Donations made to the United Australia Party
$254.3m in 1,173 donations from 10 donors to the United Australia Party (2 bodies), 2013-14 to 2024-25. Largest donor: MINERALOGY PTY LTD ($229.9m).
Key facts
- How much has the United Australia Party received in donations? Donations to the 2 recipient bodies counted under United Australia Party total $254,295,335 in 1,173 donations from 10 donors, 2013-14 to 2024-25. The first dated donation is 2013-07-02 and the latest 2025-06-30.
- Who has donated the most to the United Australia Party? The largest donors were MINERALOGY PTY LTD ($229,862,150); Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd ($21,207,781); Palmer Coolum Resort Pty Ltd ($2,580,388).
- Which bodies are counted under United Australia Party? The largest recipient bodies were United Australia Party ($217,853,200); Palmer United Party ($36,442,135).
- Are transfers between the party's own bodies counted? No donations from one body of this party to another were found in the data.
Who gives
Donors by type. A donor is labelled automatically from its name.
| Organisation | $254,153,563 | 100% |
| Individual | $103,833 | 0% |
| Bank / finance | $37,939 | 0% |
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.
Bodies counted under United Australia 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.
| Body | Counted under party by | Donations |
|---|---|---|
| United Australia Party | name rule | $217,853,200 |
| Palmer United Party | name rule | $36,442,135 |
Largest donors
| Donor | Type | Total | Donations | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINERALOGY PTY LTD | Organisation | $229,862,150 | 239 | 2013-10-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd | Organisation | $21,207,781 | 642 | 2013-07-09 | 2015-06-30 |
| Palmer Coolum Resort Pty Ltd | Organisation | $2,580,388 | 267 | 2013-07-02 | 2019-06-30 |
| QN Resources Pty Ltd | Organisation | $230,812 | 1 | 2015-12-31 | 2015-12-31 |
| Waratah Coal Pty Ltd | Organisation | $106,342 | 3 | 2019-04-18 | 2019-06-30 |
| Palmer, Clive Frederick | Individual | $103,833 | 2 | 2014-06-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| Palmer Leisure Australia Pty Ltd | Organisation | $98,056 | 11 | 2013-08-12 | 2015-01-31 |
| QN Metals Pty Ltd | Organisation | $57,703 | 1 | 2015-12-31 | 2015-12-31 |
| Queensland Nickel Sales Pty Ltd | Bank / finance | $37,939 | 5 | 2019-04-30 | 2019-04-30 |
| Theta International Pty Ltd | Organisation | $10,331 | 2 | 2022-04-20 | 2022-04-28 |
By financial year
Show as a table
| Financial year | Donations |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $302,901 |
| 2022-23 | $7,088,867 |
| 2021-22 | $116,855,183 |
| 2020-21 | $3,766,690 |
| 2019-20 | $5,910,341 |
| 2018-19 | $83,929,218 |
| 2015-16 | $688,537 |
| 2014-15 | $9,820,615 |
| 2013-14 | $25,932,983 |
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 7 November 2026. See the About popup for what we add and for licensing.