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.