Watch VID001: Taxes for Political Parties
A political party or candidate must get over 4% of the primary vote to receive any payment. This serves only to strengthen the status quo and reduce competition in the ballot box.
A primary vote is your number 1 on your ballot box. Your number 2 is called your 2nd preference, and doesn't pay the political party anything.
These 11 candidates were all from either the Liberals, the ALP or the Greens.
Source: AEC - First Preferences by Candidate - SA
Current Funding Rate $2.10 as for end of 2007
Source: AEC - Current Funding Rate
2004 Federal Election Funding Payments - First Preference vote = $1.94
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Australia | $17,956,326.48 |
| Australian Labor Party | $16,710,043.43 |
| Australian Greens | $3,316,702.48 |
| National Party of Australia | $2,966,531.27 |
| Northern Territory Country Liberal Party | $158,973.97 |
| Family First Party | $158,451.04 |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation | $56,215.73 |
| Australian Democrats | $8,491.26 |
| Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) | $6,572.56 |
| No Goods and Services Tax Party | $5,995.20 |
| Pauline Hanson | $199,886.77 |
| Antony (Tony) Windsor | $89,562.59 |
| Peter Andren | $79,413.12 |
| Robert (Bob) Katter | $63,544.49 |
| Peter King | $25,730.39 |
| Brian Deegan | $24,449.31 |
| Lars Hedberg | $19,400.82 |
| Graeme Campbell | $12,935.18 |
| Robert (Rob) Bryant | $12,120.65 |
| Robert Dunn | $11,761.02 |
| Margaret F Menzel | $10,977.60 |
| Darren Power | $9,980.34 |
| Bruce Haigh | $7,381.25 |
| Jeanette (Jen) Sackley | $7,365.70 |
| Samir (Sam) Bargshoon | $7,346.26 |
| TOTAL | $41,926,158.91 |
Source: AEC - Election Funding Payment
