Who paid for political ads on Facebook on 23 August 2026

Name: Facebook political ad spend in Australia, 23 August 2026
Creator: Political Gadgets
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501 advertisers spent $130,722 on Facebook and Instagram ads about social issues, elections or politics in Australia in Meta's daily report for 23 August 2026. The biggest spender was Minerals Council of Australia ($10,897). Total spend in 2026 to date: $26,298,059.

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Spent on 23 Aug

$130,722

501 advertisers

2026 to date

$26,298,059

1 January – 23 August 2026

Top 3 in 2026

Spend by category

Every advertiser Meta lists as running political or issue ads, grouped by who they are.

23 August 2026

2026 to date

Category	23 Aug	Share	2026 to date	Share
Party/Candidate Parties, MPs, senators, councillors and candidates.	$21,122	16.2%	$4,635,550	17.6%
Advocacy Campaign groups, think tanks and NGOs whose ads push for a change in policy or a vote.	$32,428	24.8%	$5,428,594	20.6%
Union Trade unions and union bodies.	$3,529	2.7%	$953,820	3.6%
Business Companies, and industry and professional associations.	$28,280	21.6%	$3,753,977	14.3%
Government Government departments and agencies, councils, electoral commissions and public broadcasters.	$14,405	11.0%	$4,067,891	15.5%
Charity Charities whose ads ask for donations or promote their services.	$20,076	15.4%	$4,759,292	18.1%
Other Media outlets, law firms and others, plus ads Meta says ran without a disclaimer.	$1,938	1.5%	$797,274	3.0%
Small advertisers Advertisers not in the category list who have never spent more than $100 in a day (Meta reports their spend only as '≤$100').	$6,263	4.8%	$1,302,240	5.0%
Unclassified New advertisers not yet reviewed.	$2,682	2.1%	$599,421	2.3%
Total	$130,722	100%	$26,298,059	100%

Advertisers on 23 August 2026

Filter by category or search by name. Click a name to see that advertiser's spending this year. "≤$100" means Meta only reported that the spend was $100 or less.

#	Advertiser	Category	Spend	Ads
1	Minerals Council of Australia	Business	$10,897	145
2	Australian Energy Producers	Business	$6,577	140
3	FixVictoria Incorporated	Advocacy	$6,108	12
4	UNICEF Australia	Charity	$6,087	66
5	Shell Australia	Business	$5,423	17
6	Greenpeace Australia Pacific	Advocacy	$5,105	236
7	Queensland Government	Government	$3,083	21
8	Center for US Voters Abroad Foundation	Advocacy	$2,779	90
9	Médecins Sans Frontières Australia	Charity	$2,498	61
10	WWF-Australia	Advocacy	$2,404	30
11	Transport Victoria	Government	$2,320	22
12	Advance Australia	Advocacy	$2,231	138
13	WA Government	Government	$2,046	50
14	Amnesty International Australia	Advocacy	$1,888	152
15	World Vision Australia	Charity	$1,871	103
16	The Australia Institute	Advocacy	$1,860	44
17	Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA	Business	$1,628	15
18	These ads ran without a disclaimer	Other	$1,617	48
19	AUSTRAC	Government	$1,479	8
20	Australia for UNHCR	Charity	$1,476	36
21	Australian Labor Party	Party/Candidate	$1,459	12
22	Pauline Hanson's One Nation - Western Australia	Party/Candidate	$1,447	19
23	Australian Unions	Union	$1,308	47
24	Low Emission Technology Australia	Business	$1,129	63
25	Save the Children Australia	Charity	$1,096	30
26	Australian Conservation Foundation	Advocacy	$1,009	48
27	Victorian Trades Hall Council	Union	$935	9
28	WA Labor	Party/Candidate	$921	59
29	Farmers Fightback	Advocacy	$878	3
30	Victorian Electoral Commission	Government	$819	2
31	Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action	Government	$818	3
32	Sophie Torney	Party/Candidate	$816	16
33	Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria, Australia	Government	$800	4
34	Private Health Insurance Expert	Business	$787	13
35	Ben Carroll MP	Party/Candidate	$768	4
36	Rewiring Australia	Advocacy	$763	12
37	Gabrielle Williams MP	Party/Candidate	$761	7
38	GetUp!	Advocacy	$749	5
39	Transport for NSW	Government	$723	21
40	Bush Heritage Australia	Charity	$702	18
41	Australian Marine Conservation Society	Advocacy	$634	19
42	Women's Mental Health Australia	Charity	$600	21
43	MSI Asia Pacific	Charity	$597	10
44	Gayle Tierney MP	Party/Candidate	$565	3
45	30 by 30	Advocacy	$553	10
46	WaterAid Australia	Charity	$541	11
47	OXFAM AUSTRALIA	Charity	$530	25
48	Kat Theophanous MP	Party/Candidate	$500	12
49	Koffels Solicitors and Barristers	Business	$498	8
50	Senator Michaelia Cash	Party/Candidate	$483	6
51	Service Victoria	Government	$458	13
52	Ros Spence MP	Party/Candidate	$443	9
53	Save Our Marine Life (Australia)	Advocacy	$430	5
54	United Workers Union	Union	$425	143
55	Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation	Charity	$412	39
56	Environmental Defenders Office	Advocacy	$386	12
57	Gender Awareness Australia	Advocacy	$379	32
58	It's Not A Race	Advocacy	$374	5
59	Martha Haylett MP	Party/Candidate	$369	7
60	Kids Under Cover	Charity	$366	19
61	World Animal Protection Australia	Charity	$366	14
62	The Green Institute	Advocacy	$365	15
63	United Firefighters Union Victorian Branch	Union	$363	2
64	Paul Hamer MP	Party/Candidate	$353	2
65	Liberals WA	Party/Candidate	$346	10
66	Ted O'Brien MP - Federal Member for Fairfax	Party/Candidate	$336	5
67	Defend Sacred Ground	Advocacy	$330	12
68	Fair Care for Veterans	Advocacy	$326	14
69	John Mullahy MP	Party/Candidate	$321	4
70	Tom McIntosh MP	Party/Candidate	$320	2
71	Mike Foster	Advocacy	$307	1
72	Your Shout Gas	Advocacy	$297	20
73	FOUR PAWS Australia	Charity	$290	49
74	Josh Wilson MP	Party/Candidate	$288	3
75	One Nation, Western Australia	Party/Candidate	$288	10
76	Angus Taylor MP	Party/Candidate	$278	3
77	RSPCA Victoria	Charity	$276	9
78	Michael Galea MP	Party/Candidate	$274	14
79	Environment Centre NT	Advocacy	$271	40
80	John Lister - State Member of Parliament for Werribee	Party/Candidate	$261	4
81	Mary MacKillop Today	Charity	$257	17
82	Natalie Hutchins MP	Party/Candidate	$257	2
83	Uniting Vic.Tas	Charity	$252	16
84	Human Rights Law Alliance	Advocacy	$251	10
85	NSW Fair Trading	Government	$248	6
86	Go Gentle Australia	Unclassified	$233	6
87	Eden Foster MP	Party/Candidate	$232	2
88	Senator James Paterson	Party/Candidate	$229	6
89	The Pharmacy Guild of Australia	Business	$225	22
90	Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)	Advocacy	$223	20
91	Shima4Hawthorn	Party/Candidate	$222	18
92	Meat & Livestock Australia	Business	$217	2
93	Ryan Batchelor MP	Party/Candidate	$217	2
94	Patrick Gorman	Party/Candidate	$210	12
95	Water Corporation	Government	$210	13
96	Josh Bull MP for Sunbury	Party/Candidate	$207	3
97	Environmental Justice Australia	Unclassified	$206	28
98	Habitat for Humanity Australia	Charity	$205	32
99	Next Investors	Business	$205	8
100	Lauren Kathage MP	Party/Candidate	$204	7
101	Nicolette Boele	Party/Candidate	$199	3
102	Joanne Ryan MP	Party/Candidate	$197	6
103	The Nationals	Party/Candidate	$192	4
104	Meng Heang Tak MP	Party/Candidate	$186	3
105	Crikey	Other	$184	15
106	Garth Hamilton MP	Party/Candidate	$178	17
107	Senator Sarah Henderson	Party/Candidate	$177	3
108	SDA NSW & ACT	Union	$176	6
109	AussieAF	Advocacy	$172	14
110	Maritime Safety Queensland	Unclassified	$170	6
111	Paul Edbrooke MP	Party/Candidate	$170	3
112	Jo Armstrong for Ripon	Party/Candidate	$169	3
113	Australian Red Cross	Charity	$166	13
114	Engineers Australia	Business	$166	7
115	Shooters Union Australia	Advocacy	$165	12
116	SafeWork NSW	Government	$164	6
117	Sally Sitou MP	Party/Candidate	$164	1
118	ACT Government	Government	$162	23
119	Mathew Hilakari MP	Party/Candidate	$161	14
120	Plan International Australia	Charity	$161	13
121	Animal Justice Party AJP Victoria	Party/Candidate	$160	1
122	Alison Marchant - Member for Bellarine	Party/Candidate	$157	5
123	Sperm Donors Australia	Business	$157	16
124	Health Care Providers Association	Business	$154	3
125	Katherine Copsey	Party/Candidate	$153	3
126	Corinne Mulholland	Party/Candidate	$152	4
127	Freedom for Faith	Unclassified	$152	2
128	UN Women Australia	Charity	$152	7
129	Western Australian Electoral Commission	Government	$152	6
130	NSW Government	Government	$150	1
131	Save the Bilby Fund	Charity	$149	5
132	Steve Dimopoulos MP	Party/Candidate	$147	3
133	Knowmore	Charity	$146	23
134	Unharm	Advocacy	$144	7
135	Vicki Ward MP	Party/Candidate	$144	4
136	Steve Martin MLC	Party/Candidate	$143	2
137	Iberdrola Australia	Unclassified	$142	1
138	Jerome Laxale	Party/Candidate	$141	13
139	Jess Wilson MP	Party/Candidate	$139	4
140	Helen Haines MP	Party/Candidate	$137	6
141	Bronwyn Halfpenny MP	Party/Candidate	$132	2
142	Senator Babet	Party/Candidate	$131	11
143	Dylan Wight	Party/Candidate	$130	5
144	Andrew Leigh MP	Party/Candidate	$129	3
145	Family First Party Australia Ltd	Party/Candidate	$129	6
146	Lock The Gate Alliance	Advocacy	$129	6
147	Food for Health Alliance	Unclassified	$128	3
148	Nina Taylor	Party/Candidate	$128	3
149	Natalie Suleyman MP	Party/Candidate	$127	8
150	Oxfam Australia	Charity	$127	28
151	Andrew Pobjoy	Unclassified	$125	2
152	Building For Tomorrow	Advocacy	$125	7
153	Greenfleet	Charity	$124	12
154	Foodbank WA	Charity	$120	21
155	Tim Richardson	Party/Candidate	$120	11
156	Michaela Settle MP	Party/Candidate	$119	3
157	Scott Buchholz MP	Party/Candidate	$118	2
158	WomenCan Fundraising	Charity	$118	16
159	Animals Australia	Advocacy	$117	2
160	Senator Andrew McLachlan CSC	Party/Candidate	$117	3
161	Anthony Carbines MP	Party/Candidate	$116	12
162	Friends Of Australian Rock Art	Advocacy	$116	6
163	Ingrid Stitt MP	Party/Candidate	$114	11
164	Catholic Mission	Charity	$112	12
165	Gemma Rendell For Gippsland East	Unclassified	$112	5
166	Monash IVF	Business	$111	5
167	NSW Teachers Federation	Union	$111	3
168	Queensland Tourism Development	Government	$111	13
169	Wangan and Jagalingou - Standing Our Ground	Advocacy	$111	6
170	Public Service Association of NSW	Union	$108	1
171	Transport and Main Roads Queensland	Government	$108	10
172	Shine Lawyers	Business	$106	3
173	Unitingworld	Charity	$106	23
174	Henry Pike MP	Party/Candidate	$105	9
175	Sophie Scamps	Party/Candidate	$105	4
176	Department of Environment and Science	Government	$104	2
177	Brett Hosking for Murray Plains	Unclassified	$102	3
178	Ethical Clothing Australia	Other	$102	34
179	Jordan Crugnale MP	Party/Candidate	$101	18
180	Minus18	Unclassified	$101	30
181	Animal Justice Party	Party/Candidate	≤$100	15
182	Lifetime Pets	Unclassified	≤$100	4
183	The National Party of Australia - Victoria	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
184	Victorian Greens	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
185	ACCIONA Australia	Unclassified	≤$100	6
186	ACN - Aid to the Church in Need	Small advertisers	≤$100	18
187	ACT Government City Services	Government	≤$100	19
188	Action for Dolphins	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
189	Ahead	Unclassified	≤$100	5
190	AlexWhite.org	Unclassified	≤$100	2
191	Alice Jordan-Baird MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
192	Alliance for Gambling Refom	Unclassified	≤$100	6
193	Alzheimer's WA	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
194	Andrew Hastie	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
195	Andrew Powell MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
196	Andrew Wallace MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
197	Andrew Willcox MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
198	Anglican Overseas Aid	Unclassified	≤$100	4
199	Anglican Youthworks	Unclassified	≤$100	6
200	Annabelle Cleeland MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
201	Anthony Cianflone MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
202	Antpitt4eastvic	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
203	Archdiocese of Brisbane	Small advertisers	≤$100	16
204	Aria Bolkus MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
205	ARRC	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
206	Ashleigh Vandenberg For Jackwood Ward	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
207	Asking Australia	Unclassified	≤$100	6
208	ASMOF NSW - The Doctors Union	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
209	Australian Christians	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
210	Australian Citizens Party	Party/Candidate	≤$100	6
211	Australian Epoch Times Ltd	Other	≤$100	2
212	Australian Fabians Inc.	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
213	Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute - AHURI	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
214	Australian Human Rights Commission	Government	≤$100	2
215	Australian Jewish Association	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
216	Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union	Union	≤$100	5
217	Banyule City Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
218	Belconnen Community Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
219	Belinda Wilson	Unclassified	≤$100	7
220	Big Build Roads	Government	≤$100	1
221	Bisma Asif MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
222	Bob Pond for Town Ward	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
223	Brad Rowswell MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
224	Bree James - Barron River MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
225	Brenden Hatton your candidate for Town Ward	Small advertisers	≤$100	5
226	Bridget Vallence	Unclassified	≤$100	6
227	Building Commission NSW	Government	≤$100	1
228	Cameron Brumby - Hobart City Councillor Candidate	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
229	Cassie Rowe MLA	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
230	Catherine Lezer	Small advertisers	≤$100	15
231	Catholic Education Tasmania	Unclassified	≤$100	19
232	Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY)	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
233	Challenge DV	Unclassified	≤$100	1
234	Cheyne Rich MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
235	Childcare Choice	Advocacy	≤$100	1
236	Chris Whiting MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
237	Christine Couzens MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
238	Chrysten Abraham for Frankston	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
239	CitizenGO	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
240	City of Ballarat	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
241	City of Karratha	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
242	City of Melville	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
243	City of Moreton Bay	Government	≤$100	1
244	City of Parramatta	Government	≤$100	7
245	City of Port Phillip	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
246	Climate 200	Advocacy	≤$100	9
247	Colin Brooks	Unclassified	≤$100	2
248	Colin Butland	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
249	COTA Australia - for older Australians	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
250	Councillor Jared Cassidy	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
251	Councillor John Stamolis	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
252	Councillor Lucy Collier	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
253	Councillor Sreeni Pillamarri	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
254	Cr Nicole Johnston	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
255	Cr Tom Humphries	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
256	Create Fertility	Unclassified	≤$100	15
257	Dan Purdie MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
258	Dan Tehan MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
259	Daniel Mulino	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
260	Daniela De Martino	Unclassified	≤$100	5
261	Darren Chester MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
262	David Littleproud MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
263	David Southwick MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
264	David Vanderwolf	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
265	Department of Transport and Planning	Government	≤$100	1
266	Deputy Lord Mayor David Goncalves	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
267	Di Farmer MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
268	Doing Co	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
269	Donna Kirkland MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
270	Dr. Carina Garland MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	5
271	DV West	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
272	Ed Smelt for Nightcliff	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
273	Edwin Johnstone for Hobart City Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
274	Electoral Commission of Queensland	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
275	Elizabeth Watson-Brown	Unclassified	≤$100	2
276	Emma Vulin MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	4
277	End Forest Mining	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
278	Endeavour Foundation	Charity	≤$100	8
279	Environment SA News	Unclassified	≤$100	1
280	Environment Victoria	Advocacy	≤$100	1
281	Fair Agenda	Unclassified	≤$100	1
282	Fiji Political Review	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
283	Fiona Carrick Independent	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
284	Fiona Phillips MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
285	Free To Shine	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
286	Gabriel Ng MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	11
287	Gabriel Ng, 澳大利亞工黨 (Australian Labor Party)	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
288	Gary Maas MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	6
289	Hello Sunday Morning	Unclassified	≤$100	7
290	Hermann Vorster MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
291	Homes Victoria	Unclassified	≤$100	1
292	Hon Nick Goiran MLC	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
293	Howard Ong - Community Advocate	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
294	ifaw	Charity	≤$100	3
295	Independent Australia	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
296	Institute of Public Affairs	Advocacy	≤$100	2
297	International Justice Mission Australia	Charity	≤$100	19
298	Iwan Walters MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	6
299	Jacinta Ermacora MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
300	Jackson Taylor MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	5
301	Jaclyn Symes MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
302	Jacqui Lambie Network	Party/Candidate	≤$100	9
303	James4Balga	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
304	Jason Dale - Candidate for Hobart	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
305	Jason Wood MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
306	Jeff Briscoe, Vote 1 Councillor & Deputy Mayor	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
307	Jess Pugh MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
308	Jim McDonald MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
309	Jo Briskey	Small advertisers	≤$100	5
310	Jo Haylen	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
311	Jodie Belyea MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
312	John Barounis MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	10
313	Jon Krause MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
314	Jonathan Huston MLA	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
315	Julian Leeser MP, Liberal Party, Pennant Hills, NSW	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
316	Juliana Addison MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	5
317	Justin Clancy MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
318	Justine Brooks - Candidate for the West Tamar Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
319	Katherine Chaney	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
320	Kathleen Matthews-Ward MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	5
321	Katie Hall MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	7
322	Katrina Stratton MLA	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
323	Keep Top End Coasts Healthy	Unclassified	≤$100	3
324	Kendall Hatcher MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
325	Kerri-Anne Dooley	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
326	Kevin Hogan MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
327	Kobi Shetty MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
328	Lawrence Ben MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
329	Leon Rebello MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	5
330	Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
331	Liberal Party of Australia, NSW Division	Party/Candidate	≤$100	8
332	Lily D'Ambrosio MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
333	Linda Aitken	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
334	LiSTNR Crime	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
335	Lizzie Blandthorn	Unclassified	≤$100	4
336	Local Government Association of Tasmania	Small advertisers	≤$100	8
337	Logan Farrell	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
338	Lorna Clarke MLA	Small advertisers	≤$100	5
339	Louise Bloomfield Alderman Hobart City Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
340	Luke Gosling MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	12
341	Luật Sư Hồ Sỹ Linh	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
342	Mackay Regional Council	Unclassified	≤$100	2
343	Maitland Against Domestic Abuse	Small advertisers	≤$100	7
344	Manningham Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
345	Margie Nightingale MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
346	Mark Bailey MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
347	Martin John Taylor	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
348	Marty Hunt MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
349	Mary-Anne Thomas MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
350	Maryka Groenewald MLC for Western Australia	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
351	Matt Burnell MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
352	Matt Keogh MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	17
353	Medicare for Dental	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
354	Meg Brown MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
355	Melissa Horne MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	7
356	Michael Bowden	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
357	Michael Pugh for Division 1	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
358	Michael Regan, Independent Member for Wakehurst	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
359	Mitchell Shire Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
360	Monica Tudehope MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
361	Monique Ryan	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
362	Murray Watt - Senator for Queensland	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
363	Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House	Small advertisers	≤$100	5
364	Natalie Marr MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	5
365	Nathan Lambert	Party/Candidate	≤$100	4
366	National Justice Project	Advocacy	≤$100	1
367	National Seniors Australia	Unclassified	≤$100	3
368	Nature Conservation Council of NSW	Advocacy	≤$100	3
369	Newlife IVF Australia	Small advertisers	≤$100	6
370	Nicholas Lay - ACL	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
371	Nick Staikos MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
372	Nick Tyrrell	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
373	Nigel Dalton MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	6
374	Nigel Hutton MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
375	Oberon Against Wind Towers	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
376	Office of Paul Hamer MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	4
377	Open Doors Australia	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
378	Oxfam	Unclassified	≤$100	1
379	OZ Arab Media	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
380	OzHarvest	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
381	Parents for Climate	Advocacy	≤$100	6
382	Parkerville Children And Youth Care	Small advertisers	≤$100	11
383	Parliament of Victoria	Unclassified	≤$100	1
384	Pat Conaghan MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
385	Pat Weir MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	8
386	Paul Jackson - Councillor Division 5 Logan City	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
387	Paul Mercurio MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
388	Paul Terrett for Mayor and Councillor Northern Midlands Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
389	Pauline Richards MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	12
390	Philip Tsourlinis	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
391	Physical Disability Council of NSW	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
392	Private Healthcare Australia	Unclassified	≤$100	3
393	Property Planning Australia	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
394	Queensland Teachers' Union	Union	≤$100	1
395	Queensland Unions	Union	≤$100	2
396	Quokka Rocka	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
397	Rachel Stephen-Smith for ACT Labor	Party/Candidate	≤$100	8
398	realestate.com.au	Unclassified	≤$100	21
399	Rebecca Vassarotti	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
400	Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA)	Advocacy	≤$100	4
401	Regional Vic News	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
402	Regional Voices Fund	Advocacy	≤$100	2
403	Renee Heath MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
404	Rhys Williams MLA	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
405	Rifai A. Raheem	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
406	Rob Mitchell MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
407	Ros Bates MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
408	Rose Diamond	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
409	Russell Yaxley - Deputy Mayor, Glenorchy City Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
410	Sarah Andrews MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	9
411	Sarah Connolly MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	8
412	Sarah Witty MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
413	Save Bondi Junction	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
414	Save Our Songlines	Advocacy	≤$100	5
415	SBS Arabic24	Government	≤$100	5
416	SBS Filipino	Government	≤$100	2
417	SBS Indonesian	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
418	SBS Japanese	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
419	SBS Korean	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
420	SBS Mandarin中文普通话	Government	≤$100	2
421	SBS Nepali	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
422	SBS Persian	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
423	SBS Punjabi	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
424	SBS Spanish / Australia en español	Government	≤$100	4
425	SBS Telugu	Small advertisers	≤$100	5
426	SBS Vietnamese	Government	≤$100	6
427	SEARCH Foundation	Unclassified	≤$100	1
428	Selena Uibo: Member for Arnhem	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
429	Senator Bridget McKenzie	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
430	Senator Dean Smith	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
431	Senator Fatima Payman	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
432	Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price	Party/Candidate	≤$100	10
433	Senator Kerrynne Liddle	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
434	Senator Marielle Smith	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
435	Senator Raff Ciccone	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
436	Senator Ross Cadell	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
437	Senator Slade Brockman	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
438	Senator Sue Lines	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
439	Senator Susan McDonald	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
440	Shane Love MLA	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
441	Shannon Fentiman MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
442	Sharon Claydon MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	10
443	Shaun Leane MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
444	Shayne Blacklock	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
445	Sheena Watt MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	4
446	Sick Section	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
447	Social Media, Democracy & Liberty - PhD Research	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
448	Socially Democratic	Small advertisers	≤$100	7
449	Solutions for Climate WA	Advocacy	≤$100	1
450	Sonja Terpstra MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	5
451	Sook Yee Lai MLA	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
452	South Coast Labour Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
453	Southern Cross Austereo	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
454	Special Broadcasting Service	Unclassified	≤$100	1
455	St. Patrick's Community Support Centre	Charity	≤$100	4
456	Stacks Law Firm	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
457	Steady Guide	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
458	Stefan Koomen	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
459	Stephen Pratt for Jandakot	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
460	Steve McGhie MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	3
461	Stop Live Exports	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
462	Tearfund Australia	Charity	≤$100	7
463	Territory Seafood Crew	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
464	The Australian Greens	Party/Candidate	≤$100	6
465	The Bike Boy Investigation	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
466	The Briefing Podcast	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
467	The Climate Council	Advocacy	≤$100	25
468	The Events Agency Group	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
469	The Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
470	The Greens (WA)	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
471	The Lady Musgrave Trust	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
472	The Mandarin	Unclassified	≤$100	8
473	Theo Zographos	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
474	Tiffany Ashdown - Hobart City Council Mayoral Candidate	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
475	Tim McCurdy MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
476	Tim Nicholls MP	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
477	Tim Randall	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
478	Tim Wilson – Federal Liberal Member for Goldstein	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
479	Tony Pasin MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	2
480	Townsville City Council	Government	≤$100	1
481	Trenton Hoare	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
482	Trevor Watts	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
483	Trish Cook MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	1
484	Unions NSW	Small advertisers	≤$100	17
485	UnionsWA	Unclassified	≤$100	1
486	Vera.guide	Unclassified	≤$100	2
487	Victorians for Nature	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
488	Vinnies Tasmania	Small advertisers	≤$100	3
489	Voices of Fisher	Small advertisers	≤$100	5
490	WA Better by Nature	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
491	Wamberal Beach SOS Save our Sand	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
492	Wayne Farnham MP	Party/Candidate	≤$100	4
493	Whitehorse City Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	2
494	Whitsunday Regional Council	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
495	Whitsundays Progress Group - WPG	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
496	Win for Nature	Advocacy	≤$100	1
497	Winterbourne Wind Farm	Small advertisers	≤$100	4
498	Wise Choices For Life	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
499	Yeppoon Capricorn Coast	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
500	Youth Off The Streets	Small advertisers	≤$100	1
501	Zali Steggall	Unclassified	≤$100	6

Top 50 advertisers in 2026

Spend from 1 January to 23 August 2026.

#	Advertiser	Category	Spend
1	UNICEF Australia	Charity	$1,327,174
2	Queensland Government	Government	$1,109,381
3	Australian Energy Producers	Business	$897,796
4	Greenpeace Australia Pacific	Advocacy	$845,653
5	Minerals Council of Australia	Business	$727,825
6	These ads ran without a disclaimer	Other	$652,182
7	Médecins Sans Frontières Australia	Charity	$595,905
8	Amnesty International Australia	Advocacy	$557,367
9	Transport Victoria	Government	$472,819
10	The Australia Institute	Advocacy	$463,309
11	WWF-Australia	Advocacy	$421,875
12	Australian Conservation Foundation	Advocacy	$410,992
13	Advance Australia	Advocacy	$335,223
14	Australia for UNHCR	Charity	$325,498
15	GetUp!	Advocacy	$313,539
16	Chevron Australia	Business	$278,046
17	Service Victoria	Government	$247,928
18	Low Emission Technology Australia	Business	$237,298
19	Water Corporation	Government	$229,450
20	National Automotive Leasing and Salary Packaging Association	Business	$201,656
21	Fortescue	Business	$198,835
22	Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria, Australia	Government	$184,967
23	United Workers Union	Union	$183,391
24	United For You	Union	$178,150
25	AussieAF	Advocacy	$177,328
26	Caritas Australia	Charity	$175,562
27	Australian Education Union Victorian Branch	Union	$174,177
28	Michelle Milthorpe- Independent for Farrer	Party/Candidate	$173,709
29	Australian Red Cross	Charity	$165,227
30	WA Government	Government	$163,655
31	Department of Transport and Planning	Government	$145,533
32	BHP	Business	$144,390
33	Private Health Insurance Expert	Business	$143,979
34	Jacinta Allan MP	Party/Candidate	$137,459
35	Department of Health	Government	$136,961
36	Save the Children Australia	Charity	$134,447
37	Meat & Livestock Australia	Business	$133,703
38	AUSTRAC	Government	$130,071
39	Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division)	Party/Candidate	$126,196
40	Australian Unions	Union	$125,236
41	Australian Labor Party	Party/Candidate	$123,815
42	Electoral Commission of South Australia	Government	$111,352
43	Shell Australia	Business	$109,298
44	ALP	Party/Candidate	$108,027
45	Barnardos Australia	Charity	$104,007
46	Dr Joanna Howe	Advocacy	$101,148
47	Family First Party Australia Ltd	Party/Candidate	$92,461
48	South Australian Labor	Party/Candidate	$89,594
49	Joanne Ryan MP	Party/Candidate	$89,070
50	ifaw	Charity	$88,909

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About these figures

Source: Meta Ad Library daily report for Australia, dated 23 August 2026. Meta publishes each day's report a few days later.
Year-to-date figures cover 1 January to 23 August 2026. From 235 daily reports.
Meta reports daily spend under $100 only as "≤$100"; we count each such line as $34.60, a value worked out from Meta's exact 90-day report.
Categories are assigned by Political Gadgets and reviewed by hand. New advertisers show as Unclassified until they're reviewed.

Source: Meta Ad Library report (ads about social issues, elections or politics, Australia), with categories added by Political Gadgets. Offered 'as is' under CC BY-NC 4.0.