2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of third parties, row 466 (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 2011-12 third party return
Measure
Nominal AUD
Electoral expenditure
$0
Total expenditure
$1,782,718
Total gifts received
$60,000
Expenditure: party/candidate expression
$0
Expenditure: printing and production
$368,349
Expenditure: broadcast
$500,601
Expenditure: opinion polling
$22,409
Expenditure: other issue expression
$891,359
Itemised records
1 record in the available receipt/donation/debt/benefit/contribution lists. This need not equal every return-level measure: thresholds, definitions and reporting coverage differ.