AEC entity 36451 · Annual financial disclosures

Business Council of Australia

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Business Council of Australia · Seen on return 80970

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$2,040,114

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

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

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Reported relationships

Showing 6 of 6 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.

Equity Trustees → Business Council of Australia

$1,510,059

17 source records · Explore counterparty

The Treasury → Business Council of Australia

$245,496

5 source records · Explore counterparty

Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade → Business Council of Australia

$150,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Trans- Tasman Business Circle → Business Council of Australia

$55,000

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Australian Taxation Office → Business Council of Australia

$49,429

1 source record · Explore counterparty

Bank of Melbourne → Business Council of Australia

$30,130

1 source record · Explore counterparty

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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$13,666,619
2019–20$1,192,504
2020–21$2,040,114
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	$13,666,619	151
2019-20	$1,192,504	16
2020-21	$2,040,114	26
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
Australian Taxation Office Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$49,429	Record details Return 53392
Bank of Melbourne Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$30,130	Record details Return 53392
Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$150,000	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$117,618	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$34,720	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$31,314	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$21,313	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$216,081	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$156,712	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$45,126	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$58,903	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$128,828	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$179,715	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$29,618	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$32,506	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$131,534	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$104,610	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$16,100	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$150,321	Record details Return 53392
Equity Trustees Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$55,040	Record details Return 53392
The Treasury Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$36,957	Record details Return 53392
The Treasury Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$60,876	Record details Return 53392
The Treasury Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$60,876	Record details Return 53392
The Treasury Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$60,876	Record details Return 53392
The Treasury Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$25,911	Record details Return 53392
Trans- Tasman Business Circle Source · reported by Business Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Political Campaigner Return	$55,000	Record details Return 53392

Returns lodged for 2020–21

Political Campaigner Return · BCVHC6 · name as lodged: Business Council of Australia

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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