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Table 1 Availability of data on lobbying and political contributions in Australia

From: A proposal for systematic monitoring of the commercial determinants of health: a pilot study assessing the feasibility of monitoring lobbying and political donations in Australia

Data source

Jurisdiction

Available

Information

Format

Time period

Disclosure frequency

Release date

No. docs

Ministerial diaries

Federal

N

      

ACT

Y

meeting date; attendees; purpose

.pdf

Jan 2018 – Jun 2021

Quarterly

NDa

113

NSW

Y

meeting date; attendees; purpose

.pdf

Jul 2014 – Jun 2021

Quarterly

ND

644

NT

N

      

QLD

Y

meeting date; attendees; purpose

.pdf

Jan 2013 – Jul 2021

Monthly

Last day of following month

1851

SA

N

      

TAS

N

      

VIC

N

      

WA

N

      

Lobbyist register

Federal

Y

Organisation profileb; clients; registered lobbyists (specific government position & date of separation)

.csv

   

299c

ACT

Y

Organisation profile; clients; registered lobbyists (specific government position & date of separation)

webpage

   

52

NSW

Y

Organisation profile; clients; registered lobbyists

webpage

   

157

NT

       

QLD

Y

Organisation profile; clients; registered lobbyists (Y/N previous government representative); meeting recordd

webpage

2013—2021

  

121

SA

Y

Organisation profile; clients; registered lobbyists (specific government position & date of separation); meeting record

.csv

2018—2021

  

99

TAS

Y

Organisation profile; clients; registered lobbyists

webpage

   

68

VIC

Y

Organisation profile; clients; registered lobbyists (level of government position)

    

145

WA

Y

Organisation profile; clients; registered lobbyists

webpage

   

118

Political donation returns

Federal

Y

Financial Year; Donor; Recipient; Date of Donation; Amount

.csv

1998—2020

 

Feb

1e

ACT

Y

[variable] donor; address; recipient; type; amount; financial year

Webpage

1993–2021

  

47

NSW

Y

[variable] Donor; Recipient; Date of Donation; Amount; purpose; type

Webpage; pdf;.csv

1999–2021

  

 > 57,000

NT

Y

[variable] donor; address; recipient; amount; type; date

pdf (image); webpage

2005–2021

  

63

QLD

Y

Donor; recipient; date; amount; description

.csv, webpage

2013–2021

  

1/13,508

SA

Y

Donor; electorate; address; recipient; date; amount

.csv

2015–2021

  

1

TAS

N

      

VIC

Y

Donor; Suburb; State; Recipient; Recipient electorate; Date of Donation; type; Amount

.csv

2018–2021

  

1

WA

Y

[variable] donor; address; amount; type; financial year

pdf (image)

1997–2020

  

432

  1. aND = not disclosed
  2. bOrganisation profile includes name, address and ABN
  3. c‘No. docs’ for lobbyist registers refers to the number of registered lobbying firms; total documents have not yet been scoped
  4. dMeeting records include: client, government representative, date of meeting and meeting purpose
  5. e‘No. docs’ for political donation returns refers to the number of distinct webpages hosting information
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