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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$7,089,618

2017-18 · Receipts/debts reported by this entity · Third Party Gift · Third Party Return

12 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 11 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

$2,200,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia: Electrical Division Victorian Branch → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$2,000,000

2 source records · Explore counterparty

United Voice → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$1,000,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$500,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Australian Services Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$500,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$302,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Rail, Tram and Bus Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$176,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Community & Public Sector Union - SPSF Group Federal Office → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$165,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Community & Public Sector Union - PSU Group → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$110,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Community & Public Sector Union - SPSF Group NSW → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$86,618

1 source record · 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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Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$500,000	Record details Return 42868
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$302,000	Record details Return 42868
Australian Services Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$500,000	Record details Return 42868
Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia: Electrical Division Victorian Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$1,000,000	Record details Return 42868
Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia: Electrical Division Victorian Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$1,000,000	Record details Return 42868
Community & Public Sector Union - SPSF Group Federal Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$165,000	Record details Return 42868
Community & Public Sector Union - SPSF Group NSW Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$86,618	Record details Return 42868
Community & Public Sector Union - PSU Group Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$110,000	Record details Return 42868
National Tertiary Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$50,000	Record details Return 42868
Rail, Tram and Bus Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$176,000	Record details Return 42868
Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$2,200,000	Record details Return 42868
United Voice Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return	$1,000,000	Record details Return 42868

Returns lodged for 2017–18

Third Party Return · YZAB2 · 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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