Official AEC return 42868
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Third Party Return · financial year 2017–18 · reference YZAB2
Current name in register: Australian Council of Trade Unions · AEC entity 19364. Historical names are preserved rather than rewritten.
Open the official return and amendment history
- Threshold reported on this return
- $13,500
- Amendment number in itemised receipt data
- 0
- Source snapshot
- 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of third parties, row 190 (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.
| Measure | Nominal AUD |
|---|---|
| Electoral expenditure | $0 |
| Total expenditure | $10,710,469 |
| Total gifts received | $7,089,618 |
| Expenditure: party/candidate expression | $136,913 |
| Expenditure: printing and production | $211,862 |
| Expenditure: broadcast | $8,758,219 |
| Expenditure: opinion polling | $208,636 |
| Expenditure: other issue expression | $1,394,839 |
Itemised records
12 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 party | Category / period | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $500,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $302,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Australian Services Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $500,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia: Electrical Division Victorian Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $1,000,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia: Electrical Division Victorian Branch Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $1,000,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Community & Public Sector Union - SPSF Group Federal Office Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $165,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Community & Public Sector Union - SPSF Group NSW Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $86,618 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Community & Public Sector Union - PSU Group Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $110,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| National Tertiary Education Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $50,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Rail, Tram and Bus Union Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $176,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $2,200,000 | Record details Return 42868 |
| United Voice Source · reported by Australian Council of Trade Unions | Third Party Gift 2017–18 · Third Party Return | $1,000,000 | Record details Return 42868 |