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Australian Electoral Commission
Financial disclosure return information for the 2025 federal election, held on 3 May 2025, is now available for public inspection.
This includes returns from:
The return information is available on the AEC’s Transparency Register at https://transparency.aec.gov.au/.
The returns cover donations, electoral expenditure, and discretionary benefits by candidates and unendorsed (or jointly endorsed) Senate groups that contested the 2025 federal election. Of the 1,456 candidates who contested the federal election, a total of 1,425 have lodged returns. Of these, 1,042 candidates lodged nil returns.
In addition, 9 Senate group returns were lodged, 8 of which were nil returns.
A further 74 donor returns were also lodged.
Note: Candidates endorsed by a registered political party may submit a ‘nil return’ and roll their reporting into the annual return for their party if those financial transactions were the responsibility of a party committee. Political party return information for the 2024-25 financial year will be available for public inspection on Monday, 2 February 2026.
The Transparency Register is a searchable database of financial disclosure information. It includes a data-export function to enable users to undertake additional analysis of the data outside of the Transparency Register.
Any questions on the navigation of the Transparency Register should be directed to the AEC’s Funding and Disclosure helpdesk on 02 6271 4552.
Editor’s notes:
Candidates and unendorsed (or jointly endorsed) Senate groups are required to disclose the total sum of donations received and used to fund their campaign, along with the number of donors and details of donations received where those donations total more than $16,900 from a single source. Details of electoral expenditure and discretionary benefits are also required.
Candidates endorsed by a registered political party may submit a ‘nil return’ and roll their reporting into the annual return for their party if those financial transactions were the responsibility of a party committee. Political party return information for the 2024-25 financial year will be available for public inspection on Monday, 2 February 2026.
Senate groups endorsed by a single political party are not required to lodge a Senate group return. Their reporting is rolled into the annual return for their party. Political party return information for the 2024-25 financial year will be available for public inspection on Monday, 2 February 2026.
Donors must report donations totalling more than $16,900 made to an individual candidate or member of a Senate group. Donors must also report donations received by a donor totalling more than $16,900 from a single source that were used in turn to fund donations to an individual candidate or member of a Senate group.
Further information on the financial disclosure scheme is available at www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/financial_disclosure/.
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.