AUSTRALIA · FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
A federal campaign website with a clear publishing plan.
Bring your introduction, priorities and campaign updates together. Give your team a consistent website to maintain and visitors a clear way to find the information they need.
English website $39 USD/month No setup fee
For party-endorsed and independent House of Representatives or Senate candidates. Use the federal division for a House campaign and the relevant state or territory for a Senate campaign.
- House of Representatives
- Senate candidates
- Independent candidates
- Federal campaign teams
Campaign website essentials
What should an Australian federal candidate website include?
Identify the candidate, the House or Senate candidacy and the area represented. Publish a clear biography, priorities, current campaign news, events and contact or volunteer options. A House campaign relates to a federal electoral division; a Senate campaign relates to a state or territory. PoliticalWin provides guided website publishing and forms, while your team reviews authorisation, privacy information and any external donation destination.
The public campaign index
A four-part publishing plan for your federal site.
Start with the information people need to recognise the campaign, then give them enough detail and a clear route to the team.
01 · CANDIDATE
The person and the candidacy
Present your biography and approved photographs with the chamber and electoral area. Independent and party-endorsed candidates can use their own office, slogan and campaign wording.
02 · PRIORITIES
An overview that opens into detail
Organise the main priorities in a readable overview. Give fuller explanations their own pages so readers can find the relevant subject without searching through unrelated updates.
03 · UPDATES
Current news and event information
Publish campaign developments, photographs and event details in familiar places. Keep dates, venues and the campaign contact current so the website remains useful after launch.
04 · PARTICIPATION
Clear contact and volunteer options
Provide forms for campaign enquiries and volunteer interest, with optional Australian postcodes. Add an external donation link only after your team has reviewed the service and applicable rules.
One place to publish
Give campaign information a dependable public home.
Biographies, policy explanations and event details can start in separate documents. A clear publishing structure helps visitors find the current version and gives your team a practical place to maintain it.
Identify the candidacy before the message
Name the House or Senate contest and use the correct division, state or territory. Make candidate status clear rather than presenting the campaign as an elected member's official parliamentary office.
Build a useful index of priorities
Keep an overview for the main themes and link to issue pages for detail. Add approved external material where useful, while keeping your candidate's introduction and campaign contact easy to find.
Maintain the public reference
Update news and event details through the dashboard, check external links and decide who handles incoming contact and volunteer interest. Review publication details as the campaign develops.
Prepare your first edition
Prepare the site alongside your wider campaign work.
A website can organise the public information. The campaign still needs its own election, finance and data review processes.
Prepare the campaign identity
Gather the candidate name, chamber, current electoral area, campaign contact, approved biography and photographs. Use AEC sources for boundaries and official election information.
Choose the design and content structure
Select Australia during signup. Add the introduction and priorities first, then organise news, events and the routes to contact or volunteer.
Review publication and external services
Check authorisation wording and placement, privacy information and the external donation destination. Confirm how current funding rules and any forthcoming changes affect your campaign.
Test the public journey
Review the pages on a phone and desktop, test the contact and volunteer forms and check links. Use a consistent domain or PoliticalWin campaign address across public materials.
Before you choose
The practical details, clearly stated.
- Website software with a clear scope
- Guided pages and public forms help publish campaign information. They do not replace an electoral roll, canvassing system, nomination process or funding and disclosure service.
- Plan for currency and language
- Current prices are in USD. Native publishing choices are English, Spanish and English/Spanish; resolve any other language requirement before selecting a plan.
- Confirm data requirements
- Selecting Australia does not establish Australian hosting or data residency. Review the platform's privacy terms and confirm any campaign requirement with support before signup.
Useful answers
Questions before you start.
Check the website features, publishing options and campaign responsibilities.
Can both House of Representatives and Senate candidates use it?
Yes. Both can use the profile, issue pages, news, events and public forms. A House candidate should identify the federal electoral division, commonly called an electorate or seat. A Senate candidate should identify the relevant state or territory. The website does not manage ballot groups, nominations or vote counting.
Is it suitable for an independent federal candidate?
Yes. You enter your own candidate details, office, campaign wording, photographs and priorities. Independent and party-endorsed campaigns can use the same guided publishing tools without having to use party-specific copy. Your campaign remains responsible for reviewing its public content.
Can we publish our federal authorisation in the footer?
Yes. The editable footer disclaimer field publishes the text your campaign saves. AEC guidance addresses webpage-footer placement and other format and language requirements. Your team should enter reviewed wording and inspect the published pages. PoliticalWin does not generate, approve or certify electoral authorisations.
Does an external donation link handle funding and disclosure rules?
No. PoliticalWin links to the external donation URL your campaign chooses. It does not process political donations, assess donor eligibility or prepare disclosure returns. Check current AEC guidance, including the transition to major federal funding and disclosure changes from 1 January 2027, before choosing a service or publishing fundraising information.
Do contact forms replace a voter database or mailing platform?
No. They collect the campaign enquiries and volunteer interest submitted through the website. They do not provide an electoral roll, canvassing tools or a complete campaigning CRM. Decide how your team will handle responses and any later communications, and review the privacy and messaging rules that apply to that activity.
Can we use our own domain and choose other languages?
You can connect a domain you control; registration and renewal are separate and .au eligibility rules still apply. Current native language choices are English, Spanish and English/Spanish. Other language options are not currently supported. Prices are billed in USD, and a domain or Australia setting does not establish Australian hosting or data residency.
A home for your campaign
Bring your federal campaign's public information together.
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