Official AEC return 40149

Australian Council of Trade Unions

Third Party Return · financial year 2015–16 · reference WCNT1

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: $13,000
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 0
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of third parties, row 282 (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 2015-16 third party return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Electoral expenditure	$0
Total expenditure	$4,702,032
Total gifts received	$4,732,956
Expenditure: party/candidate expression	$82,738
Expenditure: printing and production	$472,898
Expenditure: broadcast	$2,017,069
Expenditure: opinion polling	$1,225,538
Expenditure: other issue expression	$903,789

Itemised records

119 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
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$37,215	Record details Return 40149
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$9,303	Record details Return 40149
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$9,303	Record details Return 40149
Australian & International Pilots Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$4,461	Record details Return 40149
Australian & International Pilots Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,115	Record details Return 40149
Australian & International Pilots Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,115	Record details Return 40149
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$412,258	Record details Return 40149
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$102,310	Record details Return 40149
Australian Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$102,310	Record details Return 40149
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$5,271	Record details Return 40149
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,317	Record details Return 40149
Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,317	Record details Return 40149
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$6,545	Record details Return 40149
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,636	Record details Return 40149
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,636	Record details Return 40149
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$195,087	Record details Return 40149
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$44,831	Record details Return 40149
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$44,831	Record details Return 40149
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$4,840	Record details Return 40149
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,210	Record details Return 40149
Australian Maritime Officers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$1,210	Record details Return 40149
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$363,569	Record details Return 40149
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$90,893	Record details Return 40149
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$90,893	Record details Return 40149
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$9,882	Record details Return 40149
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$2,470	Record details Return 40149
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$2,470	Record details Return 40149
Australian Services Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$264,783	Record details Return 40149
Australian Services Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$22,000	Record details Return 40149
Australian Services Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions	Third Party Gift 2015–16 · Third Party Return	$43,075	Record details Return 40149

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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