Media Release 2004: 2004 Federal Election Funding Payments

3 November 2004

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced today that the first stage of payments of election funding are being made for the 2004 federal election.

Election funding is paid after each federal election and payments are made in two stages. The first payment is 95 per cent of the amount due based on the number of votes counted as at the 20th day after election day. The second payment is the remainder due once vote counting is finalised.

Candidates and Senate groups are eligible for election funding if they receive at least 4 per cent of the formal first preference votes in the election they contested. Election funding is paid to the party where the candidate or Senate group is endorsed by a registered political party and to the appointed 'agent' for other candidates and Senate groups.

The rate of election funding for the 2004 federal election is 194.397 cents per formal first preference vote received.

The election funding paid to candidates and Senate groups this week is as follows:

Name	Amount
Liberal Party of Australia	$17 050 539.49
Australian Labor Party	$15 871 198.59
Australian Greens	$3 150 398.26
National Party of Australia	$2 815 983.03
Family First Party	$150 528.49
Northern Territory Country Liberal Party	$151 025.27
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	$53 404.94
Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	$6 243.93
Australian Democrats	$8 066.70
No Good and Services Tax Party	$5 695.44
Pauline Hanson	$189 914.60
Antony (Tony) Windsor	$85 097.38
Peter Andren	$75 442.46
Robert (Bob) Katter	$60 367.27
Peter King	$24 453.10
Brian Deegan	$23 226.84
Lars Hedberg	$18 430.78
Graeme Campbell	$12 288.42
Robert Thomas Dunn	$11 172.97
Robert (Rob) Bryant	$11 514.62
Margaret F Menzel	$10 428.72
Darren Power	$9 481.32
Bruce Haigh	$7 012.19
Jeanette (Jen) Sackley	$6 997.42
Samir (Sam) Bargshoon	$6 978.95
TOTAL	$39 815 891.18

Further information:

Kathy Mitchell
Director, Funding and Disclosure
Ph. (02) 6271 4413
Mobile: 0412 268 623