28. Are there provisions for direct public funding to political parties?

Australian Electoral Commission, Election Funding Guide

http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/public_funding/files/election-funding-guide.pdf

Political parties that are registered under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Electoral Act) and their state branches and candidates that obtain at least four per cent of the formal first preference vote are eligible to receive public funding.  Division 3 of Part XX of the Act denotes qualification for funding; Sections 294(1) and (2) of the Act specify amounts.