Official AEC return 42957

The Menzies Research Centre Limited

Associated Entity Return · financial year 2017–18 · reference YKVM0

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: $13,500
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 1
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of associated entities, row 1,417 (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 2017-18 associated entity return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Total receipts	$1,388,425
Total payments	$1,280,043
Total debts	$158,870
Itemised receipts	$932,039
Itemised debts	$126,254
Itemised discretionary benefits	$0
Itemised capital contributions	$0

Itemised records

15 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 Received · Other Receipt · Itemised debt (not a donation)

Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
Alfred G Moufarrige Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$14,000	Record details Return 42957
Australian Food and Grocery Council Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$41,800	Record details Return 42957
Business Council of Australia Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$16,500	Record details Return 42957
Cormack Foundation Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$75,000	Record details Return 42957
Department of Finance & Administration Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$255,939	Record details Return 42957
Google Australia Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$55,000	Record details Return 42957
Institute of Public Affairs Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$25,000	Record details Return 42957
Kooyong 200 Club Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$20,000	Record details Return 42957
Michael Crouch Foundation Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$175,000	Record details Return 42957
Michael Crouch Foundation Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$175,000	Record details Return 42957
Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$15,000	Record details Return 42957
Vodaphone Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$63,800	Record details Return 42957
Industrial Australia Creditor · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Itemised debt (not a donation) 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$44,000	Record details Return 42957
Liberal Party of Australia Creditor · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Itemised debt (not a donation) 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$57,922	Record details Return 42957
Melbourne University Press Creditor · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Itemised debt (not a donation) 2017–18 · Associated Entity Return	$24,332	Record details Return 42957

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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