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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'.
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Explore our party donations overview, aggregating all contributions for each party. Click on a card to access the donation details.
Discover our donors overview, showcasing the most significant financial contributors since 2014. Click on a donor to view their detailed contribution information.
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.
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.