Overview

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 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, enforceable undertakings and election funding claims as shown in this chart.

	Register of entities	Annual returns (requirement)	Election 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

Register of entities

The register of entities represents the current list of entities and publishes specific legislated details and links to the entity on the Transparency Register for the following entities:

Entity type	Entity name	Link to entity page	Link to most recent annual return	Link to Register of Political Parties	Name of financial controller	Name of party and/or disclosure entity associated with
Political parties	Yes	Yes		Yes
Significant third parties	Yes	Yes			Yes
Associated entities	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
Third parties	Yes		Yes

The current register of entities is available on the Transparency Register.

Annual returns

The AEC is required to publish annual returns by political parties, significant third parties, associated entities, members of the House of Representatives, senators, third parties, and donors before the end of the first business day in February each year after the return is provided.

Annual returns for the following financial years are available on the Transparency Register:

	Financial year
Political parties	from 1998-99
Political campaigners	from 2018-19 to 2020-21
Significant third parties	from 2020-21
Associated entities	from 1998-99
Members of the House of Representatives	from 2020-21
Senators	from 2020-21
Third parties	from 2006-07
Donors	from 1998-99

Election returns

The AEC is required to publish federal election returns by candidates, Senate groups and donors before the end of 24 weeks after polling day.

All candidate and Senate group returns from the 1996 federal election onwards and donor returns from the 2007 federal election onwards are available on the Transparency Register.

By-election returns prior to 2014 can be accessed on the By-election & supplementary election disclosure returns page.

Enforceable undertakings

An enforceable undertaking is a legally binding agreement that may be entered into to resolve non-compliance or improve compliance with Part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. Enforceable undertakings are designed to secure effective remedies to address non-compliance without the need for court proceedings or as an alternative to civil penalties.

Name of party	Date of acceptance	Legislative provisions	Enforceable undertaking
Ms Briony Davis as financial controller for EMILY’s List	21 October 2022	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Sections 314AEA(1), 316(5) and 317	Briony Davis – Enforceable undertaking [PDF - 262KB]
Senator Pauline Hanson as party agent for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation	15 June 2021	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Section 317(1)	Pauline Lee Hanson – Enforceable undertaking [PDF - 802KB]
Ms Kim Swanson	3 March 2021	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Sections 304 and 309	Kim Swanson – Enforceable undertaking [PDF - 369KB]
Mr Christopher James	26 February 2021	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Sections 304 and 309	Christopher James – Enforceable undertaking [PDF - 389KB]
Mr Tony Pecora	10 February 2021	Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Sections 304 and 309	Tony Pecora – Enforceable undertaking [PDF - 378KB]

Election funding claims

The AEC is required to publish election funding determinations on the Transparency Register as soon as reasonably practicable after making the determination. The register below provides links to election funding determinations:

• Election funding determinations