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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$22,187,785

2020-21 · Receipts/debts reported by this entity · Other Receipt · Political Campaigner Return

73 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 62 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.

The Union Education Foundation Limited → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$4,061,262

2 source records · Explore counterparty

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining & Energy Union (CFMMEU) → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$1,881,567

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$1,484,855

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Federal Office → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$1,438,124

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Australian Education Union (AEU) Federal Office → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$1,343,655

1 source record · Explore counterparty

United Workers Union → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$1,020,182

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Australian Services Union (ASU) National Office → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$790,531

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Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$760,936

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Health Services Union (HSU) → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$599,210

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Members Equity Bank Limited (A) → Australian Council of Trade Unions

$584,375

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Across reporting years

Other Receipt · Political Campaigner 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 2017–18No matched records
2018–19$22,773,144
2019–20$17,701,717
2020–21$22,187,785
2021–22 to 2024–25No matched records

Trend data table

Same values as the chart · Other Receipt
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	No matched records	0
2007-08	No matched records	0
2008-09	No matched records	0
2009-10	No matched records	0
2010-11	No matched records	0
2011-12	No matched records	0
2012-13	No matched records	0
2013-14	No matched records	0
2014-15	No matched records	0
2015-16	No matched records	0
2016-17	No matched records	0
2017-18	No matched records	0
2018-19	$22,773,144	59
2019-20	$17,701,717	47
2020-21	$22,187,785	73
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
ASI P/L Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$179,765	Record details Return 53580
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) Federal Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$104,850	Record details Return 53580
Australian Communities Foundation Limited Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$50,000	Record details Return 53580
Australian Education Union (AEU) Federal Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$1,343,655	Record details Return 53580
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) National Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$416,112	Record details Return 53580
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Federal Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$1,438,124	Record details Return 53580
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) TAS Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$35,068	Record details Return 53580
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) Federal Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$15,542	Record details Return 53580
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) Federal Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$44,000	Record details Return 53580
Australian Services Union (ASU) National Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$761,406	Record details Return 53580
Australian Services Union (ASU) National Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$29,125	Record details Return 53580
Australian Taxation Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$50,000	Record details Return 53580
Australian Taxation Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$66,942	Record details Return 53580
Australian Taxation Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$22,495	Record details Return 53580
Australian Workers' Union (AWU) National Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$490,153	Record details Return 53580
AustralianSuper Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$236,500	Record details Return 53580
Aware Super (First State Super) Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$74,250	Record details Return 53580
Care Super Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$33,000	Record details Return 53580
CBRE (v) Pty Ltd Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$309,819	Record details Return 53580
CBus Superannuation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$27,500	Record details Return 53580
CFMEU Mining & Energy Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$18,612	Record details Return 53580
Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$760,936	Record details Return 53580
Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) - Electrical Division Queensland & NT Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$100,000	Record details Return 53580
Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) Electrical Division - NSW & ACT Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$17,996	Record details Return 53580
Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) Electrical Division - VIC Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$300,000	Record details Return 53580
Community and Public Sector Union (PSU Group) Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$169,689	Record details Return 53580
Community and Public Sector Union (PSU Group) Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$304,706	Record details Return 53580
Community and Public Sector Union (SPSF Group) NSW Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$325,129	Record details Return 53580
Community and Public Sector Union (SPSF Group) SA Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$78,281	Record details Return 53580
Community and Public Sector Union (SPSF Group) VIC Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$95,571	Record details Return 53580

Returns lodged for 2020–21

Political Campaigner Return · BCVQV1 · 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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