Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 2025 (Cth)

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 2025

No. 16, 2025

An Act to amend the law relating to elections and referendums, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules 4 Review of operation of amendments Schedule 1—Key definitions Part 1—Meaning of gift and other miscellaneous amendments Division 1—Amendments commencing day after Royal Assent Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Division 2—Amendments commencing 1 July 2026 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 Division 3—Application of amendments Part 2—Nominated entities Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Schedule 2—Expedited disclosure of donations Part 1—Amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Part 2—Amendment of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 Schedule 3—Gift caps Part 1—Amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Part 2—Relationship of this Schedule with Schedule 4 Schedule 4—Expenditure caps Part 1—Amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Part 2—Relationship of this Schedule with Schedule 3 Schedule 5—Returns Part 1—Main amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 Part 2—Amendments relating to publication of personal information Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Schedule 6—Commonwealth campaign accounts Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Schedule 6A—Federal administrative accounts Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Schedule 7—Administrative assistance funding and election funding Part 1—Administrative assistance funding Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Part 2—Election funding Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Part 3—Advance payment of election funding Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Schedule 8—Senate groups Part 1—Main amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Part 2—Contingent amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Schedule 9—Compliance and enforcement powers Part 1—Compliance and enforcement powers Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Part 2—Anti‑avoidance Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Schedule 10—Machinery amendments Part 1—Amendments Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 Part 2—Application and transitional provisions Schedule 11—Transitional rules