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 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.

The political donation caps were adjusted for inflation on 26 November 2024 (see the Notice of political donation and electoral expenditure caps for more details).

Between 26 November 2024 and 27 November 2028, registered political parties must not accept more than $4,800 in political donations from the same donor. 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.

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

Links to further information: