2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of third parties, row 422 (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 2012-13 third party return
Measure
Nominal AUD
Electoral expenditure
$0
Total expenditure
$3,035,260
Total gifts received
$40,000
Expenditure: party/candidate expression
$0
Expenditure: printing and production
$223,673
Expenditure: broadcast
$213,782
Expenditure: opinion polling
$4,070
Expenditure: other issue expression
$2,593,735
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.