Official AEC return 51926

Minerals Council of Australia

Political Campaigner Return · financial year 2018–19 · reference BAIIG1

Current name in register: Minerals Council of Australia · AEC entity 27919. Historical names are preserved rather than rewritten.

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Threshold reported on this return: $13,800
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 0
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of significant third parties, row 271 (export table “AnnualSignificantThirdParty”)

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 2018-19 political campaigner return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Total receipts	$23,897,410
Total payments	$20,820,676
Total debts	$805,753
Electoral expenditure	$0
Itemised receipts	$22,929,057
Itemised debts	$790,102
Itemised discretionary benefits	$65,340

Itemised records

88 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 · Itemised debt (not a donation) · Discretionary benefit

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Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
Adani Mining Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$17,093	Record details Return 51926
AMC Consultants Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$27,123	Record details Return 51926
Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$1,455,364	Record details Return 51926
AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$425,711	Record details Return 51926
ANZ Bank Limited Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$25,095	Record details Return 51926
Arafura Resources Limited Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$15,053	Record details Return 51926
Ashurst Australia Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$22,090	Record details Return 51926
Australian Taxation Office (ATO) BAS & PAYG Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$314,695	Record details Return 51926
Bankwest Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$113,224	Record details Return 51926
BHP Group Limited Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$3,281,645	Record details Return 51926
Bloomfield Collieries Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$66,548	Record details Return 51926
Boss Resources Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$16,668	Record details Return 51926
Cameco Australia Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$15,293	Record details Return 51926
Castlemaine Goldfields Limited Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$19,693	Record details Return 51926
Centennial Coal Company Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$397,633	Record details Return 51926
COAL21 Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$1,159,636	Record details Return 51926
Department of Economic, Development, Jobs, Transport and Res Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$19,800	Record details Return 51926
Department of Primary Industry and Resources NT Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$16,750	Record details Return 51926
Downer EDI Mining Pty Limited Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$306,709	Record details Return 51926
Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$48,730	Record details Return 51926
Energy Resources of Australia Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$71,832	Record details Return 51926
EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$29,223	Record details Return 51926
Ernst & Young Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$23,780	Record details Return 51926
Fosterville Gold Mine Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$224,687	Record details Return 51926
GHD Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$31,110	Record details Return 51926
Glencore Australia Holdings Pty Limited Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$3,315,600	Record details Return 51926
Healthgate Resources Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$28,383	Record details Return 51926
Herbert Smith Freehills Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$25,050	Record details Return 51926
Idemitsu Australia Resources Pty Ltd Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$384,985	Record details Return 51926
International Council on Mining and Metals Source · reported by Minerals Council of Australia	Other Receipt 2018–19 · Political Campaigner Return	$26,667	Record details Return 51926

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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