AEC entity 19364 · Annual financial disclosures

Australian Council of Trade Unions

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Names attached to this official ID

ACTU · Seen on return 66249
ACTU · Seen on return 12336
ACTU taskforce · Seen on return 42310
Australian Council of Trade Unions · Seen on return 83130
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) · Seen on return 83033
Australian Council of Trades Unions · Seen on return 69313

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$4,690,753

2016-17 · Receipts/debts reported by this entity · Third Party Gift · Third Party Return

215 source records. Sum of the selected source records only; donor and recipient reports are never added together.

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Reported relationships

Showing 10 of 42 relationships in this selected scope. Identified counterparties group by AEC ID; records without IDs remain separate. Arrows follow the reported direction, not inferred influence. Debt arrows indicate an amount owed.

Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$634,134

6 source records · Explore counterparty

Australian Education Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$494,920

5 source records · Explore counterparty

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$397,214

5 source records · Explore counterparty

Construction, Forestry & Mining Employees Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$290,797

4 source records · Explore counterparty

United Voice (formerly Liquor, Hospitality & Misc Workers Union) → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$286,382

5 source records · Explore counterparty

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$280,986

5 source records · Explore counterparty

Australian Workers Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$242,132

46 source records · Explore counterparty

Australian Services Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$237,502

4 source records · Explore counterparty

Communications Eletrical & Plumbing Union of Australia → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$216,774

8 source records · Explore counterparty

Transport Workers Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$159,565

12 source records · Explore counterparty

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Across reporting years

Third Party Gift · Third Party Return · 1998–99 to 2024–25. Each year is a separate reporting period; values are nominal AUD. Blank years mean no matched records, not zero. Potentially overlapping returns have no combined bar.

1998–99 to 2005–06No matched records
2006–07$9,943,484
2007–08$14,364,300
2008–09$3,427,869
2009–10$214,914
2010–11$2,175,502
2011–12$102,721
2012–13$3,749,302
2013–14$4,544,166
2014–15$4,411,903
2015–16$4,732,956
2016–17$4,690,753
2017–18$7,089,618
2018–19 to 2024–25No matched records

Trend data table

Same values as the chart · Third Party Gift
Financial year	Amount	Source records
1998-99	No matched records	0
1999-00	No matched records	0
2000-01	No matched records	0
2001-02	No matched records	0
2002-03	No matched records	0
2003-04	No matched records	0
2004-05	No matched records	0
2005-06	No matched records	0
2006-07	$9,943,484	125
2007-08	$14,364,300	171
2008-09	$3,427,869	37
2009-10	$214,914	4
2010-11	$2,175,502	49
2011-12	$102,721	1
2012-13	$3,749,302	49
2013-14	$4,544,166	70
2014-15	$4,411,903	47
2015-16	$4,732,956	119
2016-17	$4,690,753	215
2017-18	$7,089,618	12
2018-19	No matched records	0
2019-20	No matched records	0
2020-21	No matched records	0
2021-22	No matched records	0
2022-23	No matched records	0
2023-24	No matched records	0
2024-25	No matched records	0

Individual source records

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Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$9,303	Record details Return 41461
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$9,016	Record details Return 41461
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$9,303	Record details Return 41461
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$9,303	Record details Return 41461
Australian & International Pilots Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,115	Record details Return 41461
Australian & International Pilots Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,087	Record details Return 41461
Australian & International Pilots Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,087	Record details Return 41461
Australian & International Pilots Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,087	Record details Return 41461
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$88,000	Record details Return 41461
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$102,310	Record details Return 41461
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$102,310	Record details Return 41461
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$101,150	Record details Return 41461
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$101,150	Record details Return 41461
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,317	Record details Return 41461
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,317	Record details Return 41461
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,317	Record details Return 41461
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,317	Record details Return 41461
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,636	Record details Return 41461
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,636	Record details Return 41461
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,636	Record details Return 41461
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,636	Record details Return 41461
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$44,831	Record details Return 41461
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$110,000	Record details Return 41461
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$44,831	Record details Return 41461
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$40,662	Record details Return 41461
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$40,662	Record details Return 41461
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,210	Record details Return 41461
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$1,210	Record details Return 41461
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$905	Record details Return 41461
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2016–17 · Third Party Return	$905	Record details Return 41461

Returns lodged for 2016–17

Third Party Return · XRQS8 · name as lodged: Australian Council of Trade Unions

Read the disclosure in context

This snapshot covers all 27 annual financial years in the AEC bulk export, 1998–99 to 2024–25, retrieved 8 September 2026. It includes parties, associated entities, significant third parties/campaigners, third parties, donors, members and senators. Election and referendum returns are separate collections and are not included.

Donor and recipient reports are separate views of disclosures and must not be added together. Receipts, donations, debts, payments, expenditure and public funding are different measures. A receipt need not be a donation, and a payment need not be electoral expenditure. These are nominal Australian dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

The 2024–25 annual release was published on 2 February 2026. Individual amendment publication dates are not supplied in these bulk lists. Annual reporting has delays and disclosure thresholds. The reported threshold appears on each return; it is not a filter removing smaller voluntarily disclosed entries. Missing records do not prove there was no financial relationship, and a disclosure does not prove influence or wrongdoing.

Current register lists include reported amendments where supplied. They are a dated snapshot, not a complete amendment history. Potentially overlapping historical donor returns remain separate and their combined totals are withheld. Names follow official AEC entity IDs; similarly named entities are not merged.

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