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Australian Electoral Commission
The Transparency Register contains information about political parties, significant third parties (previously political campaigners), associated entities, members of the House of Representatives (MPs), senators, third parties, candidates, Senate groups, and donors registered with or recognised by the AEC.
The Transparency Register was taken offline in May after the AEC became aware that the Register had inadvertently drawn address information from a small number of candidate nomination forms
In the time since the Register was taken down, the AEC has been taking steps to ensure that this will not occur again. Given the complexity of systems that work together to produce the Transparency Register, the testing has been comprehensive. It is anticipated that the Register will be available within the coming weeks.
We recognise that the Transparency Register is an important resource for stakeholders. If you require disclosure return information, please contact the AEC’s Funding and Disclosure team at: fad@aec.gov.au.
The AEC is required to publish on the Transparency Register specific details relevant to each entity. In summary, the Transparency Register includes the current register of entities, annual returns, election returns, referendum returns, election funding claims and enforceable undertakings.
| Register of entities | Annual returns (requirement) |
Election returns (requirement) |
Referendum returns (requirement) | Enforceable undertakings (if applicable) |
Election funding claims (if applicable) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political parties | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Significant third parties | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Associated entities | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Members of the House of Representatives | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Senators | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Third parties | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Annual donors | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Candidates | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Senate groups | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Election donors | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Referendum entities | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Referendum donors | Yes | Yes |
The AEC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.