Official AEC return 11672

Australian Council of Trade Unions

Third Party Return · financial year 2008–09 · reference X180

Current name in register: Australian Council of Trade Unions · AEC entity 19364. Historical names are preserved rather than rewritten.

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Threshold reported on this return: $10,900
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 0
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of third parties, row 569 (export table “AnnualThirdParty”)

Return-level measures

Each row is its own reported measure. Totals and their itemised/subcategory amounts overlap and must not be added together. Payments, expenditure and donations have different source definitions.

As reported in this 2008-09 third party return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Electoral expenditure	$0
Total expenditure	$2,444,580
Total gifts received	$3,427,869
Expenditure: party/candidate expression	$1,367,617
Expenditure: printing and production	$71,118
Expenditure: broadcast	$36,452
Expenditure: opinion polling	$307,320
Expenditure: other issue expression	$662,073

Itemised records

37 records in the available receipt/donation/debt/benefit/contribution lists. This need not equal every return-level measure: thresholds, definitions and reporting coverage differ.

Third Party Gift

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Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$25,793	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$22,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
AMWU Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$44,000	Record details Return 11672
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$511,361	Record details Return 11672
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$13,310	Record details Return 11672
CEPU (National Office) Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$405,350	Record details Return 11672
CEPU (National Office) Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$183,472	Record details Return 11672
Flight Attendants Assoc of Australia - International Div Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$23,703	Record details Return 11672
Health Services Union of Australia Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$110,000	Record details Return 11672
Health Services Union of Australia Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$110,000	Record details Return 11672
Independent Education Union of Australia Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$162,289	Record details Return 11672
Independent Education Union of Australia Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$21,638	Record details Return 11672
Independent Education Union of Australia Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$25,786	Record details Return 11672
Independent Education Union of Australia Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$86,253	Record details Return 11672
Independent Education Union of Australia Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$87,756	Record details Return 11672
LHMU - National Council and State Branches Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2008–09 · Third Party Return	$376,288	Record details Return 11672

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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