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The Greens funding

In 2024-25 The Greens (9 branches combined) reported $35,979,690 in total receipts. $9,358,591 came from named private sources, $12,214,521 from electoral commissions and government agencies, and $14,406,578 has no public source.

26% named private source34% public funding40% no public source

Named private sources by industry

The AEC does not classify donors by industry. Names are grouped here only where the registered name identifies one. Everything else is not classified — including companies whose trade is not in the name. Associated entities file their own returns and are not in these totals.

Named private sources of The Greens income, grouped by industry
GroupTotalSources
Unions$653k3
Party transfers and related$4.6M8
Not classified$4.1M62

Unions

$652,500 from 3 sources

  • CEPU Electrical Division$600,000
  • United Firefighters Union$50,000
  • Electrical Trades Union WA$2,500

Party transfers and related

$4,612,481 from 8 sources

  • Australian Greens$2,229,861
  • Victorian Greens$764,773
  • Australian Greens The Greens Incorporated$571,719
  • NSW Greens$392,351
  • Queensland Greens$346,298
  • Australian Greens (SA) Inc$215,000
  • South Australian Greens$75,000
  • The Greens - New South Wales$17,479

Not classified

62 named sources totalling $4,093,610. The register gives a name, not a trade.

  • Duncan Turpie$1,055,000
  • Norman Pater$300,000
  • Ruth Greble$245,000
  • Suncorp Bank$236,162
  • Kitty Carra$187,000
  • LB Conservation Pty Ltd$170,000
  • Caroline Margaret Le Couteur ~ Caroline$120,000
  • Paul Thomas$110,000
  • Barbara Pocock$100,000
  • Robert Keldoulis$100,000
  • Estate of the late Andrew John Galbraith$100,000
  • Bendigo Bank$97,770
  • Peter Lawrence$91,500
  • Stephen Hill$74,850
  • Carmen McNaught$70,000
  • Murray Haselar$70,000
  • Stephen Whately$63,550
  • Karin Hage$51,000
  • Hayden Shaw$50,000
  • Hilal Yassine$50,000
  • Matthew MaCauley$50,000
  • Margaret A Keelan$49,000
  • Patricia Hensley$40,000
  • Tobi-Jane Wilkinson$40,000
  • Bank Australia$39,586
  • Australia Post$34,721
  • Barbara Trauer$32,753
  • Craig Steddy$32,500
  • Michael Gunter$31,626
  • J & P Forrest$30,000
  • Gregory.M. Aroney$28,129
  • The Late Alan Patrick Roberts$27,903
  • Chilla Bulbeck$25,000
  • Michael Berkman$21,965
  • Sally Perini$20,000
  • Sue McKinnon$20,000
  • Scott Andrews$20,000
  • Dominet Digital Corporation Pty Ltd$20,000
  • Ian Melrose$20,000
  • Liam Joseph Flenady$20,000
  • Peta Higgs$20,000
  • Alan Perkins$20,000
  • Stuart Wearne$20,000
  • Jenny Leong$20,000
  • Mark Clayton$18,764
  • Jordon Steele-John$9,030
  • Frances Gibbons$5,000
  • Jamie Simpson$5,000
  • Margo Beilby$5,000
  • Garry Boase$4,051
  • Daniel Grosso$3,000
  • Deborah Lehmann$2,000
  • Giz Watson$2,000
  • Scott Ryan$2,000
  • Sunny Miller$2,000
  • Roger King$1,750
  • Hans Hug$1,500
  • Katrin Swindells$1,500
  • Patti Chong$1,500
  • Ross Le Quesne$1,500
  • Tim Colegate$1,500
  • Timothy Hall$1,500

Source: Australian Electoral Commission Transparency Register, 2024-25 annual returns, retrieved 26 August 2026. Australian Electoral Commission, Transparency Register (Commonwealth of Australia). Annual disclosure returns are published on the first working day of February each year.