Donations Dashboard

Political donations from companies that also hold government contracts.

What it shows

  • Headline stats: total contractor donations across all disclosed years, number of donor companies, parties receiving funds, ALP vs Liberal split.
  • Stacked bar chart: contractor donations by party, year by year.
  • Line chart: donation totals over time.
  • Data table: each contractor with total donated, split by party, and a "hedging ratio" (donations to both sides as a proportion).

How to read it

The table is sortable. Click any contractor name for a full profile showing which projects they hold and their complete donation history.

The hedging ratio is a quick diagnostic: - Near 1.0 — donor gives to both sides roughly equally (defensive posture). - Near 0 — donor is partisan. - Missing — single-side donor.

Data sources

  • AEC Annual Financial Disclosure Returns — the definitive source for federal political donations.
  • VEC — state-level disclosures.
  • Company-to-contractor matching uses normalised name resolution (trading name, legal name, ABN where available).

Caveats

  • Donations are legal. Showing a contractor's donation next to a contract is not an allegation. It is a pattern.
  • AEC disclosure thresholds mean many smaller donations do not appear.
  • Disclosures lag by up to 18 months.
  • Party names are rolled up ("ALP", "Australian Labor Party (VIC)", etc. → ALP).
  • In-kind donations reported as cash-equivalent where disclosed.
  • Network Graph — see the donation→contract relationships visually.
  • Forensic Audit — structured framework for tracing donation-contract overlaps.
  • Mates Detector — people/company relationships behind the donations.

Last reviewed: 11 Apr 2026