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Public funding of election expenditure

In accordance with the Electoral Act 2002, the following entitlements were paid to these parties and candidates at a rate of $1.31607 per first-preference vote at the 2006 Victorian State election:

Party or independent candidate Total party candidates Total party candidates eligible for funding Entitlement paid
Australian Labor Party 128 96 $3,282,127.23
Christian Democratic Party 6 0 Nil
Citizens Electoral Council 15 1 $1,817.49
Country Alliance 6 0 Nil
Democratic Labor Party 23 1 $24,095.93
Democrats 15 0 Nil
Family First Party 123 47 $180,797.75
Liberal Party 125 96 $2,684,173.46
People Power 43 0 Nil
Socialist Alliance 4 0 Nil
The Australian Greens 124 93 $788,662.84
The Nationals 32 19 $367,761.28
Dianne Hadden (Ballarat East) $2,894.04
Gordon Ashley (Bayswater) $3,862.67
Clifford Hayes (Brighton) $1,839.87
Irene Goonan (Doncaster) $2,142.56
Catherine Cumming (Footscray) $6,152.63
Craig Ingram (Gippsland East) $17,561.64
Jo McCubbin* (Gippsland South) $1,114.00
Jenny Mulholland (Ivanhoe) $4,193.00
Dave Barry* (Macedon) $2,018.18
Steve Medcraft* (Macedon) $3,025.64
Russell Savage (Mildura) $14,242.51
Lisa Proctor (Morwell) $3,866.61
Stephen Jolly (Richmond) $2,375.51
John Gibbons* (Tarneit) $105.55
Total $7,394,830.39


* Jo McCubbin, Dave Barry, Steve Medcraft and John Gibbons spent less than their entitlement.
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