Official AEC return 53457

The Menzies Research Centre Limited

Associated Entity Return · financial year 2020–21 · reference BCVLR9

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: $14,300
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 0
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of associated entities, row 882 (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 2020-21 associated entity return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Total receipts	$1,249,777
Total payments	$1,318,914
Total debts	$97,811
Itemised receipts	$452,354
Itemised debts	$67,605
Itemised discretionary benefits	$267,854
Itemised capital contributions	$0

Itemised records

8 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) · Discretionary benefit

Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
Ausenco Services Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$26,000	Record details Return 53457
Department of Finance Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$267,854	Record details Return 53457
Mr David Wood Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$20,000	Record details Return 53457
PG Howarth Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$100,000	Record details Return 53457
Plenary Group Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Other Receipt 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$16,500	Record details Return 53457
Ziggy PR Services Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Donation Received 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$22,000	Record details Return 53457
Australian Taxation Office Creditor · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Itemised debt (not a donation) 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$67,605	Record details Return 53457
Department of Finance Source · reported by The Menzies Research Centre Limited	Discretionary benefit 2020–21 · Associated Entity Return	$267,854	Record details Return 53457

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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