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2022 Federal Election: Election funding payments finalised

Updated: 21 December 2022

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has finalised election funding payments to political parties and candidates for the 2022 federal election.

Parties and candidates who received at least 4 per cent of the formal first preference vote at the 2022 federal election received an automatic payment of election funding of $10,656. This initial payment amount was provided pursuant to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and is an indexed figure.

To receive election funding greater than the automatic payment, agents of eligible political parties and candidates were required to lodge a claim with the AEC setting out electoral expenditure incurred. For the 2022 federal election, the period for lodging a claim for election funding was 10 June 2022 to 20 November 2022.

The determinations for claims for election funding are published on the Transparency Register.

Total election funding paid by the AEC in relation to the 2022 federal election was $75,876,944.42. This amount includes $713,952 in automatic payments and $75,162,992.42 in claims accepted.

Editor’s notes:

Election funding payment summary – 2022 federal election

Total election funding paid by the AEC in relation to the 2022 federal election was $75,876,944.42; $73,984,748.25 of which was paid to political parties and $1,892,196.17 to independent candidates. The breakdown of the payments is shown in the tables below. The totals include the automatic payment ($10,656 per party or candidate).

Political parties

Political Party Total Election Funding Paid

Australian Labor Party - Federal

$27,104,944.03

Liberal Party of Australia

$26,550,112.02

The Australian Greens - Victoria

$3,023,677.14

Pauline Hanson's One Nation

$3,003,118.86

The Greens NSW

$2,961,026.14

National Party of Australia-NSW

$2,401,012.16

Queensland Greens

$2,204,033.40

United Australia Party

$1,925,262.31

Australian Greens

$1,401,351.35

The Greens WA Inc

$1,170,451.81

National Party of Australia - Victoria

$1,044,340.71

Liberal Democratic Party

$227,155.05

Country Liberal Party NT

$182,154.14

David Pocock

$176,023.08

Katter's Australian Party (KAP)

$162,784.78

Jacqui Lambie Network

$160,074.76

Centre Alliance

$106,361.00

Kim for Canberra

$36,780.51

Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party

$33,857.77

National Party of Australia (WA) Inc

$26,692.24

Victorian Socialists

$22,909.87

Legalise Cannabis Australia

$15,121.09

The Great Australian Party

$13,325.72

Socialist Alliance

$10,866.31

Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia

$10,656.00

The Local Party of Australia

$10,656.00

Total

$73,984,748.25

Independent Candidates

Political Party Total Election Funding Paid

Zali Steggall

$121,898.45

Helen Mary Haines

$120,403.57

Monique Ryan

$120,356.91

Sophie Scamps

$109,927.74

Zoe Daniel

$98,536.91

Allegra May Spender

$92,694.34

Katherine Ella Chaney

$90,164.99

Andrew Wilkie

$87,434.57

Carolyn Gai Heise

$85,106.28

Dai Le

$73,858.24

Kylea Jane Tink

$71,325.98

Rob Priestly

$70,772.32

Kathleen Louise Hook

$63,790.37

Nicolette Boele

$58,856.97

Alex Dyson

$56,834.66

Penny Ackery

$46,755.13

Georgia Steele

$40,478.37

Hanabeth Luke

$40,020.88

Jack Dempsey

$38,569.70

Liz Habermann

$33,840.28

Deb Leonard

$30,224.01

Sophie Kate Baldwin

$29,885.98

Claire Ferres Miles

$24,206.60

Jamie Christie

$23,379.02

Suzanne Holt

$23,113.85

Matthew Sharpham

$22,318.33

Joanne Elizabeth Dyer

$21,683.07

Despina O'Connor

$20,872.98

Kirstie Smolenski

$19,984.21

Stuart Bonds

$17,593.85

Steve Attkins

$16,242.64

Craig Anthony Garland

$16,137.73

Sarah Joan Russell

$15,120.75

Timothy Bohm

$13,905.61

Kelli Jacobi

$11,964.88

Stewart Brooker

$10,656.00

James Laurie

$10,656.00

Nina Digiglio

$10,656.00

Jarrod James Bingham

$10,656.00

Duncan Scott

$10,656.00

George Razay

$10,656.00

Total

$1,892,196.17