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).

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, donors / third parties must not make political donations of more than:

$4,800 to the same registered political party
$7,200 to an independent candidate
$7,200 to 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.

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

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