GetUp is an independent campaigning community made up of over one million everyday people working together to build a fair, flourishing, and just Australia.
We're people-powered to our core and fiercely independent. We're not linked to any political party, we don't have charity status (because of the restrictions it comes with), and we don't accept any funding from government.
Almost all of our work is powered by small donations from the many people who are part of our community.
There are some individuals and businesses we don't accept donations from – whether because of state or federal electoral laws, or because of our movement's core values.
GetUp cannot accept foreign donations for electoral expenditure. To donate to any of our electoral campaigns you must be an Australian citizen, resident, or entity, or otherwise satisfy the conditions under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
If you have questions or need to arrange a refund on this basis, please contact our donations team.
GetUp has campaigned for stronger donations disclosure in Australia for the better part of two decades. For most of that time, the federal disclosure regime lagged well behind best practice – high thresholds, slow reporting, and too much big money kept out of public view. We didn't wait for the law to catch up – and we have long voluntarily disclosed all donations over $10,000 per financial year.
Reform is finally here. From 1 July 2026 (now delayed to 1 January 2027), changes to the Commonwealth Electoral Act lower the federal disclosure threshold and introduce near real-time reporting during election campaigns. A number of state jurisdictions have already moved in the same direction. These reforms aren't perfect – in particular, they also entrench financial advantages for the major parties – but they deliver a meaningful step up in transparency.
Under the new federal rules, GetUp is required to disclose single or cumulative donations of $5,000 or more in a financial year to the Australian Electoral Commission.
You can view GetUp's donations disclosures and political expenditure declarations on the AEC transparency register.
Under most state and territory electoral laws, GetUp is also required to disclose election donations over a certain amount to the relevant electoral commission. State and territory disclosure thresholds can be lower than the $5000 federal threshold. For example, in South Australia, the threshold is $1000.
Under federal and most state and territory electoral laws, donors who give over the relevant threshold to a GetUp election campaign in that jurisdiction are also separately required to disclose the donation to the relevant electoral commission.
You can read more about disclosure obligations on the Australian Electoral Commission, Electoral Commission NSW, Victorian Electoral Commission, Electoral Commission of QLD, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, Western Australian Electoral Commission, or Electoral Commission SA websites.