this time around due to unique circumstances Covid-19 presented. The intent is that this this will be picked up in the 2020-21 PB Statements but as part of the 2019-20 Estimated Actual figures.' (28 May, 2020) |