Official AEC return 388

Cable and Wireless Optus Ltd

Organisation Donor Return · financial year 1998–99 · reference D544

Current name in register: Singtel Optus Pty Ltd · AEC entity 21890. Historical names are preserved rather than rewritten.

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Threshold reported on this return: $1,500
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: Not supplied in these bulk fields; consult the official return.
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual donor returns, row 13,170 (export table “DonorReturns”)

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 1998-99 organisation donor return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Donations to parties and campaigners	$55,000
Donations to political parties	$55,000
Donations to campaigners	$0
Donations received	$0
Donations to members	$0
Donations to senators	$0

Itemised records

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

Donation made

Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
Australian Labor Party - National Secretariat Recipient · reported by Cable and Wireless Optus Ltd	Donation made 1998–99 · Organisation Donor Return	$25,000	Record details Return 388
Australian Democrats - National Executive Recipient · reported by Cable and Wireless Optus Ltd	Donation made 1998–99 · Organisation Donor Return	$5,000	Record details Return 388
Liberal Party of Australia - Federal Secretariat Recipient · reported by Cable and Wireless Optus Ltd	Donation made 1998–99 · Organisation Donor Return	$25,000	Record details Return 388

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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