This table shows the election funding payments made to political parties and candidates following the 1998 federal election.
A candidate or Senate group needs four per cent of the primary vote to be eligible for election funding. The amount is calculated by multiplying the number of votes obtained by the current funding rate.
The funding rate for the 1998 election was 162.210 cents per House of Representatives and Senate vote.
A total of $33.8 million was distributed to parties and candidates.
| Election Funding Payments – 1998 Federal Election | |
|---|---|
| NAME | PAYMENT |
| PARTIES | |
| Australian Labor Party | 13,959,511.97 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 11,488,881.15 |
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 3,044,525.97 |
| National Party of Australia | 2,321,589.02 |
| Australian Democrats | 2,247,677.46 |
| Australian Greens + The Greens (WA) | 320,004.64 |
| Northern Territory Country Liberal Party | 116,916.10 |
| Unity – Say NO to Hanson | 48,692.20 |
| Australia First Party | 25,280.43 |
| Australian Shooters Party | 8,554.96 |
| Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) | 5,339.95 |
| Progressive Labour Party | 5,054.46 |
| INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES | |
| Peter Andren (Calare, NSW) | 47,887.64 |
| Brian Harradin (Senate, Tas) | 39,342.41 |
| Paul Filing (Moore, WA) | 23,908.13 |
| Allan Rocher (Curtin, WA) | 22,587.74 |
| Paul Zammit (Lowe, NSW) | 18,978.57 |
| Robert Ian Wilson (Parkes, NSW) | 14,042.52 |
| Philip Nitschke (Menzies, Vic) | 11,100.03 |
| Anthony Smith (Dickson, Qld) | 10,697.75 |
| Graham Nuttall (New England, NSW) | 10,060.26 |
| Nelson McIntosh (Indi, Vic) | 8,986.75 |
| Bob Ellis (Mackellar, NSW) | 7,670.91 |
| Douglas Treasure (Gippsland, Vic) | 6,611.68 |
| Anthony Robert George Beck (Barker, SA) | 6,464.07 |
| Barry Cunningham (McMillan, Vic) | 6,163.98 |
| Margaret Scott (Oxley, Qld) | 4,952.27 |
| TOTAL | 33,822,496.27 |
