2019–20 annual financial disclosure returns published today

The 2019–20 annual financial disclosure returns from political parties, political campaigners, associated entities, donors and third parties that incur electoral expenditure are now available for public inspection.

The annual returns are available on the AEC’s Transparency Register. The Register provides images of the original returns and allows users to apply multiple filters to disclosure data. It also includes a data-export function to enable users to undertake additional analysis of the data.

Editor’s notes:

• The disclosure scheme requires registered political parties, political campaigners, associated entities, donors and third parties that incur electoral expenditure to lodge annual financial disclosure returns with the AEC.
• The disclosure threshold for the 2019–20 financial year returns was more than $14,000. The threshold is indexed on 1 July each year.
• The disclosure period covers 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Any transactions made after 30 June 2020 should be disclosed in the 2020–21 annual disclosure return.
• Further information on the financial disclosure scheme