Our Mission

To contribute to an impartial electoral system in New South Wales by providing a transparent, efficient and unbiased administration of public funding and disclosure legislation.

Our Values

• Integrity
• Impartiality
• Professionalism

Our Charter

The New South Wales Electoral Commission is the administrative unit through which the Election Funding Authority (the Authority) exercises its statutory responsibilities.

The Election Funding Authority was established under the Election Funding Act 1981 (the Act) and has two main purposes;

• To prescribe a scheme of public funding of state election campaigns.
• To provide for the public disclosure of the source of funds used (contributions) and expenditure incurred in state and local government election campaigns.

The Act also provides for the payment to eligible parties, funds from the Political Education Fund, which is administered by the Election Funding Authority.

The Act imposes a duty on the Election Funding Authority to exercise its functions in a manner that is not biased against or in favour of any particular party, group, candidate or other person, body or organisation.

Our environment

The Authority provides professional, transparent and effective election funding services to meet the needs of political parties, candidates, the public, the media and other stakeholders.

The Authority operates in a highly legal and sensitive environment. The Authority has a strong commitment to administering the provisions of the legislation in order to maintain the transparency of election campaign processes in New South Wales.

There is an increasing demand from the community and the media for access to publicly available disclosure documents. The Election Funding Authority responds efficiently and effectively to the community and media’s expectations to ensure access to disclosure documents is maintained.

Political parties, candidates and political donors need to access current information about their entitlements and obligations. The Election Funding Authority is committed to using technology and improved processes to enable these stakeholders to fulfil their election funding obligations in an efficient and effective manner.

Our stakeholders

Our stakeholders include, but are not limited to:

• candidates
• political parties
• political donors
• the people and electors of New South Wales
• the media
• members of Parliament
• government agencies
• statutory bodies
• students
• researchers.