Party Profile: The Labor Party

February 2022

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Total donations 1998/99 – 2019/20 (party-reported)

Total donations (amount) Total donations (number) Average donation
$564,252,060 8,425 $66,974

Total donations 1998/99 – 2019/20 (donor-reported)

Total donations (amount) Total donations (number) Average donation
$196,884,680 18,772 $10,488
OVER-threshold data
$146,142,197 3,554 $41,120

Top 10 biggest donors (party-reported)

Donor  Amount % of party’s total donations
Alp Holdings As Trustee Of The $58,687,883 10.40
John Curtin House $49,022,157 8.69
S.D.A.E Qld $32,730,186 5.80
Alh&Mw Union $31,440,469 5.57
Act Cfmeu $24,329,583 4.31
Labor Resources Pty Ltd $23,671,024 4.20
C E P U – Communication Worker $21,022,087 3.73
A M W U $15,437,403 2.74
Austn Workers Union $14,920,406 2.64
Progressive Business Association $10,674,883 1.89

Top 10 biggest donors (donor-reported)

Donor  Amount % of party’s total donations
Act Cfmeu $7,112,236 4.87
C E P U – Communication Worker $4,281,239 2.93
Anthony Pratt $2,916,958 2.00
John Kirby Village Roadshow $2,892,437 1.98
Westfield $2,608,426 1.78
Progressive Business Assoc $2,277,349 1.56
Aha – Australian Hotels Assoc $2,137,690 1.46
S.D.A.E Qld $2,057,631 1.41
Anz $1,976,277 1.35
Manildra $1,858,393 1.27

Top 10 biggest donor sectors (party-reported)

Donor sector Amount % of party’s total identified sector donations
Associated Entities $179,560,219 33.15
Associated Entities Trade Unions $160,244,374 29.59
Property Real Estate Construction $37,397,598 6.91
Financial Insurance $21,954,644 4.05
Unions $20,567,630 3.80
Intra Political Party $15,921,137 2.94
Individual $14,360,287 2.65
Media Communications $10,697,007 1.98
Hotels $10,038,808 1.85
Food Pastoral $6,716,574 1.24

Top 10 biggest donor sectors (donor-reported)

Donor sector Amount % of party’s total identified sector donations
Property Real Estate Construction 28,847,254 19.74
Financial Insurance 17,080,673 11.69
Associated Entities Trade Unions 16,395,920 11.22
Not yet categorised 10,067,305 6.89
Individual 7,548,032 5.16
Hotels 7,170,432 4.91
Associated Entities 5,617,897 3.84
Food Pastoral 5,588,559 3.82
Entertainment 5,354,759 3.66
Resource Companies 4,824,264 3.30

Categorization of donations by size (party-reported)

Number (of donations) Amount % of party’s total donations
$14,300 – $99,999 7,029 $226,227,381 40.01
$100,000 – $999,999 938 $209,097,436 37.06
$1,000,000 – $9,999,999 45 $110,461,592 19.58
$10,000,000 1 $12,692,293 2.25

Categorization of donations by size (donor-reported)

Number (of donations) Amount % of party’s total donations
$14,300 – $99,999 3,113 $95,150,230 48.33
$100,000 – $999,999 236 $45,947,879 23.34
$1,000,000 – $9,999,999 2 $2,196,809 1.12
$10,000,000 0 0 0