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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

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

[Assented to 20 February 2025]

The Parliament of Australia enacts: