Election Costs and Funding

• Costs of the 1996 Federal Election

Election Funding
Since 1984, Australia has used a system of public funding of federal elections. Political parties and candidates are reimbursed for their election expenses in proportion to the percentage of the vote they secure, provided they poll at least 4%. Public funding is accompanied by financial disclosure rules.

• 1996 Election Funding and Financial Disclosure Statistics
  
• Public Funding - a speech by Gary Gray, former National ALP Secretary (18 June 1996)

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