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Australia first
used a system of public funding for Federal Parliament in 1918, a proportional voting system for Senate elections in 1949
(allows voters to number the candidates in order of preference).
Australia
has a system of partial funding thus for the 2004 elections House of Representatives, the total costs $117 million of which
public funding was $42 million.
1996 Federal Election Costs
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Costs of the 1996 Federal Election |
|
Item/Project |
Amount - $ |
|
Payment of Polling
Officials + hire of premises |
30,749,000 |
|
Advertising |
7,193,000 |
|
Computer support
services |
2,782,000 |
|
Ballot paper production
and associated printing |
2,740,000 |
|
Forms and equipment |
2,544,000 |
|
Cardboard polling
equipment production |
1,732,000 |
|
Elector leaflet |
1,474,000 |
|
Corporate services
administration |
1,271,000 |
|
Certified Lists |
1,057,000 |
|
Operational administration |
919,000 |
|
Public information
materials and support |
889,000 |
|
Storage and distribution |
761,000 |
|
Training of polling
officials |
717,000 |
|
Senate scutiny |
578,000 |
|
National Tally
Room |
537,000 |
|
Election allowances |
364,000 |
|
Overseas postal
voting |
260,000 |
|
Scanning centres |
256,000 |
|
Election statistics
and results |
144,000 |
|
Payment system |
118,000 |
|
Resources monitoring |
91,000 |
|
Funding and disclosure |
23,000 |
|
Prosecutions |
3,000 |
|
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Total |
57,202,000 |
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