DonationWatchPolitical party donations tracker for Australia
What is this?
Party donations are an important part of politics. They are an important indicator of political support. We try to present this data clearly and comprehensibly.
The data used here comes from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and specifically from the "Donations Made Details" dataset that the AEC publishes. It includes all political donations documented there since 2014, exceeding €1.
It's worth noting that the AEC dataset may contain some typographical errors, which could result in certain donations being unaccounted for or not properly assigned to a specific party due to data entry inconsistencies. Additionally, the AEC's annual disclosures are released on February 1 each year, but the data does not provide a complete picture of all contributions due to the disclosure threshold of $15,000.
Donor types are classified by matching donor names. All common trade unions are manually mapped to the Trade Union donor type. Companies are detected by checking for specific corporate identifiers in the donor name: 'Pty' (Proprietary), 'Ltd' at the end of the name, 'Corporation', or 'Corp'.
Data source
Most recent donations
- A$1,500.00
- A$2,000.00
- A$4,800.00
- A$825.00
Yearly Party Donations Overview
Party donations
Explore our party donations overview, aggregating all contributions for each party. Click on a card to access the donation details.
- United Australia PartyA$217,853,200.00
- LiberalA$131,204,726.00
- LaborA$91,165,803.00
- Trumpet of PatriotsA$52,889,378.00
View all remaining parties
- Climate 200A$32,904,818.00
- Palmer United PartyA$23,800,197.00
- Liberal National PartyA$16,242,045.00
- the GreensA$14,781,267.00
- NationalsA$14,522,849.00
- Advance AustraliaA$11,195,237.00
- GetUp!A$3,824,236.00
- Australians for ProsperityA$2,783,026.00
- David PocockA$2,084,453.00
- Family FirstA$1,944,400.00
- Libertarian PartyA$1,850,435.00
- Katter's Australian PartyA$1,781,665.00
- Australian Citizens PartyA$1,435,793.00
- Sustainable Australia PartyA$1,411,899.00
- It's Not A RaceA$1,411,895.00
- WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTYA$1,125,793.00
- The Great Australian PartyA$756,000.00
- Australian Values PartyA$738,200.00
- Country Liberal PartyA$723,000.00
- One NationA$716,480.00
- Warringah IndependentA$689,406.00
- Legalise Cannabis AustraliaA$678,915.00
- Australian Liberty AllianceA$595,614.00
- Animal Justice PartyA$456,850.00
- ConservativesA$383,426.00
- FluxA$261,729.00
- Australian ChristiansA$254,553.00
- Jacqui Lambie NetworkA$238,200.00
- Nick Xenophon TeamA$217,500.00
- Centre AllianceA$200,000.00
- Sex PartyA$157,474.00
- Shooters, Fishers and Farmers PartyA$127,513.00
- Australian Christian LobbyA$121,000.00
- Equality PartyA$99,999.00
- Christian Democratic PartyA$69,776.00
- Socialist AllianceA$52,700.00
- Independents CANA$52,000.00
- Australia's VoiceA$43,500.00
- Victorian SocialistsA$42,000.00
- Country AllianceA$30,000.00
- ReasonA$30,000.00
- Affordable Housing PartyA$25,919.00
- Drew Pavlou Democratic AllianceA$25,000.00
- Republican Party of AustraliaA$21,200.00
- Rise Up Australia PartyA$15,000.00
- Justice PartyA$15,000.00
- Progressive BusinessA$10,725.00
- Australian Federation PartyA$453.00
Donor donations
Discover our donors overview, showcasing the most significant financial contributors since 2014. Click on a donor to view their detailed contribution information.
- Mineralogy Pty LtdA$283,025,612.00
- Pratt Holdings Pty LtdA$16,092,583.00
- Queensland Nickel Pty LtdA$10,382,439.00
- Australian Hotels AssociationA$8,439,537.00
- Wall OAM, PamelaA$6,444,250.00
- Keldoulis Investments Pty LtdA$4,431,962.00
- Sugolena Pty LtdA$4,162,448.00
- Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU)A$4,147,890.00
Since 2014, the biggest disclosed single donation in Australia reached A$50,000,000.00 from Mineralogy Pty Ltd to United Australia Party in 2021. This is followed by A$30,200,000.00 from Mineralogy Pty Ltd to United Australia Party, A$23,351,134.00 from Mineralogy Pty Ltd to United Australia Party, and A$13,682,912.00 from Mineralogy Pty Ltd to Trumpet of Patriots.
Past legislative periods
Our Legislative Period Overview compiles all donations throughout the entirety of a legislative term. Click on a card to navigate to the respective legislative period.