Donations made to the Democratic Labor Party

$370k in 21 donations from 11 donors to the Democratic Labor Party (8 bodies), 2001-02 to 2018-19. Largest donor: Jonathan Beach, Bernie Quinn, Richard Harris, Philip Rowell ($123k).

Donations made
$369,820
2001-02 to 2018-19
Donors
11
21 donations
Excluding internal transfers
$369,820
$0 moved between bodies of the same party
What you won't find in the AEC's own listing: one name per recipient and per donor (spelling variants merged), every party's branches added up, donors labelled (individual, organisation, bank, government), and the pattern by year. How this differs from the AEC data »

Key facts

Who gives

Donors by type. A donor is labelled automatically from its name.

Organisation$145,72339%
Individual$141,96738%
Government / tax$82,13022%

How the money flows

Left to right: the largest donors, then the party's bodies they gave to. Band width is the dollar amount; smaller donors and bodies are combined.

Jonathan Beach, Bernie Quinn, Richard Harris, Philip Rowell → Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia - NATIONAL: $123,000Optom Admin → DLP-VIC: $100,000Combined Firearms Council of Victoria → Democratic Labour Party - Victorian Branch: $82,130Michael Murphy → Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Victorian Branch: $30,967Field and Game Australia Inc → Democratic Labour Party - Victorian Branch: $16,000Robert Semmel → Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia - NATIONAL: $6,000John Charles McGauran → Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia - NATIONAL: $5,000Restaurant & Catering Industry Association of Australia → Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Victorian Branch: $300Restaurant & Catering Industry Association of Australia → Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Queensland Branch: $2,200Other donors (3) → Democratic Labour Party - Queensland Branch: $2,200Other donors (3) → Democratic Labour Party - WA Branch: $1,363Other donors (3) → Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - WA Branch: $660Jonathan Beach, Bernie Quinn, Richard Harris, Philip Rowell: $123,000Jonathan Beach, Bernie Quinn, Ric… $123kOptom Admin: $100,000Optom Admin $100kCombined Firearms Council of Victoria: $82,130Combined Firearms Council of Vict… $82kMichael Murphy: $30,967Michael Murphy $31kField and Game Australia Inc: $16,000Field and Game Australia Inc $16kRobert Semmel: $6,000Robert Semmel $6kJohn Charles McGauran: $5,000John Charles McGauran $5kRestaurant & Catering Industry Association of Australia: $2,500Restaurant & Catering Industry As… $2kOther donors (3): $4,223Other donors (3) $4kDemocratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia - NATIONAL: $134,000Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia - NATIONAL $134kDLP-VIC: $100,000DLP-VIC $100kDemocratic Labour Party - Victorian Branch: $98,130Democratic Labour Party - Victorian Branch $98kDemocratic Labor Party (DLP) - Victorian Branch: $31,267Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Victorian Branch $31kDemocratic Labor Party (DLP) - Queensland Branch: $2,200Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Queensland Branch $2kDemocratic Labour Party - Queensland Branch: $2,200Democratic Labour Party - Queensland Branch $2kDemocratic Labour Party - WA Branch: $1,363Democratic Labour Party - WA Branch $1kDemocratic Labor Party (DLP) - WA Branch: $660Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - WA Branch $660DonorRecipient body

Bodies counted under Democratic Labor Party

Each body is a recipient name as the AEC records it, after spelling variants are merged. The middle column shows how it was tied to the party.

BodyCounted under party byDonations
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia - NATIONALname rule$134,000
DLP-VICname rule$100,000
Democratic Labour Party - Victorian BranchAEC group$98,130
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Victorian Branchname rule$31,267
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - Queensland Branchname rule$2,200
Democratic Labour Party - Queensland BranchAEC group$2,200
Democratic Labour Party - WA BranchAEC group$1,363
Democratic Labor Party (DLP) - WA Branchname rule$660

Largest donors

DonorTypeTotalDonationsFirstLatest
Jonathan Beach, Bernie Quinn, Richard Harris, Philip RowellOrganisation$123,00022002-07-012004-02-01
Optom AdminIndividual$100,00012013-08-142013-08-14
Combined Firearms Council of VictoriaGovernment / tax$82,13052018-10-232018-11-08
Michael MurphyIndividual$30,96742013-08-122013-09-12
Field and Game Australia IncOrganisation$16,00012018-10-232018-10-23
Robert SemmelIndividual$6,00022002-06-302003-06-30
John Charles McGauranIndividual$5,00012004-09-152004-09-15
Restaurant & Catering Industry Association of AustraliaOrganisation$2,50022013-08-012015-12-14
Retail Guild of Australia IncOrganisation$2,20012018-08-142018-08-14
Energy Developments Pty LtdOrganisation$1,36312016-07-312016-07-31
Woodside Energy Group LtdOrganisation$66012012-03-292012-03-29

By financial year

$131k$02001-02: $1,50001-022002-03: $77,50002-032003-04: $50,00003-042004-05: $5,00004-052011-12: $66011-122013-14: $131,26713-142015-16: $2,20015-162016-17: $1,36316-172018-19: $100,33018-19
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Financial yearDonations
2018-19$100,330
2016-17$1,363
2015-16$2,200
2013-14$131,267
2011-12$660
2004-05$5,000
2003-04$50,000
2002-03$77,500
2001-02$1,500

About this data

Donors are the organisations or individuals the AEC records as having made the donation. A party's total adds its branches and other recipient bodies. Internal transfers are donations from one body of a party to another.

Source: Australian Electoral Commission, Transparency Register annual returns (Donations Made, Party Returns). Not an official AEC publication. Updated 14 October 2026. See the About popup for what we add and for licensing.