Election Funding Authority of New South Wales

Election Funding Authority of New South Wales
Statutory body overview
Dissolved	2014
Superseding Statutory body	NSW Electoral Commission;
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	Level 25, 201 Kent Street, Sydney
Minister responsible	Premier of New South Wales;
Statutory body executive	Colin Barry, Chairperson;
Parent department	Department of Premier and Cabinet
Website	www.efa.nsw.gov.au

The Election Funding Authority of New South Wales was the agency of the Government of New South Wales charged with administering the Elections Funding Act 1981. The Authority formerly distributed public funding for the purposes of campaigning by candidates in state elections and handled claims for payments from the state's Political Education Fund. On 1 December 2014 it was abolished and its functions made the responsibility of the NSW Electoral Commission.^[1]

Candidates for public office in New South Wales previously had obligations under the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 to declare political donations, as well as expenditure on campaigning to the authority. Disclosures were required to be made by 20 October each year.^[2]

The authority was the responsibility of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.