Lodging an election summary return
Lodging an election summary return
Disclosure returns provide transparency for the movement of money used to support election participants in a local government election.
In addition to reporting of gifts, loans, and electoral expenditure in real-time, your group’s agent is required to lodge an election summary return for your group within 15 weeks after a local government election.
The election summary return is a summary of all gifts and loans received and all electoral expenditure incurred for the purposes of an election. It must also include a bank statement from your group’s dedicated campaign bank account. All other gifts and loans not disclosed in real-time must also be accounted for in the election summary return.
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Links to further information:
- Fact sheet 10 – Definition of gifts and loans
- Fact sheet 12 – Definition of electoral expenditure
- Fact sheet 14 – Election summary returns
- Fact sheet 18 – Real-time disclosure of electoral expenditure for candidates, groups and registered political parties
- Fact sheet 25 – Real-time disclosure of gifts and loans by agents of groups of candidates