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== Donors ==
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{{See also|Political funding in Australia}}
For the 2015–2016 financial year, the top ten disclosed donors to the Liberal Party were: Paul Marks (Nimrod resources) ($1,300,000), [[Richard Pratt (Australian businessman)|Pratt Holdings]] ($790,000), Hong Kong Kingson Investment Company ($710,000), Aus Gold Mining Group ($410,000), [[Village Roadshow]] ($325,000), Waratah Group ($300,000), [[Walker Corporation]] ($225,000), Australian Gypsum Industries ($196,000), National Automotive Leasing and Salary Packaging Association ($177,000) and [[Westfield Corporation]] ($150,000).<ref>{{cite web|title=Donor Summary by Party Group|url=http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/SummaryDonorGroup.aspx|website=periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au|access-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831171109/http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/SummaryDonorGroup.aspx|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donor Summary by Party|url=http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/SummaryDonor.aspx|website=periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au|access-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920120002/http://periodicdisclosures.aec.gov.au/SummaryDonor.aspx|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Liberal Party also receives undisclosed funding through several methods, such as "associated entities". [[Cormack Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberal Party's Victorian branch takes biggest donor to court|url=https://www.theage.com/victoria/liberal-partys-victorian-branch-takes-biggest-donor-to-court-20171122-gzqzv1.html|website=The Age|access-date=23 November 2017}} {{dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Eight by Five, Free Enterprise Foundation, Federal Forum and Northern Sydney Conservative forum are entities which have been used to funnel donations to the Liberal Party without disclosing the source.<ref>{{cite news|title=Australian political donations: Who gave how much?|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=24 October 2016 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-24/aec-political-donations-table/7959394|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402162754/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-24/aec-political-donations-table/7959394|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ICAC findings into Liberal Party slush fund Eight By Five, illegal donations to be handed down|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=29 August 2016 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-30/icac-findings-liberal-party-slush-fund-eight-by-five-handed-down/7796194|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906094941/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-30/icac-findings-liberal-party-slush-fund-eight-by-five-handed-down/7796194|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Investigations close into political donations made to Liberal Party slush fund, Eightbyfive|url=https://www.theaustralian.com/national-affairs/investigations-close-into-liberal-party-slush-fund-eightbyfive/news-story/961ed5bc00740ba61ee384359e22866f|access-date=7 September 2017}} {{dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>