Fun facts about public data

Australia had some donations dated to 2106

11/22/24

There seemed to be a typo for in the dataset of the Australian Electoral Commission for some donations in the year 2016 that were dated to 2106.

2015-16;XXX;ALP National Secretariat/ALP - FED;4/14/2106;3500
2015-16;XXX;Liberal Party of Australia/LIB-NSW;5/25/2106;1500

Austria changed their currency format for new rows

11/08/24

For some reason the 2024 donation document from Austria changed it's currency format for new rows from "EUR" to "Euro".

KPÖ;30.07.24;27.06.24;XXX;1100;1000;EUR;KPÖ Bundespartei; KPÖ;04.11.24;26.07.24;YYY;1150;1000;Euro;KPÖ Bundespartei;

Incorrect link on Romania's donation page

09/29/24

Romania links to the donation data of "PDR PARTIDUL DISPORA ROMANA" which points to a 404 page.

Changed date format for new donations in Germany

04/04/24

The Bundestag has changed the date format for new donations. The month was written out for the newly added donations. This change was later corrected.

3. April 2024
03.04.2024

Germany had a typo in one of its zipcode for Frankfurt

02/23/24

One donation in 2021 had "0329" as its zip for Frankfurt, which is incorrect as it should be "60329".

Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 24
0329 Frankfurt am Main

The Austrian party donation document for 2022 randomly uses macintosh file encoding

02/06/24

All csv files from Austria use utf8 encoding except the one from 2022 which uses Apple Macintosh encoding.

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