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Politics
Maeve Bannister

Final funds to election winners and losers

Clive Palmer's United Australia Party got back just a fraction of what it spent in the campaign. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Political parties and candidates have received their final payments from the elections watchdog with the Labor Party claiming the lion's share while billionaire Clive Palmer gets back a fraction of what he spent during the campaign.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) paid back nearly $76 million to eligible political parties, candidates or Senate groups to reimburse them for electoral expenditure in the 2022 federal election, equivalent to about $2.90 per vote.

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