Official AEC return 846

The Free Enterprise Foundation

Associated Entity Return · financial year 1998–99 · reference E195

Current name in register: The Free Enterprise Foundation · AEC entity 21735. Historical names are preserved rather than rewritten.

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Threshold reported on this return: $1,500
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 0
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of associated entities, row 4,355 (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 1998-99 associated entity return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Total receipts	$711,678
Total payments	$795,208
Total debts	$0
Itemised receipts	$688,343
Itemised debts	$0
Itemised discretionary benefits	$0
Itemised capital contributions	$0

Itemised records

32 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

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Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
AAPC Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$15,000	Record details Return 846
Australian Bulk Minerals Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$40,000	Record details Return 846
British American Tobacco Australasia Ltd (formally Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$20,000	Record details Return 846
Cal-Bara Investments Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$10,000	Record details Return 846
Commercial Trade Australia Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$100,000	Record details Return 846
Croissy Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$150,000	Record details Return 846
David Ian Darling Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$15,000	Record details Return 846
David Ian Darling and Joan Scott Darling Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$5,000	Record details Return 846
David Ian Darling and Joan Scott Darling Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$10,000	Record details Return 846
David Ian Darling and Joan Scott Darling Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$5,000	Record details Return 846
Deltech Services Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$30,000	Record details Return 846
Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$25,000	Record details Return 846
Fay Richwhite Australia Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$60,000	Record details Return 846
Gunns Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$5,000	Record details Return 846
J D Packer Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$15,000	Record details Return 846
Joan Scott Darling Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$5,000	Record details Return 846
Leonar Gordon Darling Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$10,000	Record details Return 846
M N Koger Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$25,000	Record details Return 846
Michell Nominees Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$5,000	Record details Return 846
Milestone Investments Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$10,000	Record details Return 846
National Australia Bank - Interest Received Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$4,678	Record details Return 846
P and J Hurley Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$3,665	Record details Return 846
Pacific Assets Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$25,000	Record details Return 846
R J and A Doedens Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$2,000	Record details Return 846
Roche Group Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$8,000	Record details Return 846
Shaw Contracting Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$10,000	Record details Return 846
Speakman Stillwell and Associates Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$5,000	Record details Return 846
Tenix Holdings International Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$25,000	Record details Return 846
The Federal Group Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$10,000	Record details Return 846
Toga Building Company Pty Ltd Source · reported by The Free Enterprise Foundation	Donation Received 1998–99 · Associated Entity Return	$15,000	Record details Return 846

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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