Political donation caps

Queensland’s electoral laws impose limitations (caps) on the amount of political donations that can be made to, or received by, registered political parties or state election candidates.

Not all gifts or loans are political donations. Caps only apply to political donations.

A political donation is any gift or loan given to a registered political party or state candidate that is accompanied by a donor statement (see State fact sheet 5 for more information).

Gifts or loans not accompanied by a donor statement may not be deposited into a state campaign bank account and cannot be used to incur electoral expenditure for a state election.

Between 1 July 2022 and 25 November 2024, the political donation caps are:

$6,000 for an independent candidate
$6,000 collectively for candidates endorsed by the same registered political party.

A political donation must not exceed the cap either by itself or when added to other political donations made by the same donor during the same donation cap period.

The caps will be adjusted after the 2024 state general election, and a new cap will apply from 26 November 2024 to 27 November 2028.

Political donations are subject to the same disclosure requirements as other gifts and loans.

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