Political donation and expenditure disclosure returns
Annual returns lodged by parties, donors, associated entities and third parties under the federal disclosure scheme.
90
usability score
out of 100 — see method
out of 100 — see method
Individual return
granularity
the level it is published at
the level it is published at
Annual
update frequency
never
last checked by us
availability changes without notice
availability changes without notice
Details
| Publisher | Australian Electoral Commission |
|---|---|
| Availability | open |
| Format | csv |
| Licence | not recorded |
| Coverage from | not recorded |
| Last updated at source | not recorded |
| Cost | free |
| Confidence | reported |
Questions this bears on
None recorded yet. A dataset with no question attached is a holding nobody has found a use for — which is itself worth knowing, and sometimes means we simply have not asked the right question of it.
Notes
Machine-readable and free, which is why it scores well. Usability is not the same as timeliness, though: returns are lodged and published on an annual cycle, so the disclosure of a donation can post-date the election it may have influenced by a considerable margin.
That is a stale blocker in the sense this register uses the word. The data is
excellent; the clock is the problem.
Sources
- Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth), Part XX