Official AEC return 39520

The Menzies Research Centre Limited

Associated Entity Return · financial year 2015–16 · reference VQVO3

Current name in register: The Menzies Research Centre Limited · AEC entity 1113. Historical names are preserved rather than rewritten.

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Threshold reported on this return: $13,000
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 0
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of associated entities, row 1,794 (export table “AnnualAssociatedEntity”)

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 2015-16 associated entity return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Total receipts	$833,725
Total payments	$939,089
Total debts	$39,367
Itemised receipts	$397,729
Itemised debts	$0
Itemised discretionary benefits	$0
Itemised capital contributions	$0

Itemised records

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

Other Receipt · Donation Received

Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
Australian Hotels Association Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2015–16 · Associated Entity Return	$22,000	Record details Return 39520
Cormack Foundation Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2015–16 · Associated Entity Return	$50,000	Record details Return 39520
Department of Finance Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2015–16 · Associated Entity Return	$245,729	Record details Return 39520
Kooyong Electorate Conference Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2015–16 · Associated Entity Return	$30,000	Record details Return 39520
Mr Paul Espie Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2015–16 · Associated Entity Return	$50,000	Record details Return 39520

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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