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Public funding of election expenditure


In accordance with the Electoral Act 2002, after each State election eligible parties and candidates can apply to be paid entitlements in line with the number of first preference votes they receive.

To be eligible to apply for this entitlement the party or candidate must have received at least 4% of the first preference votes in the election.

Niddrie by-election, 24 March 2012Top

Candidates who received more than 4% of the first preference votes at the Niddrie State by-election are entitled to receive $1.53429 per first-preference vote.

The table below details the candidates and parties that will receive an entitlement upon submission of the relevant statement and the amount of the entitlement.

Party or Independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Labor Party11$19,855.25
Australian Sex Party11$3,444.48
Christian Party11$2,436.45
Democratic Labor Party11$2,028.33
The Australian Greens11$4,395.74
Little, Jim$2,951.97
Surace, Andrea$5,282.56
Total$40,394.79

Broadmeadows by-election, 19 February 2011Top

The following amounts were paid to parties and to Independent candidates, at a rate of $1.4849 per first-preference vote.

Party or Independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Labor Party11$21,241.49
Australian Sex Party11$1,994.22
Democratic Labor Party11$2,228.83
The Australian Greens11$2,414.45
Marr, Graeme David$2,405.54
Sahin, Celal$8,012.52
Total$38,297.05

State election, 27 November 2010Top

The following amounts were paid to these parties and to Independent candidates at a rate of $1.4849 per first-preference vote at the 2010 Victorian State election.

Party or Independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Labor Party12896$3,377,119.95
Australian Sex Party251$28,913.97
Christian Democratic Party100Nil
Country Alliance379$74,691.95
Democratic Labor Party673$8,109.04
Family First9112$32,467.34
Liberal Party11387$3,536,314.10
Socialist Alliance40Nil
The Australian Greens12895$1,081,497.22
The Nationals2113$605,192.28
Thomann, Serge (Albert Park)$5,373.85
Cleary, Phil (Brunswick)$5,811.90
Giuliano, Paul Joseph (Essendon)*
Cumming, Catherine (Footscray)$4,811.08
Ingram, Craig (Gippsland East)$14,148.13
Walia, Harpreet Singh Wally (Keilor)$3,664.73
Majdlik, Kathy (Kororoit)$2,803.49
Milne, Glenn (Mildura)$7,734.84
Tonge, Doug (Mildura)$6,973.09
Paino, Roberto (Murray Valley)$4,958.08
Little, Jim (Niddrie)$2,251.11
Jolly, Stephen (Richmond)$4,598.74
Beer, Jan (Seymour)$5,550.56
Purcell, James (South-West Coast)$6,710.26
Total$8,819,695.71

* Payment to Paul Joseph Giuliano had not been made at 30 June 2011 as the requirements for auditing had not been met.

Altona by-election, 13 February 2010Top

The following amounts were paid to parties and to Independent candidates, at a rate of $1.4644 per first-preference vote.

Party or Independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Labor Party11$27,007.93
Liberal Party11$20,021.28
Socialist Alliance10Nil
The Australian Greens11$6,018.68
Total$53,047.89

Kororoit by-election, 28 June 2008Top

The following amounts were paid to parties and to Independent candidates, at a rate of $1.3746 per first-preference vote.

Party or Independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Greens11$2,015.16
Australian Labor Party11$21,105.61
Liberal Party11$9,153.46
Twentyman, Les$8,874.42
Walters, Tania$1,775.98
Total$42,924.63

Albert Park and Williamstown by-elections, 15 September 2007Top

The following amounts were paid to parties and to Independent candidates, at a rate of $1.34897 per first-preference vote.

Party or Independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Labor Party22$41,366.17
Australian Greens22$20,299.30
Democratic Labor Party20Nil
Democrats11$2,301.34
Family First22$3,750.14
Marinakis, Prodos* (Albert Park)
Strauss, Nigel (Albert Park)$2,297.30
Cumming, Catherine (Williamstown)$3,646.27
Total$73,660.52

* Mr Marinakis was entitled to public funding of $1,918.24, but opted not to receive it.

State election, 25 November 2006Top

The following amounts were paid to these parties and to Independent candidates at a rate of $1.31607 per first-preference vote at the 2006 Victorian State election.

Party or Independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Labor Party12896$3,282,127.23
Christian Democratic Party60Nil
Citizens Electoral Council1511,817.49
Country Alliance60Nil
Democratic Labor Party231$24,095.93
Democrats150Nil
Family First Party12347$180,797.75
Liberal Party12596$2,684,173.46
People Power430Nil
Socialist Alliance40Nil
The Australian Greens12493$788,662.84
The Nationals3219$367,761.28
Hadden, Dianne (Ballarat East)$2,894.04
Ashley, Gordon (Bayswater)$3,862.67
Hayes, Clifford (Brighton)$1,839.87
Goonan, Irene (Doncaster)$2,142.56
Cumming, Catherine (Footscray)$6,152.63
Ingram, Craig (Gippsland East)$17,561.64
McCubbin, Jo* (Gippsland South)$1,114.00
Mulholland, Jenny (Ivanhoe)$4,193.00
Barry, Dave* (Macedon)$2,018.18
Medcraft, Steve* (Macedon)$3,025.64
Savage, Russell (Mildura)$14,242.51
Proctor, Lisa (Morwell)$3,866.61
Jolly, Stephen (Richmond)$2,375.51
Gibbons, John* (Tarneit)$105.55
Total$7,394,830.39

* Jo McCubbin, Dave Barry, Steve Medcraft and John Gibbons spent less than their entitlement.



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