‘Dark money’: $57m of donations to major Australian parties in 2022-23 of unknown origin

Political parties were only required to declare the source of donations and other payments that were above $15,200. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The origin of at least $57m – amounting to about a quarter of all funding to major political parties – is unknown, according to an analysis by Guardian Australia.

The analysis of annual political returns, released by the Australian Electoral Commission on Thursday, show between 21% and 27% of donations and other receipts to Labor, the Coalition and the Greens were from unnamed sources.